- The Bone struct now includes a local_pose_override.
- The Bone struct now keeps track of its children bones, if it has any.
- Added functions to Skeleton3D for getting the forward vector using the information stored in the rest pose for the bones.
- New `Basis.rotate_to_align()` function.
- Refactored the BoneAttachment3D node.
- Removed the `process_list` functions.
- [New GradientTexture2D resource (useful for 2D lights, particles, …)](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53234).
- [Support for gettext PO template generation from scene and script files.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/39415)
- Translation parser plugins can be written to allow extracting strings from custom file types.
- [New Time singleton to replace date/time handling methods in the OS singleton.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49123)
- Includes new methods to handle ISO 8601 timestamp conversion.
- [Support for custom performance monitors](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/39302).
- New `randi_range()` global scope function to return a random *integer* number within a range.
- New `randfn()` global scope function to return a floating-point number along a normal gaussian distribution.
- [New `pingpong()` global scope function to return a floating-point number that increments then decrements in a "sawtooth" fashion.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46346)
- Vectors and Colors can now be clamped between two values their respective `clamp()` methods.
- New `Vector3.limit_length()` method as a Vector3 counterpart to `Vector2.limit_length()` (formerly `Vector2.clamped()`).
- New PackedArrays to replace PoolArrays.
- 64-bit integer and float arrays are now available in addition to the existing 32-bit ones.
- New `ConfigFile.parse(data: String)` method to load a string as if it was a ConfigFile on disk.
- New `Image.save_png_to_buffer()` method to save a PNG image to memory as a PackedByteArray (instead of saving to disk).
- [New File API to check, read and write symbolic links on macOS and Linux.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46866)
- [Replaced GDNative with GDExtension](https://godotengine.org/article/introducing-gd-extensions).
- Easier setup and compilation for various platforms.
- Code structure is more similar to [statically compiled C++ modules](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/development/cpp/custom_modules_in_cpp.html).
- Lower performance overhead compared to GDNative.
#### Editor
- New TileMap and TileSet editors with better usability.
- Support for multiple windows.
- Docks can be moved out of the main window into separate windows.
- Single-window mode can be enabled in the Editor Settings to revert to the old behavior.
- Movement and scaling handles in the 2D editor (similar to the 3D editor).
- New Replace in Files dialog in the script editor to complement Find in Files.
- **macOS:** More built-in mouse cursors are now exposed (such as diagonal resize cursors).
- **macOS:** Support for building Godot with Clang sanitizers.
- **HTML5:** [Support for profiling projects exported to HTML5.](https://godotengine.org/article/html5-export-profiling)
#### Export
- **macOS:** Projects can now optionally be exported to a application bundle contained within a ZIP archive.
- Previously, a DMG image was always used when exporting from macOS.
- **macOS:** DMG images can now be codesigned after exporting.
#### GDScript
- GDScript was rewritten from scratch with a cleaner approach.
- Annotations to replace keywords in certain cases (`@export`, `@onready`, `@rpc()`, `@tool`, `@warning_ignore()`, …).
- Typed arrays (`var array_of_nodes: Array[Node]`). Any type can be used, including custom classes.
- See individual progress reports for more information:
- Comments starting with `##` are considered documentation comments.
- Documentation comments be placed before any member variable, constant, enum or function declaration, or at the top of a file.
- Documentation comments appear in the editor help and when hovering exported properties in the inspector.
#### GUI
- Support for multiple windows on desktop platforms. Projects can spawn additional windows, each with their own viewport.
- Added `NOTIFICATION_APPLICATION_FOCUS_IN` and `NOTIFICATION_APPLICATION_FOCUS_OUT` notifications for "global" project focus changes (separate from `NOTIFICATION_WM_FOCUS_IN` and `NOTIFICATION_WM_FOCUS_OUT`).
- RichTextLabel property `fit_content_height` to make the label's height fit its content automatically (not always reliable).
- RichTextLabel's `img` tag now supports an optional `color` attribute to modulate the image.
-`get_char_size()` is now exposed in Font, making it usable in DynamicFont rather than being limited to BitmapFont.
- [Tree can now highlight relationship lines for the currently selected item, its parents and direct children.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48546)
- This is used in the scene tree dock in the editor.
#### Import
- Support for importing lights from glTF scenes.
#### Input
- Support for physical (keyboard layout-independent) key codes.
- This can be used to provide <kbd>W</kbd>/<kbd>A</kbd>/<kbd>S</kbd>/<kbd>D</kbd> controls that work on any keyboard layout.
-`DisplayServer.keyboard_get_current_layout()` and `DisplayServer.keyboard_get_layout_*()` methods to get information about keyboard layouts.
- New `Input.MOUSE_MODE_CONFINED_HIDDEN` mouse mode to combine the confined and hidden mouse modes.
#### Mono/C#
- Support for exporting C# projects to iOS and HTML5.
- [C# events can now be used to implement Godot signals](https://godotengine.org/article/csharp-ios-signals-events).
- [New Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code add-ons.](https://godotengine.org/article/csharp-vs-and-vscode)
- [Support for DTLS encryption in UDP and ENet.](https://godotengine.org/article/enet-dtls-encryption)
#### Porting
- New DisplayServer abstraction, allowing for the creation of multiple windows.
- This is used in the editor for detachable docks, but can also be used in projects.
- **Android:** [Allow basic user data backup. This can be disabled in the export preset if needed.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49069)
- **Android:** [Support for changing the mouse cursor shape (no custom images)](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44201).
- **iOS:** [The targeted device family (iPhone, iPad, iPhone and iPad) can now be specified in the export preset.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49137)
#### Physics
- New CharacterBody node to supersede KinematicBody.
- Some KinematicBody features were moved to PhysicsBody.
#### Porting
- **Android:** Clients of the Godot library can now add their own command line arguments.
#### Rendering
- New Vulkan renderer.
- [New OpenGL renderer, using OpenGL 3.3/OpenGL ES 3.0/WebGL 2.0 as a baseline.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53150)
- Designed to target mobile/web platforms first, but also usable on desktop platforms.
- Uses a low-end-friendly approach to maximize performance in simple scenes.
- Currently supports 2D rendering only.
- OpenGL 3D rendering is planned for a future 4.x release.
- Support for specular mapping when using 2D lighting.
- [New DirectionalLight2D node for 2D lighting.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43297)
- CanvasGroup node to modulate several 2D nodes as a group (or apply shaders to them).
- Support for clipping in CanvasItem, replacing the use of Light2D as masks in a more convenient manner.
- [Support for light projectors/"cookies" in OmniLight3D and SpotLight3D.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/37887)
- Only supported for lights with shadows enabled.
- 3D lights now have a Size property which can be set to simulate area lights.
- This property also affects how fast shadow penumbras will grow over distance.
- A shadow blur property is also available to set a constant blurring factor on a per-light basis.
- Shadow mapping with improved filtering and PCSS-like penumbra simulation.
- Shadow normal offset bias is now implemented to avoid issues with shadow acne or peter-panning.
- [New Decal node to project textures onto 3D surfaces.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/37861)
- New fully real-time VoxelGI (formerly GIProbe).
- Dynamic lights and emissive can emit GI that's updated every frame (instead of only updating sporadically).
- Dynamic objects can receive GI and contribute to it.
- [New signed distance field-based global illumination](https://godotengine.org/article/godot-40-gets-sdf-based-real-time-global-illumination) (SDFGI) for open world lighting.
- Enabled in the WorldEnvironment. No node required, no baking.
- Semi-realtime: dynamic objects can receive GI, but not contribute to it.
- [Volumetric fog](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/41213) with optional GI contribution.
- [Fog volumes to locally apply volumetric fog (or subtract to global fog using negative density).](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53353)
- More physically accurate exponential fog to replace the old distance-based fog.
- New Aerial Scattering property in distance-based fog to fade out to the background sky instead of a fixed color.
- Also available in volumetric fog with the Ambient Inject property.
- When using a dedicated GPU, this results in much faster bake speeds compared to the CPU lightmapper.
- Optional support for storing directional lighting information and rough reflections using spherical harmonics.
- Improved support for lighting dynamic objects with better performance and quality.
- In addition to automatic generation, LightmapProbe nodes can now be placed manually to provide better lighting information for dynamic objects where needed.
