Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2022

Donations and corporate grants play a vital role in enabling us to develop Godot at this sustained pace, since they are our only source of income, and are used 100% to pay developers to work on the engine. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2022

and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 23, 2022

Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix]. Rendering: GLES3: Fix broken normals in meshes with blend shapes ( GH-59159 ) [regression fix]. We encourage all users to upgrade to 3.4.4.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. Editor: Improvements to shader editor ( GH-63582 ). Warning: This has the potential to break meshes imported in earlier alphas, we are still working on improving the compatibility code. Editor: Add per-scene UndoRedo ( GH-59564 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Mesh: Fix UV mapping on CSGSphere ( GH-49195 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

OBJ mesh import now supports vertex colors as exported by Blender ( GH-71033 ). Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ). A couple fixes to the text resource loader which could impact notably reloading scripts ( GH-71170 ). Fix Tab key usage in the inspector ( GH-71271 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Over the course of the last four months the engine has seen many changes, making it more stable and feature complete, and it's getting very close to the state that we would be happy with. More engine enums are now bound with BitField, making their usage more type-safe, especially in C# ( GH-71037 , GH-71045 , GH-71116 ). beta releases.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

This RC 6 has a few notable changes compared to the previous build: In RC 4, async shader compilation and caching was enabled by default on desktop, but several users reported issues with it on some hardware. You can enable it in the Project Settings ( rendering/gles3/shaders/shader_compilation_mode ). Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 15, 2022

and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rendering: Fix AABB errors on meshes with bones on multiple surfaces ( GH-65035 ). Rendering: Implement CAMERA_VISIBLE_LAYERS as built-in shader variable ( GH-67387 ). Visual Shader: Make custom visual shader nodes automatically updates from script ( GH-69738 ). XR: WebXR is now fully working in Godot 4! ( GH-68870 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 4, 2021

glTF is a growing 3D format and has received massive adoption in the game industry. Commonly selected as the format for new software and game engines, glTF can also have new functionality added using extensions. glTF in Godot Engine allows for a combination of in-engine and out-of-engine tooling to work together seamlessly.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Shaders: Fix specular render_mode for Visual Shaders ( GH-41536 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine! stb_vorbis 1.20, wslay 1.1.1).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

There were fixes all around the engine to address regressions, backport new fixes from the master branch, as well as a wide array of usability enhancements and documentation improvements. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Shaders: Fix specular render_mode for Visual Shaders ( GH-41536 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 17, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

OBJ mesh import now supports vertex colors as exported by Blender ( GH-71033 ). Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ). A couple fixes to the text resource loader which could impact notably reloading scripts ( GH-71170 ). Fix Tab key usage in the inspector ( GH-71271 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The main feature of Game Off is its focus on free and open source tools for game development, and this is obviously something that we consider highly in the Godot Engine community, as a fully libre 2D and 3D game engine. or any of the hundreds of libre tools listed on awesome-gamedev. Getting started with Godot.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Import: Fix crash when exporting meshes to glTF that have no skin ( GH-55246 ). macOS: Enable multithreaded OpenGL engine flag when using multithreaded VisualServer ( GH-54526 ). Particles: Fix for double use of seed in random shader variables ( GH-55607 ). Input: Add Input.is_physical_key_pressed() method ( GH-55251 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. back in 2020!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Physics: Optimized support function for large meshes ( GH-64382 ). Visual Shader: Add math operators to node names for easier and simpler searching ( GH-67905 ). Multiplayer: Move packet relay and peer signaling code to SceneMultiplayer ( GH-67094 ). Multiplayer: Add MultiplayerPeer disconnect_peer , close ( GH-67982 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime.

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Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Over the course of the last four months the engine has seen many changes, making it more stable and feature complete, and it’s getting very close to the state that we would be happy with. More engine enums are now bound with BitField, making their usage more type-safe, especially in C# ( GH-71037 , GH-71045 , GH-71116 ). beta releases.

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Nvidia

MAY 21, 2021

NetEase Thunder Fire Games Uses Mesh Shading To Create Beautiful Game Environments for Justice In December, we interviewed Haiyong Qian, NetEase Game Engine. Recently, NetEase introduced Mesh Shader support to Justice. Not only are the updated environments breathtaking, the game supports 1.8

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Import: Fix crash when exporting meshes to glTF that have no skin ( GH-55246 ). macOS: Enable multithreaded OpenGL engine flag when using multithreaded VisualServer ( GH-54526 ). Particles: Fix for double use of seed in random shader variables ( GH-55607 ). Input: Add Input.is_physical_key_pressed() method ( GH-55251 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This is a great opportunity to discover Godot if you're not familiar with it yet, get some more experience if you know it already, or get to know some of the other awesome free and open source game engines or frameworks out there such as Phaser , LÖVE or LibGDX. Installing the engine. and many more! Official documentation.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Import: Fix crash when exporting meshes to glTF that have no skin ( GH-55246 ). macOS: Enable multithreaded OpenGL engine flag when using multithreaded VisualServer ( GH-54526 ). Particles: Fix for double use of seed in random shader variables ( GH-55607 ). Input: Add Input.is_physical_key_pressed() method ( GH-55251 ).

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Tile Render Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Physics: Optimized support function for large meshes ( GH-64382 ). Visual Shader: Add math operators to node names for easier and simpler searching ( GH-67905 ). Multiplayer: Move packet relay and peer signaling code to SceneMultiplayer ( GH-67094 ). Multiplayer: Add MultiplayerPeer disconnect_peer , close ( GH-67982 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader compile error with Oren Nayar + Vertex Lighting ( GH-56802 ). version after its release, which may affect your project: Rendering issues for both GLES2 and GLES3 with 3D meshes using blend shapes and octahedral compression ( GH-58789 ). Known incompatibilities. Some regressions have been found in the 3.4.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

stable branch in January 2020 as a major update to our free and open source game engine. 2D: Add MODULATE builtin to canvas item shaders ( GH-38432 ). Import: Respect 'mesh compression' editor import option in Assimp and glTF importers ( GH-39134 ). Shaders: Add shader time scaling ( GH-38995 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

returns to its own physics engine which, despite not being a high end physics engine like PhysX, aims to offer a lot more flexibility and “just works” capabilities to users. The custom physics engine still has a considerable amount of issues remaining but we are working hard to ensure it is in a decent state for shipping when 4.0

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