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Godot 4.0 will get a new, modernized lightmapper

Mircosoft Game Dev

Lightmaps offer significant advantages over any other technique when the following requirements are met: Performance above anything else (for mobile, lightmaps are still a must-have). If these requirements are met, then lightmapping is probably the best for you. Lighting will not change (lights won't move). lightmapper.

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Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

Mircosoft Game Dev

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Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Mircosoft Game Dev

Additionally, the modern backend can implement rendering methods , such as forward clustered, mobile, and more in the future (such as deferred clustered, cinematic, etc.). and is intended to run on very old PC hardware as well as most older (still working) mobile phones. Creating games this way is, as a result, more challenging.

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Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

Mircosoft Game Dev

As always, please remember that we are a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing the world with the best possible free and open source game technology. Incompatibility with older mobile devices which do not support OpenGL ES 3.0. Lots and lots of driver bugs in mobile and desktop. On mobile, as OpenGL ES 3.0

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Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

The new 3D engine is outstanding, with many features out-of-the-box that are still not common in other mainstream engines. The new 3D renderer is state-of-the-art, with features rarely see in game engines today, such as: Full principled BSDF. Just set up the probe bounds and do a fast pre-bake of static objects.

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