- [Physical sky material and custom sky shaders](https://godotengine.org/article/custom-sky-shaders-godot-4-0), both supporting real-time updates.
- [Global and per-instance shader uniforms.](https://godotengine.org/article/godot-40-gets-global-and-instance-shader-uniforms)
- This can be used to better reuse shaders, leading to improved performance.
- Support for automatically generating and using mesh LODs to improve performance.
- Several LOD levels are generated for imported 3D scenes by default.
- LODs are automatically used for mesh rendering using a pixel coverage-based selection algorithm.
- Uses the [meshoptimizer](https://github.com/zeux/meshoptimizer) library.
- Support for LOD visibility ranges in GeometryInstance3D.
- Manually authored LODs can be configured using distance and hysteresis cutoffs.
- Can be used for <abbrtitle="Hierarchical Level of Detail">HLOD</abbr> setups to reduce draw calls while preserving culling opportunities when up close.
- [Support for GeometryInstance3D distance fade to make distant meshes disappear smoothly without having to modify their material.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54222)
- Support for automatically generating and using shadow meshes to improve performance.
- The generated shadow meshes are welded aggressively to improve performance with no difference in visual quality.
- To further improve performance, hand-made shadow meshes can be specified in the inspector in MeshInstance nodes.
- [Support for rendering a viewport's 3D contents at a lower resolution to improve performance](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51870).
- 2D elements remain at full resolution to improve perceived sharpness.
- A scaling factor above 1.0 can be used for supersampling, which is useful to maximize quality for offline rendering.
- See individual progress reports for more information:
- [Support for uniform arrays (including sampler arrays).](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49485)
- [Arrays can now be passed as function parameters (including arrays of structs).](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48933)
- [The return type of a function can now be an array (including arrays of structs).](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48933)
- [Array size can now be optionally written before the identifier (`int[2] array;` instead of `int array[2]`).](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53527)
- This eases porting shaders from GLSL.
- [Array constructors can now be called at any time after initialization.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44705)
- For example, `int array[3]; array = {1, 2, 3}` is now valid.
- [New `fma()` (fused multiply-add) built-in function to optimize shaders in a low-level way.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/36225)
- [New built-in data (un)packing functions to optimize shaders in a low-level way.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53066)
- Warning system for common issues such as floating-point comparison and unused variables.
- Argument names now appear in code completion tooltips.
- More information in the [progress report](https://godotengine.org/article/improvements-shaders-visual-shaders-godot-4).
- [Add Billboard mode to visual shaders.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49157)
- [The constants `PI`, `TAU` and `E` are now available in the shader language.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48837)
#### Miscellaneous
- The engine is now unit-tested using [doctest](https://github.com/onqtam/doctest).
- [GDScript also now has integration tests.](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/development/cpp/unit_testing.html#integration-tests-for-gdscript)
- Switched from Travis CI and AppVeyor to GitHub Actions.
- A Fish shell completion file is now available for the Godot editor's command line interface.
### Changed
#### Audio
- [Increased the default AudioStreamPlayer3D unit size to (1 → 10) to make sounds more audible while setting up the node.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/38224)
- Renamed the audio-related `FFT_Size` enum to `FFTSize` for consistency.
#### Core
- Tweaked the output strings to be more human-readable when printing various built-in Variant and Object types.
- Renamed File's `endian_swap` property to `big_endian` for consistency with ResourceSaver and StreamPeer.
- [Renamed File's `get_len()` method to `get_length()`.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49061)
- [Renamed Object's `PROPERTY_USAGE_NOEDITOR` to `PROPERTY_USAGE_NO_EDITOR`.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54571)
- Renamed `Vector2.clamped()` to `Vector2.limit_length()` to differentiate it from the new `Vector2.clamp()`.
- Renamed `rand_range()` to `randf_range()` to avoid ambiguity with the new `randi_range()` and make its return type more obvious.
- Replaced `Node.add_child_below_node()` with `Node.add_sibling()`.
- Replaced `Directory.list_dir_begin()`'s `skip_navigational` and `skip_hidden` arguments with `show_navigational` and `show_hidden`.
- Both arguments are `false` by default, which means the default behavior is now to exclude both navigational and hidden files from the returned list.
- Renamed the built-in Quat type to Quaternion.
- Renamed the built-in Transform type to Transform3D.
- Renamed Node3D's `translation` property to `position` for consistency with Node2D.
- Moved YSort functionality to a Node2D property.
- Viewports now use a size of 512×512 by default to make them visible out of the box.
- [Screen orientation is now represented as an enum in the Project Settings.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48939)
- [Renamed 3D nodes to contain an explicit "3D" prefix for clarity and consistency](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/37340).
- Old node and resource names are automatically converted when loading scenes from Godot 3.x.
#### Editor
- Renewed the editor theme for a more modern design.
- [Increased icon saturation by 30% when using a dark theme.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48644)
- Icon saturation can now be adjusted in the Editor Settings.
- [Improved the audio bus editor appearance.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49130)
- Improved layout and texts of the Manage Editor Features dialog.
- Improved the Video RAM debugger usability.
- The Video RAM tab is now refreshed automatically when switching to it.
- Hovering layer checkboxes in the inspector now results in visual feedback.
- Clicking between two checkboxes will now enable the checkbox that was last highlighted instead of doing nothing.
- CSV profiler measures can now be saved anywhere on the filesystem, not just in the project folder.
- Improved the 2D zooming algorithm to always visit powers of two (50%, 100%, 200%, …) and avoid floating-point precision issues.
- Times are now displayed as milliseconds in the profiler and performance monitors (instead of seconds).
- Improved the batch rename dialog usability and design consistency.
- Clarified error messages when there are regular expression errors.
- Optimized editor icon generation to speed up editor startup.
- Script editor autocompletion now displays previews next to color constant suggestions.
- The number of replaced results now appears in place of the matches counter when replacing text in the script editor.
- Pressing <kbd>Enter</kbd> (or <kbd>Shift + Enter</kbd>) in the script editor replacement dialog now performs a forwards (or backwards) replacement operation.
- Pressing <kbd>Ctrl + F</kbd> now focuses the search field in the AssetLib tab.
- Pressing <kbd>G</kbd> now switches to the Pan mode in the 2D editor.
- The TileMap editor's Bucket Fill shortcut was moved to <kbd>B</kbd> to cater for this change.
- Mouse wheel behavior for zooming in the animation behavior is now inverted.
- The Sync Scene Changes and Sync Script Changes settings' values now persist on a per-project basis instead of being always enabled by default.
- Various tooltips have been added or modified to clarify the editor operation.
- Various visual and formatting changes to the editor help to improve readability and be closer to the online class reference.
- Tweaked Camera2D editor line colors for better visibility.
- Light theme presets now use a negative contrast rate by default for a more logical preview of UI elevation.
- Increased the use of bold fonts throughout the editor.
- Revised icons for the Gradient and GradientTexture resources.
- Renamed "Identifier" to "Bundle Identifier" in the macOS and iOS export presets for clarity.
- Renamed the script editor's "Adaptive" syntax theme to "Default" and "Default" to "Godot 2", for consistency with the editor theme presets.
- Flipped the 2D editor icon to match Godot's coordinate handedness.
#### GUI
- Improved drive letter handling in EditorFileDialog and FileDialog.
- Container nodes (except PanelContainer) now use the Pass mouse mode by default.
- Pressing the left/right arrows while having selected text will now move the cursor to the beginning/end of the selection in LineEdit (while unselecting the text as usual).
- TextEdit's `search()` method now returns a Dictionary instead of a PackedIntArray.
- **macOS:** The <kbd>Ctrl + A</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl + E</kbd> navigation shortcuts now work in LineEdit.
#### Input
- Renamed InputEventKey's `scancode` to `keycode`.
- Renamed InputMap's `get_action_list()` to `get_action_events()`.
#### Networking
- Optimized bandwidth usage in the high-level multiplayer API.
#### Physics
- Split KinematicBody into the new CharacterBody node and PhysicsBody.
- RayCast nodes are now enabled by default.
- The `disabled` property was renamed to `enabled` with its behavior inverted.
- Renamed PlaneShape to WorldBoundaryShape.
#### Rendering
- Some Environment settings such as depth of field have been moved to a CameraEffects resource which is assigned to individual Camera nodes.
