virtualx-engine/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog.

3.3 - 2021-04-21

See the release announcement for details.

Added

Audio

• MP3 loading and playback support.
• Add AudioEffectCapture to access the microphone in real-time.

Build system

• Add production=yes option to set optimal options for production builds.
  • Users making custom builds should use this option which is equivalent to use_lto=yes debug_symbols=no use_static_cpp=yes.
  • Note for Linux builds: use_static_cpp=yes and udev=yes are now the default values, so you need libudev and libstdc++-static development packages to build in optimal conditions.
• Add optimize=none to disable C/C++ compiler optimizations for release builds.
  • This can be used to speed up compile times when working on the engine itself and when debug checks/features aren't desired.

Core

• New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends.
  • If you experience a regression in either physics or rendering, you can try these Project Settings to revert back to the previous Octree-based approach and possibly fix the issue. In either case, be sure to report the problem on GitHub.
• Ability to restore RandomNumberGenerator state.
• TileMap show_collision property to show/hide collision shapes in the editor and at run-time.
• Array.append_array() method to append an array at the end of another array.
• OS.get_thread_caller_id() method to print the ID of the thread the code is currently running on.
• Image.load_bmp_from_buffer() method to load BMP images at run-time.
• Image.resize_to_po2() now accepts an optional "interpolation" parameter, defaulting to bilinear filtering.
  • Nearest-neighbor filtering can be used for pixel art textures, and will be used automatically when resizing non-power-of-two textures for non-filtered textures in GLES2.
• OS.set_environment() method to set environment variables.
• String.to_wchar() method to get a PoolByteArray corresponding to a string's wchar data.
• String.naturalnocasecmp_to() method to perform natural case-insensitive string comparison for sorting purposes.
• application/run/flush_stdout_on_print project setting to enable per-line flushing of the standard output stream in release builds.

Editor

• Infinite 3D editor grid (further improvements).
• New 3D rotation gizmo.
• Support for copy-pasting nodes.
• Detect external modification of scenes and prompt for reloading.
• New editor to configure default import presets.
• The 3D viewport's View Information pane now displays the viewport resolution.
• EditorInterface.get_editor_scale() method to retrieve the editor scale factor.
  • This can be used for hiDPI support in editor plugins.
• The EditorInterface.edit_node() method is now exposed.
• HTML5: New web editor, available as a Progressive Web App.

GUI

• Minimap support in GraphEdit.
• New AspectRatioContainer Control node.
• TextEdit's bookmark, breakpoint and "mark safe line" functions are now exposed to scripting.

Import

• Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer.
• "Keep" mode to keep files as-is and export them.

Input

• Support for buttons and D-pads mapped to half axes.
• Support for new SDL game controller keywords (used by PS5 controller support).
• Add driving joystick type to Windows joystick handling.
• Mouse event pass-through support for the window.

Mono (C#)

• Reworked solution build output panel.

Physics

• Support for pause-aware picking.
  • This breaks compatibility, but is not enabled by default for existing projects. See the project setting physics/common/enable_pause_aware_picking. It will be enabled by default for new projects created with 3.3.
• CollisionObject can now display collision shape meshes.
• Bullet: CollisionPolygon margin property.
• GodotPhysics: Cylinder collision shape support.
  • This is experimental in 3.3, and will likely receive fixes in future Godot releases.

