Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Every supported renderer option is now selectable from the project creation screen, which means you can create OpenGL 3 (“Compatibility”) projects without using the command line ( GH-70028 ). The illustration picture for this article is from Raffaele Picca ’s car scene , rendered in Godot 4.0 Jump to the Downloads section.

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Beta Dev Render Shaders 75

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rendering: Use circular fade instead of linear fade for distance fade ( GH-50294 ). Rendering: Tweak shadow bias defaults for DirectionalLight3D and OmniLight3D ( GH-55757 ). Rendering: Fix AABB errors on meshes with bones on multiple surfaces ( GH-65035 ). XR: WebXR is now fully working in Godot 4!

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Beta Dev Render Shaders 95

Cocos

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

(A fork of Cocos2d-x-4.0) release notes Add experimental WebAssembly build support(WebGL 2.0) axmol run -p wasm -xb "--target,cpp_tests" Add 2 cmake options: AX_WASM_THREADS , AX_WASM_SHELL_FILE , refer to CMakeOptions.md fmtlib: 10.0.0 ==> 10.1.0 FreeType: 2.13.0 ==> 2.13.2 llhttp: 8.1.1 ==> 9.0.1 OpenSSL: 3.0.9 ==> 3.0.10

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Shaders Mesh Render Prototyping 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

As most of the rendering features for the upcoming Godot 4.0 are done, I have spent the past two months optimizing the rendering engine, both on the CPU and GPU side. All this work has resulted in significantly faster rendering times. A lot of the render state is now better cached, so less is done at render time.

Culling 52

Culling Render Shaders Mesh 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

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 ). and backported to 3.5.

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Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

OBJ mesh import now supports vertex colors as exported by Blender ( GH-71033 ). As always, a bunch of nice rendering fixes! Rendering: Only disable depth writing in opaque pipelines ( GH-71124 ). Rendering: Fix multiple issues that make the normal roughness texture unusable ( GH-71130 ). See the list below.

Beta 110

Beta Dev Collision Render 110

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: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Godot can render at frame rates independent from the fixed physics tick rate. Enable this setting and Godot will automatically interpolate objects, smoothing out rendered frames.

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Shaders Render Mesh Feature 53

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

Notably, it fixes some rendering regressions with transparent materials, and crashing iOS templates and Web editor build in RC 2. 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.

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Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ( GH-50184 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

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.

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

Rendering: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix incorrect buffer upload size in draw_gui_primitive ( GH-58150 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix].

Render 52

Render Shaders Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 21, 2018

This time with the early beginnings of 3D rendering in GLES2 and some GDNative ecosystem updates. 2D rendering stabilized. mesh loading. basic mesh drawing. implement spatial shaders. 2D rendering stabilized. Many people helped since to make the renderer work better and on more platforms!

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Mesh Shaders Render Bug 52

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.

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 23, 2018

compatible rendering backend for Godot 3.1, The first month I spent on getting started and familiar with the rendering in Godot. Because I am still new to the rendering system in Godot, I might not be experienced enough to make good estimates of what can be achieved, but the rough roadmap looks like this. load meshes.

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Shaders Render Texture Mesh 52

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.

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

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.

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 23, 2022

Rendering: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix incorrect buffer upload size in draw_gui_primitive ( GH-58150 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix].

Render 52

Render Alpha Shaders Editing 52

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.

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rendering: Use circular fade instead of linear fade for distance fade ( GH-50294 ). Rendering: Tweak shadow bias defaults for DirectionalLight3D and OmniLight3D ( GH-55757 ). Rendering: Fix AABB errors on meshes with bones on multiple surfaces ( GH-65035 ). XR: WebXR is now fully working in Godot 4!

Beta 40

Beta Dev Render Shaders 40

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!

Render 52

Render Shaders Console Culling 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Editor: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). Import: Fix usages of mesh simplification functions in float=64 builds ( GH-67853 ). Rendering: Add options for sorting transparent objects ( GH-69998 ). Rendering: Cleanup and improve sky render ( GH-70253 ).

Beta 105

Beta Dev Render Animation 105

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

OBJ mesh import now supports vertex colors as exported by Blender ( GH-71033 ). As always, a bunch of nice rendering fixes! Rendering: Only disable depth writing in opaque pipelines ( GH-71124 ). Rendering: Fix multiple issues that make the normal roughness texture unusable ( GH-71130 ). See the list below.

Beta 85

Beta Dev Collision Render 85

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 )!

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

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 )!

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

Rendering: Octahedral normal/tangent compression ( GH-60309 ). Editor: Improvements to shader editor ( GH-63582 ). Rendering: Octahedral normal/tangent compression ( GH-60309 ). Warning: This has the potential to break meshes imported in earlier alphas, we are still working on improving the compatibility code.

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Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

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 )!

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

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 )!

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mnenad

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Mainly I focused on generating grass that bends in the wind and some fern like plants, but what comes next is usable for all kind of meshes. Batching means to combine mesh objects that share the same material or that are marked as static in the Unity inspector. In my case I had terrible FPS with just some thousand mesh instances.

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Mesh Shaders FPS Polygon 52

Cocos

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Developer Notes Engine Add more API docs (engine#13937, engine#14079, engine#14088) [Optimize] add image asset’s zh i18n (engine#14108) [Optimize] Add pointerlock function for mac platform (engine#14187) [Pipeline] enable custom pipeline in the editor (engine#14084) [Pipeline] add native pipeline ubo uploading (engine#14061) [Pipeline] Fix web-pipeline (..)

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Lightmap Engine Engineering Mesh 52

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 )!

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Console 52

The Liquid Fire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For Renderer, I chose Forward+ because I think it is somewhere between URP and HDRP. We’re not really doing anything with shaders or post processing in the tutorial, so depending on where you want to take the tutorial later, its really up to you which you choose. Type in mesh in the search and select MeshInstance3D.

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Point and Click Mesh Texture Tile 104

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 6, 2018

The progress of last month was largely defined by stabilizing the 3D renderer with many smaller fixes, but work on the PRB side of things has begun and the GDNative system also saw some quality-of-life changes again, with improvements to the GDNativeLibrary resource as well as an API to provide safe type-casting in NativeScript. Introduction.

Shaders 52

Shaders Texture Render Scripting 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Editor: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). Import: Fix usages of mesh simplification functions in float=64 builds ( GH-67853 ). Rendering: Add options for sorting transparent objects ( GH-69998 ). Rendering: Cleanup and improve sky render ( GH-70253 ).

Beta 81

Beta Dev Render Animation 81

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Physics: Optimized support function for large meshes ( GH-64382 ). Rendering: Add OpenGL timer queries to OpenGL3 backend ( GH-67032 ). Rendering: Improve behaviour of clip_children by clipping to parent alpha value but still retaining parent color ( GH-67043 ). XR: Add multiview to the OpenGL3 driver ( GH-65334 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Alpha 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Import: Fix crash when exporting meshes to glTF that have no skin ( GH-55246 ). Particles: Fix for double use of seed in random shader variables ( GH-55607 ). Rendering: Fix vertex attribute specification for octahedral compression ( GH-54768 ). Rendering: Update CanvasItem when MultiMesh instance transform changes ( GH-54899 ).

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Tile Render Shaders Editing 52