- [`DEPTH_TEXTURE` now uses normalized device coordinates between `0.0` and `1.0` (inclusive) to match Vulkan behavior.](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/shaders/advanced_postprocessing.html#depth-texture)
- This requires modifying most shaders that rely on `DEPTH_TEXTURE` to make them still work as expected.
- Previously, coordinates would be between `-1.0` and `1.0` (inclusive) to match OpenGL behavior.
- Support for [pseudo-3D depth in 2D](https://godotengine.org/article/godot-32-will-get-pseudo-3d-support-2d-engine).
- Support for importing 3D scenes using Assimp.
- Many formats are supported, including FBX.
- [Support for generating audio procedurally and analyzing audio spectrums.](https://godotengine.org/article/godot-32-will-get-new-audio-features)
- WebRTC support.
- Includes support for the high-level multiplayer API.
- Supports NAT traversal using STUN or TURN.
- Support for automatically building Android templates before exporting.
- This makes 3rd-party SDK integration easier.
- Support for [texture atlases in 2D](https://godotengine.org/article/atlas-support-returns-godot-3-2).
- Major improvements to the visual shader system. ([News post 1](https://godotengine.org/article/major-update-for-visual-shader-in-godot-3-2), [News post 2](https://godotengine.org/article/major-update-visual-shaders-godot-3-2-part-2))
- Redesigned visual shader editor with drag-and-drop capability.
- Textures can be dragged from the FileSystem dock to be added as nodes.
- Most functions available in GLSL are now exposed.
- Many constants such as `Pi` or `Tau` can now be used directly.
- Support for boolean uniforms and sampler inputs.
- New Sampler port type.
- New conditional nodes.
- New Expression node, allowing shader code to be written in visual shaders.
- Support for plugins (custom nodes).
- Custom nodes can be drag-and-dropped from the FileSystem dock.
- Ability to copy and paste nodes.
- Ability to delete multiple nodes at once by pressing <kbd>Delete</kbd>.
- The node creation menu is now displayed when dragging a connection to an empty space on the graph.
- GLES3-only functions are now distinguished from others in the creation dialog.
- Ability to preview the code generated by the visual shader.
- Ability to convert visual shaders to text-based shaders.
- See the [complete list of new functions](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/26164).
- GridMaps can now be used to bake navigation meshes.
- EditorNavigationMeshGenerator can now be used in `tool` scripts.
- Support for generating navigation meshes from static colliders.
- When using static colliders as a geometry source, a layer mask can be specified to ignore certain colliders.
- The generator no longer relies on the global transform, making it possible to generate navmeshes on nodes that are not in the scene tree.
- Navigation gizmos are now updated after every new bake.
- Support for skinning in 3D skeletons.
- CameraServer singleton to retrieve images from mobile cameras or webcams as textures.
- A crosshair is now displayed when using freelook in the 3D editor.
- Project camera override button at the top of the 2D and 3D editors.
- When enabled, the editor viewport's camera will be replicated in the running project.
- RichTextLabel can now be extended with real-time effects and custom BBCodes.
- Effects are implemented using the ItemFX resource.
-`[img=<width>x<height>]` tag to resize an image displayed in a RichTextLabel.
- If `<width>` or `<height>` is 0, the image will be adjusted to keep its original aspect.
- Revamped node connection dialog for improved ease of use.
- The Signals dock now displays a signal's description in a tooltip when hovering it.
- Input actions can now be reordered by dragging them.
- Animation frames can now be reordered by dragging them.
- Ruler tool to measure distances and angles in the 2D editor.
- "Clear Guides" menu option in the 2D editor to remove all guides.
- The 2D editor grid now displays a "primary" line every 8 lines for easier measurements.
- This value can be adjusted in the Configure Snap dialog.
- Projects can now have a description set in the Project Settings.
- This description is displayed as a tooltip when hovering the project in the Project Manager.
- All Variant types can now be added as project settings using the editor (instead of just `bool`, `int`, `float` and `String`).
- Pressing <kbd>Ctrl + F</kbd> now focuses the search field in the Project Settings and Editor Settings.
- Quick Open dialog (<kbd>Shift + Alt + O</kbd>) to open any resource in the project.
- Unlike the existing dialogs, it's not limited to scenes or scripts.
- Ability to convert a Sprite to a Mesh2D, Polygon2D, CollisionPolygon2D or LightOccluder2D.
- MultiMeshInstance2D node for using MultiMesh in 2D.
- PointMesh primitive.
- Drawn as a rectangle with a constant size on screen, which is cheaper compared to using triangle-based billboards.
- 2D polygon boolean operations and Delaunay triangulation are now available in the Geometry singleton.
- [New convex decomposition](https://godotengine.org/article/godot-3-2-adds-support-convex-decomposition) using the [V-HACD](https://github.com/kmammou/v-hacd) library.
- Can decompose meshes into multiple convex shapes for increased accuracy.
- Support for grouping nodes in the 3D editor.
- "Slow" modifier in freelook (accessed by holding <kbd>Alt</kbd>).
- The 2D editor panning limits can now be disabled in the Editor Settings.
- "Undo Close Tab" option in the scene tabs context menu.
- The editor is now capped to 20 FPS when the window is unfocused.
- This decreases CPU/GPU usage if something causes the editor to redraw continuously (such as particles).
- The editor's FPS cap can now be adjusted in the Editor Settings (both when focused and unfocused).
- Version information is now displayed at the bottom of the editor.
- This is intended to make the Godot version easily visible in video tutorials.
- Support for constants in the shader language.
- Support for local and varying arrays in the shader language.
- Support for `switch` statements in the shader language.
- Support for `do {...} while (...)` loops in the shader language.
- Unlike `while`, the expression in the `do` block will always be run at least once.
- Support for hexadecimal number literals in the shader language.
- Ported several GLES3 shader functions such as `round()` to GLES2.
-`SHADOW_VEC` shader parameter to alter 2D shadow computations in custom shaders.
- Filter search box in the remote scene tree dock.
- Ability to expand/collapse nodes recursively in the scene tree dock by holding <kbd>Shift</kbd> and clicking on a folding arrow.
- Support for depth of field, glow and BCS in the GLES2 renderer.
- MSAA support in the GLES2 renderer.
- Ability to render viewports directly to the screen in the GLES2 renderer.
- This can be faster on low-end devices, but it comes at a convenience cost.
- Project settings to set the maximum number of lights and reflections in the GLES3 renderer.
- Decreasing these values can lead to faster shader compilations, resulting in lower loading times.
- Heightmap collision shape for efficient terrain collisions.
- AStar2D class, making A* use easier in 2D.
- Disabled collision shapes can now be added directly, without having to disable them manually after one step.
- Context menu options to close other scene tabs, scene tabs to the right, or all scene tabs.
- The audio bus volumes can now be snapped by holding <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> while dragging the slider.
- Hovering an audio bus' volume slider now displays its volume in a tooltip.
- Values in the Gradient and Curve editors can now be snapped by holding <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>.
- Precise snapping can be obtained by holding <kbd>Shift</kbd> as well.
- Support for snapping when scaling nodes in the 2D editor.
- Precise snapping in the 3D editor when holding <kbd>Shift</kbd>.
- "Align Rotation with View" in the 3D editor.
- Unlike "Align Transform with View", only the selected node's rotation will be modified.
- "Align Selection with View" has been renamed to "Align Transform with View".
- All 3D gizmos now make use of snapping if enabled.
- CSG shapes are now highlighted with a translucent overlay when selected.
- Shapes in Union mode will use a blue overlay color by default.
- Shapes in Subtraction mode will use an orange overlay color by default.
- Shapes in Intersection mode will use a white overlay color.
- Ability to move a vertex along a single axis when holding <kbd>Shift</kbd> in polygon editors.
- Support for binary literals in GDScript (e.g. `0b101010` for `42`).
- AutoLoads can now be used as a type in GDScript.
- Ability to define script templates on a per-project basis.
- Template files should be placed into a `script_templates/` directory in the project and have an extension that matches the language (`.gd` for GDScript, `.cs` for C#).
- The path to the script templates directory can be changed in the Project Settings.
- Ability to limit the minimum and maximum window size using `OS.set_min_window_size()` and `OS.set_max_window_size()`.
-`Node.process_priority` property to set or get a node's processing priority.
- This was previously only available as `Node.set_process_priority()` (without an associated getter).