Porting

• Android: Support for exporting as Android App Bundle.
• Android: Support for subview embedding.
• Android: Support for notch cutouts on Android 9.0 and later.
• Android: Support for mouse events.
• Android: Support for keyboard modifiers and arrow keys.
• Android: Implement OS.get_screen_orientation().
• HTML5: AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds.
• HTML5: Optional GDNative support.
• HTML5: Resizable canvas option to disable viewport resizing.
• HTML5: Optional automatic WebGL 2.0 -> 1.0 fallback when WebGL 2.0 support is not available.
  • To benefit from this feature, enable the Rendering > Quality > Driver > Fallback To Gles2 project setting as you would on other platforms.
• HTML5: loDPI fallback support for improved performance on hiDPI displays (at the cost of visuals).
  • To keep the previous behavior, Allow Hidpi must be enabled in the Project Settings before exporting the project.
• iOS: Plugin support, with a similar interface to Android plugins.
• iOS: Add a touch delay project setting.
• iOS: Implemented native loading screen.
• Linux: PulseAudio and ALSA libraries are now dynamically loaded, as well as libudev.
  • This allows running official Godot binaries on systems that don't have PulseAudio installed.
• Linux/macOS: Implement the --no-window command line argument for parity with Windows.
• macOS: macOS ARM64 support in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only standard build for now).

Rendering

• 2D batching for GLES3 (it was implemented for GLES2 in 3.2.2), and improvements to GLES2's batching.
• New experimental buffer orphan/stream project settings to improve 2D performance on specific platforms.
• New software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile).
• Configurable amount of lights per object, now defaulting to 32 instead of 8.
• New CPU lightmapper.
  • Uses a raytracing approach with optional denoising.
  • Environment lighting is now supported.
  • Lightmaps are now stored in an atlas when baking if GLES3 is the current backend at the time of baking.
  • Bicubic lightmap sampling is now used to improve the final appearance, both in GLES3 and GLES2. It's enabled by default on desktop platforms.
• Anisotropic filtering now works when using the GLES2 backend.
• FXAA property in Viewport and associated project setting for GLES3 and GLES2.
  • Upsides: Faster than MSAA, smooths out alpha-tested materials and specular aliasing.
  • Downsides: Lower quality than MSAA and makes the 3D viewport blurrier.
• Debanding property in Viewport and associated project setting for GLES3.
  • Significantly reduces visible banding in 3D. The effect is mainly visible on smooth gradients, solid surfaces and in heavy fog.
  • Only effective when HDR is enabled in the Project Settings (which is the default).
• New METALLIC built-in for the light() function in the shader language.
  • This is also exposed in the visual shader editor.
• Add setting for shadow cubemap max size.

XR (Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality)

• Add a set_interface() method.
• Expose the depth buffer to GDNative.
• Allow supplying a depth buffer from an ARVR plugin.
• HTML5: WebXR support for VR games.

Changed

Core

• Deleted object access now raises an error instead of a warning.
• Improved error messages when passing nonexistent node paths to get_node().
• Optimized transform propagation for hidden 3D nodes.
• Modernized multi-threading APIs.
  • This might cause regressions in projects that use multiple threads. Please report such issues on GitHub.
• Suggestions are now printed when attempting to use a nonexistent input action name.
• SVG images can now be used as a project icon.
• Tweaked log file names for consistency between Mono and non-Mono builds.
• Tweaked command line --print-fps display to display milliseconds per frame timings in addition to FPS.
• OpenSimplexNoise is now guaranteed to give consistent results across platforms.
  • This change breaks compatibility: you get different results even for the same seed.

