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

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was still far away, so we tasked Joan Fons ( jfons ), as part of the GSoC program, to write a new CPU lightmapper for Godot 3.x. The biggest difference with the old lightmapper is that the new one features proper path tracing, which results in better looking lightmaps. Back in summer 2019 we already knew Godot 4.0

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

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The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). Visual scripting. I hope that this write up made more evident why Godot is such a key technology for the future of the game industry.

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Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

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which would have included new multiplayer networking, visual scripting and many other improvements) because we realized that projects using the new features would no longer work in 3.0, Visual Scripting. No lightmaps or anything of the sort are required, providing a very quick and efficient workflow. GPU particles.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

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Core: Fix read/write issues with NaN and INF in VariantParser ( GH-47500 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Scene: Write node groups on a single line when saving a.tscn file ( GH-52284 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ).

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

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Core: Fix read/write issues with NaN and INF in VariantParser ( GH-47500 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Scene: Write node groups on a single line when saving a.tscn file ( GH-52284 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ).

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

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Core: Fix read/write issues with NaN and INF in VariantParser ( GH-47500 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Scene: Write node groups on a single line when saving a.tscn file ( GH-52284 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ).

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

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Core: Fix read/write issues with NaN and INF in VariantParser ( GH-47500 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Scene: Write node groups on a single line when saving a.tscn file ( GH-52284 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ).

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