-`Node.editor_description` property for documentation purposes.
- When hovering a node with a description in the scene tree dock, the description will be displayed in a tooltip.
-`Button.keep_pressed_outside` property to keep a button pressed when moving the pointer outside while pressed.
-`Button.expand_icon` property to make a button's icon expand/shrink with the button's size.
-`Popup.set_as_minsize()` method to shrink a popup to its minimum size.
-`Tree.get_icon_modulate()` and `Tree.set_icon_modulate()` methods to change an icon's color in a Tree.
-`Tree.call_recursive()` method to call a method on a TreeItem and its children recursively.
-`Light.use_gi_probe` property to exclude specific lights from GIProbe computations.
- TranslationServer method `get_loaded_locales()` to retrieve the list of languages with a translation loaded.
-`FRUSTUM` 3D camera mode to create tilted frustums for mirror or portal effects.
-`CanvasItem.draw_rect()` now has `width` and `antialiased` properties to match `draw_line()`'s functionality.
-`Engine.get_idle_frames()` and `Engine.get_physics_frames()` to get the number of idle and physics frame iterations since the project started.
- Unlike `Engine.get_frames_drawn()`, `Engine.get_idle_frames()` will be incremented even if the render loop is disabled.
-`Engine.get_physics_interpolation_fraction()` to get the fraction through the current physics tick at the time of the current frame.
- This can be used to implement fixed timestep interpolation.
- Support for shadow-to-opacity in 3D to render shadows in augmented reality contexts.
- Ability to change a Position2D gizmo's size.
- New Vector2 and Vector3 methods:
-`move_toward()` to retrieve a vector moved towards another by a specified number of units.
-`direction_to()` to retrieve a normalized vector pointing from a vector to another.
- This is a shorter alternative to `(b - a).normalized()`.
- AStar functions `set_point_disabled()` and `is_point_disabled()` to selectively disable points.
- Tween now emits a `tween_all_completed` signal when all tweens are completed.
-`Input.get_current_cursor_shape()` to retrieve the current cursor shape.
-`InputEventAction` now has a `strength` property to simulate analog inputs.
-`String.repeat()` method to repeat a string several times and return it.
-`String.count()` method to count the number of occurrences of a substring in a string.
-`String.humanize_size()` method to display a file size as an human-readable string.
-`String.strip_escapes()` to strip non-printable escape characters from a string, including tabulations and newlines (but not spaces).
-`String.sha1_text()` and `String.sha1_buffer()` methods to return a string's SHA-1 hash.
- Line2D `clear_points()` method to clear all points.
- Line2D now has a "Width Curve" property to make its width vary at different points.
-`assert()` now accepts an optional second parameter to display a custom message when the assertion fails.
-`posmod()` built-in GDScript function that behaves like `fposmod()`, but returns an integer value.
-`smoothstep()` built-in GDScript function for smooth easing of values.
-`lerp_angle()` built-in GDScript function to interpolate between two angles.
-`ord()` built-in GDScript function to return the Unicode code point of an 1-character string.
-`PoolByteArray.hex_encode()` method to get a string of hexadecimal numbers.
-`Font.get_wordwrap_string_size()` method to return the rectangle size needed to draw a word-wrapped text.
-`Camera.get_camera_rid()` method to retrieve a Camera's RID.
-`Array.slice()` method to duplicate a subset of an Array and return it.
- The GraphEdit box selection colors can now be changed by tweaking the `selection_fill` and `selection_stroke` theme items.
- Toggleable HSV mode for ColorPicker.
- ColorPicker properties to toggle the visibility and editability of presets.
- The default ColorPicker mode (RGB, HSV, RAW) can now be changed in the Editor Settings.
- ColorPicker now displays an indicator to denote "overbright" colors (which can't be displayed as-is in the preview).
- Hovering a Color property in the editor inspector now displays a tooltip with the exact values.
-`Color.transparent` constant (equivalent to `Color(1, 1, 1, 0)`).
-`KinematicBody.get_floor_normal()` and `KinematicBody2D.get_floor_normal()` to retrieve the collided floor's normal.
-`VehicleWheel.get_rpm()` method to retrieve a vehicle wheel's rotations per minute.
- Per-wheel throttle, brake and steering in VehicleBody.
-`GeometryInstance.set_custom_aabb()` to set a custom bounding box (used for view frustum culling).
-`FuncRef.call_funcv()` to call a FuncRef with an array containing arguments.
- In contrast to `FuncRef.call_func()`, only a single array argument is expected.
-`Mesh.get_aabb()` is now exposed to scripting.
-`PhysicalBone.apply_impulse()` and `PhysicalBone.apply_central_impulse()` methods to push ragdolls around.
-`ProjectSettings.load_resource_pack()` now features an optional `replace_files` argument (defaulting to `true`), which controls whether the loaded resource pack can override existing files in the virtual filesystem.
-`SpinBox.apply()` method to evaluate and apply the expression in the SpinBox's value immediately.
-`ConfigFile.erase_section_key()` method to remove a single key from a ConfigFile.
-`OS.execute()` now returns the process' exit code when blocking mode is enabled.
-`OS.is_window_focused()` method that returns `true` if the window is currently focused.
- Tracking the focus state manually using `NOTIFICATION_WM_FOCUS_IN` and `NOTIFICATION_WM_FOCUS_OUT` is no longer needed to achieve this.
-`OS.low_processor_mode_sleep_usec` is now exposed as a property.
- This makes it possible to change its value at runtime, rather than just defining it once in the Project Settings.
-`SceneTree.quit()` now accepts an optional argument with an exit code.
- If set to a value greater than or equal to 0, it will override the `OS.exit_code` property.
-`VisualServer.multimesh_create()` is now exposed to scripting.
- Ability to override how scripted objects are converted to strings by defining a `_to_string()` method.
- Export hints for 2D and 3D physics/render layers.
- Editor plugins can now add new tabs to the Project Settings.
- Standalone ternary expression warning in GDScript.
- Variable shadowing warning in GDScript.
- Will be displayed if:
- a block variable shadows a member variable,
- a subclass variable shadows a member variable,
- a function argument shadows a member variable.
- Script reflection methods are now exposed to GDScript.
- See `Script.get_script_property_list()`, `Script.get_script_method_list()`, `Script.get_script_signal_list()`, `Script.get_script_constant_map()` and `Script.get_property_default_value()`.
-`randfn(mean, deviation)` method to generate random numbers following a normal Gaussian distribution.
- Ability to read the standard error stream when using `OS.execute()` (disabled by default).
- Option to disable boot splash filtering (nearest-neighbor interpolation).
- The GridMap editor now offers a search field and size slider.
- DynamicFont resources now have a thumbnail in the editor.
- Minimap in the script editor.
- Bookmarks in the script editor for easier code navigation.
- Filter search box for the script list and member list.
- Singletons and `class_name`-declared classes are now highlighted with a separate color in the script editor.
- The editor help now displays class properties' default and overridden values.
- The script editor's Find in Files dialog can now search in user-defined file types (`editor/search_in_file_extensions` in the Project Settings).
- The script editor search now displays the number of matches.
- The script editor search now selects the current match for easier replacing.
- "Evaluate Expression" contextual option in the script editor.
- This option evaluates the selected expression and replaces it (e.g. `2 + 2` becomes `4`).
- Autocompletion support for `change_scene()`.
- Ability to skip breakpoints while debugging.
- Drag-and-drop support in the TileSet editor.
- Ability to attach scripts to nodes by dragging a name from the script list to a node in the scene tree.
- Icons are now displayed next to code completion items, making their type easier to distinguish.
- TileMap property `centered_textures` can be used to center textures on their tile, instead of using the tile's top-left corner as position for the texture.
- **iOS:** Support for [ARKit](https://developer.apple.com/augmented-reality/).
- **iOS:** `OS.get_model_name()` now returns a value with the device name.
- **iOS:** The Home indicator is now hidden by default to avoid being in the way of the running project.
- It can be restored in the Project Settings.
- **Windows:** Ability to toggle the console window in the Editor Settings.
- **Windows:** Project setting to enable Vsync using the compositor (DWM), disabled by default.
- On some hardware, this may fix stuttering issues when running a project in windowed mode.
- **Windows:** Support for code signing using `signtool` on Windows and `osslsigncode` on other platforms.