Editor

• Improved inspector subresource editing visibility.
• Improved the 3D selection box appearance for better visibility.
  • The 3D selection box color can be changed in the Editor Settings.
• Increased default opacity for 3D manipulator gizmos for better visibility.
• Improved visibility for the dashed line in the TextureRegion editor.
• Pressed CheckButtons are now colored in blue for easier recognition.
• The autokeying icon in the animation editor is now red when pressed to emphasize its "recording" status.
• Scroll bars are now thicker and have a subtle background to better hint where they start and stop.
• Undo/redo log messages now give more context when performing actions in the 2D editor.
• The editor now uses 75% scaling by default on small displays (such as 1366×768).
  • This can be reverted by setting the editor scale to 100% in the Editor Settings.
• The editor now uses 150% scaling by default on 4K monitors, regardless of their DPI.
  • This can be adjusted by setting the editor scale to the desired value in the Editor Settings.
• Rename Node is now bound to F2.
  • To account for this change, switching between editors using keyboard shortcuts now requires holding down Ctrl.
  • Editor shortcuts can be changed back to the previous values in the Editor Settings' Shortcuts tab.
• Changed the Search Help shortcut from Shift + F1 to F1.
• Changed the FileSystem dock Copy Path shortcut from Ctrl + C to Ctrl + Shift + C.
• Changed 3D editor's Primary Grid Steps setting from 10 to 8.
  • This uses a power-of-two value by default.
• Increased the default profiler_frame_max_functions to 512.
  • This fixes many instances where functions didn't appear in the script profiler.
• The inspector now allows using a comma as a decimal separator.
• Editor plugins are now searched for recursively.
• Increased the page size for array/dictionary editors in the inspector from 10 to 20.
  • The value can now be increased further in the Editor Settings at the cost of slower node switching times in the inspector.
• The "Auto" editor setting hints for editor scale and font hinting now display the value they apply.
• Tweaked property hints for SpatialMaterial depth properties to allow greater control and quality.
• Pause Mode and Script are no longer collapsed in categories in the inspector.
• Asset library: The Retry button now only appears if the download has failed.
• Asset library: Search now starts automatically after entering text.
• Asset library: Moved the Asset Library API URLs to the Editor Settings.
• Project manager: Drag-and-dropping a ZIP archive to the project manager window will now prompt for importing it.
• Project manager: Display loading text while the project is opening.
• Project manager: The Open Project Folder button is now more visible.

GUI

• Range now returns a ratio of 1.0 if the minimum and maximum value are equal.
• ColorPicker now keeps the hue value when the saturation or value is set to zero.
• The Control virtual method _make_custom_tooltip() should now return a Control instead of an Object.
  • Scripts overriding this method will have to be updated.

Import

• Allow a greater range of characters in glTF bone names.
• glTF import now uses vertex colors by default.
• Fix ETC compressor lossy_quality handling.
  • High lossy_quality values will now incur significantly longer compression times, but will also improve the resulting texture quality.

Mono (C#)

• The copy_mono_root SCons build option now defaults to yes.
• Official builds now use Mono 6.12.0.122.

Networking

• Increase the default HTTPClient download chunk size to 64 KiB.
  • This improves download speeds significantly, including for the in-editor export template downloader.
  • This change also affects HTTPRequest.

Rendering

• Shadows now have a proper soft appearance in GLES2 when using the PCF13 shadow filter.
• The Ensure Correct Normals render mode and associated SpatialMaterial property are now supported in GLES2.
• Real-time lights no longer affect objects that receive baked lighting if Bake Mode is set to All.
• YSort rendering order is now more deterministic.

Physics

• 2D collision shapes are now displayed with outlines when Debug > Visible Collision Shapes is enabled.

Porting

• Android: Update logic to sign prebuilt APKs with apksigner instead of jarsigner, as required for Android API 30.
• Android: Disable the requestLegacyExternalStorage attribute when there are no storage permissions.
• HTML5: Improved gamepad support by using an internal implementation of the Gamepad API.
• HTML5 Changed HTML shell templates. See updated documentation.
• Linux: Binaries are now stripped of string and symbol tables, reducing their size significantly.
  • Editor: 9 MB less (standard) and 35 MB less (Mono).
  • Templates: 5-6 MB less (standard) and 30 MB less (Mono).
• macOS: Add entitlements configuration and export template .dylib signing to the export.
• macOS: Code signing on export is now enabled by default. If no identity is specified, an ad hoc certificate is generated and used automatically.
  • This is done because applications must be signed to be run on macOS Big Sur, even for private use.
  • Self-signed certificates work for private use, but they will be considered untrusted on other people's computers.
• macOS: Add a Replace Existing Signature export option to fix signing on export with broken OSXCross ad-hoc linker signatures.
  • This is enabled by default.
• macOS: Improve Mono distribution in .app bundle to allow codesigning exported projects.
• macOS: Binaries are now stripped of string and symbol tables, which reduces their size significantly:
  • Editor: 14 MB less (standard) and 9 MB less (Mono).
  • Templates: 9-10 MB less (standard) and 6 MB less (Mono).
• macOS: Official editor binaries are now signed and notarized.