- **Windows:** Support for using Clang and ThinLTO when compiling using MinGW.
- **Windows/macOS:** `OS.set_native_icon()` method to set an `.ico` or `.icns` window/taskbar icon at runtime.
- **Windows/macOS/X11:** Support for graphic tablet pen pressure and tilt in InputEventMouseMotion.
- **macOS:** LineEdit now supports keyboard shortcuts commonly available on macOS.
- **macOS:** Multiple instances of the editor can now be opened at once.
- **macOS:** Recent and favorite projects are now listed in the project manager dock menu.
- **macOS:** The list of open scenes is now displayed in the editor dock menu.
- **macOS:** Support for modifying global and dock menus.
- **macOS:** Improved support for code signing when exporting projects.
- **macOS:** Support for defining camera and microphone usage descriptions when exporting a project.
- **macOS/X11:** [A zsh completion file for the editor is now available.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/blob/master/misc/dist/shell/_godot.zsh-completion)
- **X11:** The instance PID is now set as the `_NET_WM_PID` window attribute, so that external programs can easily access it.
- **Mono:** Support for exporting to Android and HTML5.
- **Mono:** Support for using Rider as an external editor.
- **Mono:** Support for attaching external profilers like dotTrace using the `MONO_ENV_OPTIONS` environment variable.
- **Mono:** New DynamicGodotObject class to access dynamic properties from scripts written in GDScript.
- **Mono:** Support for resource type hints in exported arrays.
- **Mono:** New `mono/unhandled_exception_policy` project setting to keep running after an unhandled exception.
- [**Mono:** New Godot constants to conditionally react to system variables at compile-time.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/28786)
- **Mono:** Support for Visual Studio 2019's MSBuild.
### Changed
- Tween and Timer now display an error message if they are started without being added to the scene tree first.
- Tweaked Timer's wait time property hint to allow values with 3 decimals and above 4096.
- Functions called from a signal can no longer disconnect the node from the signal they're connected to (unless using `call_deferred()`).
- Tabs and space indentation can no longer be mixed in the same GDScript file.
- Each file must now use only tabs or spaces for indentation (not both).
-`Camera.project_position()` now requires a second `depth` argument to determine the distance of the point from the camera.
- To get the old behavior back, pass the Camera's `near` property value as the second argument.
-`Skeleton.set_bone_global_pose()` was replaced by `Skeleton.set_bone_global_pose_override()`.
- UDP broadcasting is now disabled by default and must be enabled by calling `set_broadcast_enabled(true)` on the PacketPeerUDP instance.
- The editor and project manager now open slightly faster.
- Improved the Project Manager user interface.
- New, simpler design with more space available for the project list.
- Improved reporting of missing projects.
- The search field is now focused when starting the Project Manager if there is at least one project in the list.
- The search field now searches in both the project name and path.
- If the search term contains a `/`, the whole path will be used to match the search them. Otherwise, only the last path component will be searched in.
- Refactored the Project Manager to be more efficient, especially with large project lists.
- Images in the Project Manager and Asset Library are now resized with Lanczos filtering for a smoother appearance.
- The editor now uses the font hinting algorithm that best matches the OS' default.
- Hinting is set to "None" on macOS, and set to "Light" on Windows and Linux.
- This can be changed in the Editor Settings.
- The editor window dimming when a popup appears is now less intense (60% → 50%).
- The animation was also removed as it made the editor feel sluggish at lower FPS.
- Several editor menus have been reorganized for consistency and conciseness.
- Undo/Redo now supports more actions throughout the editor.
- Increased the height of the ItemList editor popup.
- This makes it easier to edit large amounts of items.
- Opening a folder in FileDialog will now scroll back to the top.
- Folder icons in FileDialog can now be displayed with a different color using the `folder_icon_modulate` constant, making them easier to distinguish from files.
- Folder icons in editor file dialogs are now tinted with the accent color.
- Improved colors in the light editor theme for better readability and consistency.
- Improved A* performance significantly by using a binary heap and OAHashMap.
- Tweaked the AABB transform algorithm to be ~1.2 times faster.
- Optimized the variant reference function, making complex scripts slightly faster.
- Disabled high-quality voxel cone tracing by default.
- This makes GIProbe much faster out of the box, at the cost of less realistic reflections.
- Lowered the default maximum directional shadow distance (200 → 100).
- This makes directional shadow rendering consistent between the editor and running project when using the default Camera node settings.
- Tweaked the default depth fog maximum distance to be independent of the Camera's `far` value (0..100).
- This makes fog display consistent between the editor and a running project.
- Tweaked the default height fog values to be more logical (0..100 → 10..0).
- This means height fog will be drawn from top-to-bottom, instead of being drawn from bottom-to-top.
- Significantly improved SSAO performance by using a lower sample count.
- SSAO now uses 3×3 blurring by default, resulting in less visible noise patterns.
- When "Keep 3D Linear" is enabled, colors are no longer clamped to [0, 1] when using Linear tonemapping.
- This allows rendering HDR values in floating-point texture targets for further processing or saving HDR data into files.
- The lightmap baker now calculates lightmap sizes dynamically based on surface area.
- Improved 3D KinematicBody performance and reliability.
- Orbiting in the 3D editor can now be done while holding <kbd>Alt</kbd>, for better compatibility with graphics tablets.
- Keys and actions are now released when the window loses focus.
- Tweens can now have a duration of 0.
- Particles and CPUParticles' Sphere emission shape now uses an uniform density sphere.
-`Viewport.size_override_stretch` is now exposed as a property (rather than just setter/getter methods).
- One-click deploy to Android now requires just one click if only one device is connected.
- The Project Manager will now infer a project name from the project path if the name was left to the default value.
- The WebSockets implementation now uses the smaller [wslay](https://tatsuhiro-t.github.io/wslay/) library instead of libwebsockets.
- Box selections in the editor now use a subtle outline for better visibility.
- Most 2D lines are now antialiased in the editor.
- CheckButtons now use a simpler design in the editor.
- Messages originating from the editor are now faded in the editor log.
- This makes messages printed by the project stand out more.
- Folding arrows in the editor inspector are now displayed at the left for consistency with other foldable elements.
- Hovering or dragging guides in the 2D editor will now turn the cursor into a "resizing" shape.
- The editor update spinner is now hidden by default.
- It can be enabled again in the Editor Settings.
- The "Update Always" option is now editor-wide instead of being project-specific.
- ColorPicker, OptionButton and MenuButton now use toggle mode, making them appear pressed when clicked.
- The ColorPicker preview was moved below the picker area to be closer to the sliders.
- Increased the Light2D height range from -100..100 to -2048..2048.
- Lower and higher values can be entered manually too.
- Decreased the `rotation_degrees` range in various nodes to -360..360 to be easier to adjust using the slider.
- Lower and higher values can still be entered manually, which is useful for animation purposes.
- The default RichTextLabel color is now `#ffffff`, matching the default Label color for better consistency.
- SpinBoxes now calculate the entered value using the Expression class.
- For example, writing `2 + 2` in a SpinBox then pressing Enter will result in `4`.
- Saved resources no longer contain dependency indices and metadata such as node folding, resulting in more VCS-friendly files.
- The script editor's line length guideline is now enabled by default.
- The script editor state (such as breakpoints or the current line) is now preserved across editor sessions.
- The script editor's "Auto Brace Complete" setting is now enabled by default.
- The scripts panel toggle button is now located at the bottom-left of the script editor (instead of the File menu).
- Editor plugins can now be enabled without having an init script defined.
- Custom nodes added by plugins now have a translucent script icon in the scene tree dock.
-`EditorInterface.get_current_path()` to get the full path currently displayed in the FileSystem dock in an editor plugin.
- Copy constructors are now allowed for built-in types in GDScript.
- This allows constructs such as `Vector2(Vector2(12, 34))`, which may be useful to simplify code in some cases.
-`weakref(null)` is now allowed in GDScript.
- This makes checking for a valid reference more concise, as `if my_ref.get_ref()` is now sufficient (no need for `if my_ref and my_ref.get_ref()`).
- The number of signal connections and groups is now displayed in a tooltip when hovering the associated buttons in the scene tree dock.
- The right mouse button can now be used to pan in the 2D editor.
- This is to improve usability when using a touchpad.
- The middle mouse button can still be used to pan in the 2D editor.
- Zooming is now allowed while panning in the 2D editor.
- When the "Scroll To Pan" editor setting is enabled, the 2D editor can now be zoomed in by holding <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> and scrolling the mouse wheel.
- Zoom percentages in the 2D editor are now relative to the editor scale if the editor scale is higher than 100%.
- The 2D editor now displays the current zoom percentage.
- The zoom percentage can be clicked to reset the zoom level to 100%.
- Improved sorting options in the Asset Library.
- Images now load faster in the Asset Library.
- A loading placeholder is now displayed while icons are loading in the Asset Library.
- Images failing to load in the Asset Library display a "broken file" icon.
- Improved the Asset Library page loading transitions.
- Tweaked the Asset Library detail page layout for better readability.
- Audio mixer faders now use a non-linear algorithm to better fit human hearing.
- Tooltips now appear faster when hovering elements in the editor (0.7 seconds → 0.5 seconds).
- Increased the low-processor usage mode's default maximum refresh rate (125 FPS → 144 FPS).
- This makes the editor feel slightly smoother on 144 Hz displays.
- Tree scrolling when dragging now uses a larger drag margin, making drag-and-drop more convenient.
- Holding <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> now toggles snapping in GraphEdit.
- Improved the timeline's appearance in the animation editor.
- Improved snapping in the animation editor.
- Snapping can be toggled temporarily by holding the <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> key.
- Snapping can be made more precise by holding the <kbd>Shift</kbd> key.
- Timeline snapping is now toggled by the Snap setting (like when moving keyframes).
- Keyframes are now easier to select in the animation editor.
- Selected keyframes now appear slightly larger in the animation editor.
- Boolean and color keyframe icons are now aligned to other keyframes in the animation editor.
- The Animation editor's line widths are now resized to match the editor scale.
- BPTC compression is now available for all HDR image formats.
-`Image.save_exr()` to save an image in EXR format, which supports high bit depths.
- Improved path and polygon editors.
- New handle icons for path and polygon points.
- Smooth path point and curve tangents now use different icons to be distinguished from sharp points.
- Tangent lines are now gray in the Path2D and Path editors.
- Path2D lines are now antialiased.
- Increased the TileSet and polygon UV editor's maximum zoom levels (400% → 1600%).
- Decreased the maximum allowed StyleBoxFlat corner detail (128 → 20).
- This prevents slowness and glitches caused by using overly detailed corners.
- 3D collision shapes and RayCasts are now drawn in gray when disabled.
- Improved RayCast2D and one-way collision drawing.
- Disabled RayCast2Ds are now displayed in gray.
- One-way collision arrows are now orange by default, making them easier to distinguish them from RayCast2Ds.
- Tweaked RayCast2D and one-way collision line shapes to look more like arrows.
- Improved rendering in the curve editor.
- The grid is now rendered correctly when using a light theme.
- The main line and edge line colors have been swapped for better visibility.
- Tangent line widths are now resized to match the editor scale.
- Improved rendering in the performance monitor.
- Dark colors are now used on light backgrounds for better visibility.
- Graph lines are now thinner and opaque.
- Graph line widths are now resized to match the editor scale.
- Rounded values now display trailing zeroes to make their precision clearer.
- TileMap support for transform operations on cell textures bigger than the cell size has been reworked to properly support isometric tiles.
- Breaks compatibility with some TileMaps from previous Godot versions. An opt-in `compatibility_mode` property can be used to restore the previous behavior.
- Some TileMap editor options were moved to the toolbar.
- The TileMap editor now displays coordinate information in the 2D viewport's bottom-left corner.
- This fixes the TileMap editor width changing when hovering tiles in a small window.
- Brackets are now only inserted when necessary when autocompleting methods in the script editor.
- Improved dialogs when saving or removing an editor layout.
- Whitespace-only selections no longer cause the script editor to highlight all occurrences.
- Saving a script will now add a newline at the end of file if none was present already.
- Reorganized sections in the editor help to be in a more logical order.
- The editor help now uses horizontal margins if the screen is wide enough.
- This makes sure lines keep a reasonable length for better readability.
- Increased line spacing in the editor help and asset library descriptions.
- The editor help now displays bold text using a bold font (instead of using a monospace font).
- The editor help now displays code using a slightly different color to be easier to distinguish.
- The editor help now displays types after parameter names to follow the GDScript static typing syntax.
- Editor help is now accessed using <kbd>Shift + F1</kbd>, for consistency with other applications.
- Contextural help is now accessed using <kbd>Alt + F1</kbd> to accommodate for this change.
- The script editor's Find in Files dialog is now always available, even when no script is opened.
- Pressing <kbd>Shift + Enter</kbd> in the script editor Find dialog will now go to the previous match.
- Improved the node deletion confirmation message.
- If there is only one node to delete, its name is displayed in the message.
- If there is more than one node to delete, the number of nodes to delete is displayed.
- Improved the "Snap Object to Floor" functionality in the 3D editor.
- An error message is now displayed if no nodes could be snapped.
- Increased the maximum snapping height (10 → 20).
- Increased the maximum snapping tolerance (0.1 → 0.2).
- 2D/3D selections, rotations and selected texts are now highlighted with the editor theme's accent color.
- 3D light gizmos are now tinted using the light's color, making navigation easier while using the unshaded display mode.
- Improved the 3D light and AudioStreamPlayer3D gizmos to better represent their depth in the 3D world.
- Tweaked the 3D manipulator gizmo's colors for better visibility.
- Tweaked the 2D and 3D axis colors for consistency with gizmo colors.
- Increased the default 3D manipulator gizmo opacity (0.2 → 0.4).
- The multiline text editor popup dialog's width is now capped on large displays.
- This prevents lines from becoming very long, which could hamper text readability.
- Non-printable escape characters are now stripped when pasting text into a LineEdit.
- The TextEdit caret color now matches the default font color, making it easier to see.
- Empty exported NodePath properties now return `null` instead of `self`.
- Built-in scripts are no longer allowed to use `class_name` as it wasn't working properly.
- The second parameter of `substr()` is now optional and defaults to `-1`.
- More editor actions can now have shortcuts assigned (such as Revert Scene or Export).
- The project export path may now be written in a relative path.
- Directories will be created recursively if the target directory doesn't exist.
- Items in the FileSystem dock can now be deselected by clicking empty space.
- "Set as Main Scene" context option for scenes in the FileSystem dock.
- The unused class variable GDScript warning is now disabled by default due to false positives.
- Warning-ignore comments now allow whitespace after the `#` character.
- Improved error reporting in the Particles emission point creation dialog.
- The number of warnings and errors that can be received in the remote debugger is now capped per second rather than per frame.
- The default limit is 100 errors and 100 warnings per second, making it possible for the script editor to report up to 100 warnings before having messages hidden.
- UTF-8 characters are now supported in input action names.
- All platforms now use the `custom_template` property in each export preset to store the path to the custom export template (instead of `custom_package` for some platforms).
- Tween methods' `trans_type` and `ease_type` arguments are now optional, defaulting to `TRANS_LINEAR` and `EASE_IN_OUT` respectively.
-`PCKPacker.pck_start()` and `PCKPacker.flush()`'s `alignment` and `verbose` arguments (respectively) are now optional, defaulting to `0` and `false`.
- Exported PCK files now contain the Godot patch version in their header.
- This can be used by external tools to detect the Godot version more accurately.
- Exporting a project PCK or ZIP from the command line must now be done with the new `--export-pack` command-line argument.
- This was done to remove the ambiguity when exporting a project to macOS from the command line.
- Updated FreeType to 2.10, which changes how font metrics are calculated.
- This may affect the appearance of some Controls, see [this issue](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/28335) for details.
- The SCons build system now automatically detects the host platform.
-`platform=<platform>` is no longer required when compiling for the host platform.
-`platform=list` can be used to list the supported target platforms.
- **Windows:** Drive letters in file paths are now capitalized.
- **macOS:** <kbd>Control + H</kbd> and <kbd>Control + D</kbd> in TextEdit now delete the character at the left and right of the cursor (respectively).
- **macOS:** <kbd>Command + Left</kbd> in TextEdit now moves the cursor to the first non-whitespace character.
- **macOS:** Non-resizable windows are now allowed to enter fullscreen mode.
- **macOS:** The editor's title bar now uses dark mode on Mojave.
- **X11:** `OS.set_window_postion()` now takes window decorations into account.
### Removed
- Unused Panel `panelf` and `panelnc` styles.
- thekla_atlas dependency, as light baking now relies on [xatlas](https://github.com/jpcy/xatlas) for UV unwrapping.
- Rating icons in the Asset Library, as this feature isn't implemented in the backend.
- Some editor languages are no longer available due to missing support for RTL and text shaping in Godot:
- Affected languages are Arabic, Bengali, Persian, Hebrew, Hindi, Malayalam, Sinhalese, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
- These languages will be re-added once Godot supports RTL and text shaping.
- **Android:** ARMv6 support.
- **iOS:** ARMv7 support.
- ARMv7 export templates can still be compiled from source to support the iPhone 5 and older.
### Fixed
- The Project Manager now remembers the sorting option that was previously set.
- The editor and project manager now have a minimum window size defined.
- This prevents controls from overlapping each other by resizing the window to a very small size.
- Fixed radiance map generation, resulting in improved 3D performance and visual quality.
- Fixed issues with PBR environment mapping.
- Materials should now look closer to what they look like in Substance Designer/Painter.
- Depth of field now affects transparent objects.
- Radiance is now generated when using a clear color sky.
- Contact shadows no longer display when shadow casting is disabled.
- Larger data types can now be constructed by swizzling in the shader language.
- For instance, `vec2 test2 = vec2(0.0, 1.0); vec3 test3 = test2.xxx;` now works as in GLSL.
- The `AMBIENT_LIGHT_DISABLED` and `SHADOWS_DISABLED` flags now work when using the GLES2 renderer.
- The Keep background mode now works when using the GLES2 renderer.
- Several fixes to the GLES2 renderer:
- Fixed transparency order.
- Fixed vertex lighting being too bright.
- Fixed occasional light flickering.
- Fixed shadows cast from transparent materials.
- Fog is no longer computed on unshaded materials.
- This matches the GLES3 renderer's behavior.
- GLES2 shader uniforms now use `highp` precision by default.
- This prevents linking issues on some Android devices.
- Negative OmniLights and SpotLights now work as expected.
- The 3D editor's View Information pane now displays statistics correctly when using the GLES2 renderer.
- Textures compressed with ETC now support transparency by falling back to RGBA4444 or LA8.
- Alternate display modes are now marked as disabled in the editor when using the GLES2 renderer, as these are only supported when using GLES3.
- Fixed several inconsistencies between Particles and CPUParticles.
- Fixed particles scale randomization.
- Particles are now set to emit correctly when restarting.
- CheckBox and CheckButton now use the `check_vadjust` custom constant to adjust the icon Y position as intended.
- Fixed various issues with tab-related icons.
- Fixed issues in WebM colorspace corrections, resulting in better color output.
- CSG is now taken into account when generating navigation meshes.
- Curve2D and Curve3D interpolated values now behave as expected.
- Numeric slider grabbers in the editor inspector now update when scrolling using the mouse wheel.
- Scene modifications are no longer lost when renaming a file in the FileSystem dock.
- "Show in FileSystem" now clears the current search, so that the selected item can be seen immediately.
- LineEdit and TextEdit's context menus no longer display editing options if they are read-only.
- SpinBox mouse events are now correctly triggered by its LineEdit part.
- Per-word navigation in LineEdit and TextEdit now handles UTF-8 characters correctly.
- LineEdit placeholders, Tabs' names and WindowDialog titles now react correctly to translation changes.
- Fixed UI navigation when using gamepad analog sticks.
- Buttons' state is now reset when they exit the scene tree.
- This prevents them from lingering in a "hovered" or "pressed" state.
- Tooltips now disappear when hiding the node they belong to.
- Encoded packet flags are no longer sent in the ENet multiplayer protocol, as ENet itself already sends that data.
- This saves 4 bytes per packet.
- Audio trimming is now less aggressive, cutting at -50 dB instead of -30 dB.
- Audio trimming now has a small fade-out period, preventing audible pops.
- Audio mix rate and output latency settings are now consistently applied on all platforms.
- Fixed multichannel panning for AudioStreamPlayer3D.
- Opening a recent built-in script will now load the associated scene automtaically since doing so is required to edit the script.
- Declaring a class with `class_name` that has the same name as a singleton will now display a clearer error message.
-`script` is no longer allowed as a member variable name in GDScript, as that conflicts with the internal `script` property used by Object.
- Assigning a variable with a function index will no longer evaluate the function twice.
- For instance, doing `a[function()] += 1` will no longer evaluate `function()` twice.
- If the function has side effects, this may change the resulting program behavior.
- GDScript type checks are now enabled in release export templates.
- The Label font shadow now draws the font outline as well (if the base font has one).
-`Font.draw_char()` now draws the font outline as well (if the base font has one).
- The editor no longer redraws continuously when selecting a Control in a Container.
- Added some missing feature tags to the Project Settings "Override For..." menu.
- The `low_processor_mode_sleep_usec` project setting no longer affects the editor.
- Typed arrays and dictionaries no longer have their values shared across instances.
-`self` and object types can now be indexed as a dictionary again (like in Godot 3.0 and prior).
- Fixed `to_lower()` conversion with Cyrillic characters.
- The Find in Files replace dialog now allows empty replacement texts.
- The bottom panel no longer disappears when opening the theme editor on small displays.
- The script editor's color picker now changes only one color if multiple colors are present on the same line.
- The script editor's line length guideline is now drawn behind text.
- The script editor's line length guideline is now drawn at the correct position when font hinting is disabled.
- The script editor now automatically indents a line if the previous one ends with `[` or `(`.
- This makes it possible to wrap arrays or function declarations/calls without pressing <kbd>Tab</kbd> every line.
- Fixed autocompletion in the script editor.
- The script editor can now autocomplete enum values.
- The script editor can now autocomplete node paths starting with `$"` or `$'`.
- Custom script editor templates can now use type hints.
- Shift operators with a number not between 0 and 63 (inclusive) will now result in a compile-time error in GDScript.
- Warnings no longer count towards the "Too many errors!" message.
- AnimationTrackEdit now displays invalid value keys again (as it did in 3.0).
- Fixed the display of function/audio/animation tracks in the blend tree animation filter.
- The editor shortcuts menu no longer displays all unassigned shortcuts when searching for a substring of "None".
- The editor's performance monitor now displays memory/file sizes larger than 2 GB correctly.
- The editor debugger now displays keyboard shortcuts when hovering the "Step Into", "Step Over", "Break" and "Continue" buttons.
- The editor debugger now always handles connections.
- Subsequent connections will be dropped immediately to avoid locking.
- Large rotation offset/snap values no longer appear to be cut off in the Configure Snap dialog.
- Documentation tooltips in the editor now wrap to multiple lines correctly.
- Locked 3D nodes are no longer selectable in the 3D viewport, matching the 2D editor's behavior.
- All 3D gizmos now notify changes correctly, which means the inspector now displays up-to-date properties after using them.
- The 3D manipulator gizmo's size is now capped at low viewport heights, preventing it from outgrowing the viewport's bounds.
- The editor filesystem now refreshes on file changes if the project is located on an exFAT filesystem.
- Fixed many cases of colors not changing correctly when switching the editor from a dark theme to a light theme (or vice versa) without restarting.
- The Show in File Manager context menu option now works with files marked as favorite.
- The random number generator's seed is now properly set up.
- Antialiased and rounded StyleBoxFlat corners now handle different border widths correctly.
- The StyleBox preview now accounts for shadows and content margins.
- This fixes the preview going out of bounds in the inspector.
- Text resources no longer contain an extraneous line break at the end of file.
- Transform's `FLIP_Y` and `FLIP_Z` constants now work as expected.
- Fixed importing BMP images.
- The positional command-line argument is now only considered to be a scene path if it ends with `.scn`, `.tscn` or `.escn`.
- This makes it possible to parse command-line arguments in a standard fashion (`--foo bar` now works, not just `--foo=bar`).
- This also makes it possible to use file associations or drag-and-drop and have the positional argument parsed by the project.
- The `--audio-driver` and `--video-driver` command-line arguments are now validated; an error message will be printed if an invalid value is passed.
- The `--check-only` command-line argument now returns a non-zero exit code if an invalid script is passed using `--script`.
- Exporting a project via the command-line now returns a non-zero exit code if an error occurred during exporting.
- Console output is no longer colored when standard output isn't a TTY.
- This prevents Godot from writing ANSI escape codes when redirecting standard output or standard error to a file.
- **Android:** Gamepads are now correctly detected when the application starts.
- **Android:** Fix some keyboards being detected as gamepads and not working as a result.
- **Android:** The editor now detects if the device is connected using wireless `adb` and will debug using Wi-Fi in this case.
- **HTML5:** Fixed the pointer position on hiDPI displays.
- **HTML5:** `OS.get_system_time_msec()` now returns the correct value like on other platforms.
- **iOS:** On iOS 11 or later, gestures near screen edges are now handled by Godot instead of the OS.
- **Windows:** Line endings are now converted to CRLF when setting clipboard content.
- **Windows:** Getting the path to the Downloads directory using `OS.get_system_dir()` now works correctly.
- This fixes line endings being invisible when pasting into other applications.
- **macOS:** `OS.get_real_window_size()` and `OS.set_window_size()` are now handled correctly on hiDPI displays.
- **X11:** `OS.get_window_position()` now returns absolute coordinates.
- **X11:** Fixed audio playing on the wrong speakers when using PulseAudio on 5.1 setups.
- **X11:** `OS.set_window_maximized()` now gives up after 0.5 seconds.
- This makes the editor no longer freeze on startup when using fvwm.
- [GDScript keyword `class_name` to register scripts as classes.](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/getting_started/step_by_step/scripting_continued.html#register-scripts-as-classes)
- [Built-in vector types now use copy-on-write mode as originally intended](https://godotengine.org/article/why-we-broke-your-pr), resulting in increased engine performance.
- The [mbedtls](https://tls.mbed.org/) library is now used instead of OpenSSL.
- Allow attaching and clearing scripts on multiple nodes at once.
- Default values are no longer saved in scene and resource files.
- The selection rectangle of 2D nodes is now hidden when not pertinent (no more rectangle for collision shapes).
- SSE2 is now enabled in libsquish, resulting in improved S3TC encoding performance.
- Tangent and binormal coordinates are now more consistent across mesh types (primitive/imported), resulting in more predictable normal map and depth map appearance.
- Better defaults for 3D scenes.
- The default procedural sky now has a more neutral blue tone.
- The default SpatialMaterial now has a roughness value of 1 and metallic value of 0.
- The fallback material now uses the same values as the default SpatialMaterial.
- Text editor themes are now sorted alphabetically in the selection dropdown.
- The 3D manipulator gizmo now has a smoother, more detailed appearance.
- The 3D viewport menu button now has a background to make it easier to read.
- [`move_and_slide()` now behaves differently at low velocities](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/21683), which makes it function as originally intended.
- AnimatedSprite2D's `animation_finished` signal is now triggered at the end of the animation, instead of as soon as the last frame displays.
- Audio buses can now be removed in the editor while they are used by AudioStreamPlayer2D/3D nodes.
- Do not show the project manager unless no project was found at all.
- The animation editor time offset indicator no longer "walks" when resizing the editor.
- Allow creation of a built-in GDScript file even if the filename suggested already exists.
- Show tooltips in the editor when physics object picking is disabled.
- Uses the Disney PBR model, with clearcoat, sheen and anisotropy parameters available.
- Uses a forward renderer, supporting multi-sample anti-aliasing (MSAA).
- Parallax occlusion mapping.
- Reflection probes.
- Screen-space reflections.
- Real-time global illumination using voxel cone tracing (GIProbe).
- Proximity fade and distance fade (useful for creating soft particles and various effects).
- [Lightmapper](https://godotengine.org/article/introducing-new-last-minute-lightmapper) for lower-end desktop and mobile platforms, as an alternative to GIProbe.
- New SpatialMaterial resource, replacing FixedMaterial.
- Multiple passes can now be specified (with an optional "grow" property), allowing for effects such as cel shading.
- Brand new 3D post-processing system.
- Depth of field (near and far).
- Fog, supporting light transmittance, sun-oriented fog, depth fog and height fog.
- Tonemapping and Auto-exposure.
- Screen-space ambient occlusion.
- Multi-stage glow and bloom, supporting optional bicubic upscaling for better quality.
- Color grading and various adjustments.
- Rewritten audio engine from scratch.
- Supports audio routing with arbitrary number of channels, including Area-based audio redirection ([video](https://youtu.be/K2XOBaJ5OQ0)).
- [Feature tags](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/getting_started/workflow/export/feature_tags.html) in the Project Settings, for custom per-platform settings.
- Full support for the [glTF 2.0](https://www.khronos.org/gltf/) 3D interchange format.
- Freelook and fly navigation to the 3D editor.
- Built-in editor logging (logging standard output to a file), disabled by default.
- Improved, more intuitive file chooser in the editor.
- Smoothed out 3D editor zooming, panning and movement.
- Toggleable rendering information box in the 3D editor viewport.
- FPS display can also be enabled in the editor viewport.
- Ability to render the 3D editor viewport at half resolution to achieve better performance.
- GDNative for binding languages like C++ to Godot as dynamic libraries.
- Community bindings for [D](https://github.com/GodotNativeTools/godot-d), [Nim](https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim) and [Python](https://github.com/touilleMan/godot-python) are available.
- Editor settings and export templates are now versioned, making it easier to use several Godot versions on the same system.
- Optional soft shadows for 2D rendering.
- HDR sky support.
- Ability to toggle V-Sync while the project is running.
- Panorama sky support (sphere maps).
- Support for WebM videos (VP8/VP9 with Vorbis/Opus).
- Exporting to HTML5 using WebAssembly.
- C# support using Mono.
- The Mono module is disabled by default, and needs to be compiled in at build-time.
- The latest Mono version (5.4) can be used, fully supporting C# 7.0.
- Support for rasterizing SVG to images on-the-fly, using the nanosvg library.
- Editor icons are now in SVG format, making them better-looking at non-integer scales.
- Due to the library used, only simpler SVGs are well-supported, more complex SVGs may not render correctly.
- Support for oversampling DynamicFonts, keeping them sharp when scaled to high resolutions.
- Improved StyleBoxFlat.
- Border widths can now be set per-corner.
- Support for anti-aliased rounded and beveled corners.
- Support for soft drop shadows.
- VeryLoDPI (75%) and MiDPI (150%) scaling modes for the editor.
- Improved internationalization support for projects.
- Language changes are now effective without reloading the current scene.
- Implemented missing features in the HTML5 platform.
- Cursor style changes.
- Cursor capturing and hiding.
- Improved styling and presentation of HTML5 exports.
- A spinner is now displayed during loading.
- Rewritten the 2D and 3D particle systems.
- Particles are now GPU-based, allowing their use in much higher quantities than before.
- Meshes can now be used as particles.
- Particles can now be emitted from a mesh's shape.
- Properties can now be modified over time using an editable curve.
- Custom particle shaders can now be used.
- New editor theme, with customizable base color, highlight color and contrast.
- A light editor theme option is now available, with icons suited to light backgrounds.
- Alternative dark gray and Arc colors are available out of the box.
- New adaptive text editor theme, adjusting automatically based on the editor colors.
- Support for macOS trackpad gestures in the editor.
- Exporting to macOS now creates a `.dmg` disk image if exporting from an editor running on macOS.
- Signing the macOS export now is possible if running macOS (requires a valid code signing certificate).
- Exporting to Windows now changes the exported project's icon using `rcedit` (requires WINE if exporting from Linux or macOS).
- Changed the SCons build flag for simple logs (`colored=yes` → `verbose=no`).
- The HTML5 platform now uses WebGL 2.0 (instead of 1.0).
- Redesigned the Godot logo to be more legible at small sizes.
### Deprecated
-`opacity` and `self_opacity` are replaced by `modulate` and `self_modulate` in all 2D nodes, allowing for full color changes in addition to opacity changes.
### Removed
- Skybox support.
- Replaced with panorama skies, which are easier to import.
- Opus audio codec support.
- This is due to the way the new audio engine is designed.
- HTML5 export using asm.js.
- Only WebAssembly is supported now, since all browsers supporting WebGL 2.0 also support WebAssembly.