Removed

Import

• Removed the now-redundant ResourceImporterCSV importer.
  • This is superseded by the new "keep" import mode feature.

Fixed

Audio

• Use higher-quality resampling for Ogg Vorbis and MP3 sounds.
  • This fixes bitrate-like artifacts when playing low-frequency sounds.
• Fix pops when using play() in AudioStreamPlayer2D and AudioStreamPlayer3D.

Core

• Fix Editable Children issues with node renaming, moving, duplicating and instancing.
• Freed Objects no longer delay to null in debug builds.
• Various fixes to Variant and Reference pointers.
• Optimized octree and fixed a leak.
• Fix crash when opening a ZIP data pack.
• OS.delay_msec() and OS.delay_usec() with a negative value no longer freeze the engine and return an error message instead.
• Various fixes to CSG mesh generation. There should be less instances of holes being created in CSG meshes.

Editor

• Fix exporting if the temporary export directory doesn't exist yet.
• Objects can no longer be added to the Project Settings since they can't be serialized correctly.
• Fix hidden nodes being selectable in the 2D editor in specific cases.
• Implementing clearing of diagnostics in the GDScript language server, fixing issues with errors lingering after files were deleted.
• The Export PCK/ZIP action now obeys the export path configured in the export preset as expected.

GDScript

• Fix leaks due to cyclic references.

GUI

• Fix artifacts in DynamicFont when scaling with filtering enabled.
• DynamicFonts are now loaded to memory on all platforms to avoid locking files.
• Fix fallback emoji font color.
• ColorPicker button text and tooltips now appear as expected in exported projects.
• Fix RichTextLabel losing its text due to being replaced with empty BBCode when custom effects are defined.
• Fix incorrect editor background color when using a transparent editor theme color.

Import

• Relax node and bone naming constraints in glTF.
  • To preserve compatibility with models imported in 3.2, a use_legacy_names import setting was added.
• Fix parsing Base64-encoded buffer and image data in glTF.
• Fix handling of normalized accessor property in glTF.

Mono (C#)

• Fix targeting .NETFramework with .NET 5.
• Fix System.Collections.Generic.List marshalling.
• Fix support for Unicode identifiers.
• Fixes to Mono on WebAssembly.

Network

• Fix UDP ports being silently reused without an error on Linux in PacketPeerUDP.

Physics

• Multiple fixes to one-way collisions.
• Fix test_body_motion recovery and rest info.
• GodotPhysics: Fix incorrect moment of inertia calculations for built-in 3D collision shapes.
• Many physics fixes for both 2D and 3D.

Porting

• Android: Fix splash screen loading.
• iOS: Fix multiple issues with PVRTC import, disable ETC1.
• iOS: Fixes to keyboard input, including better IME support.
• Linux: Fix keyboard input lag and clipboard delay issues.
• Linux: Fix audio corruption when using the ALSA driver.
• Linux: Fix PRIME hybrid graphics detection on Steam.
• macOS: Fix mouse position in captured mode.
• macOS: Improve get_screen_dpi() reliability for non-integer scaling factors.
• Windows: Fix debugger not getting focused on break.

Rendering

• Various fixes to 3D light culling.
  • DirectionalLight's Cull Mask property is now effective.
• Fix large Sprite3D UV wobbling with low-resolution textures.
• Fix impact of lifetime_randomness on properties using a curve.
• Fix 2D normal maps when using batching + NVIDIA workaround.
• Fix PanoramaSky artifacts on Android in GLES2.
• Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots in GLES2.
• Use a separate texture unit for light_texture in GLES2.
• Fix reflection probes in WebGL 1.0 (GLES2 on HTML5).
• Fix screen-space reflections tracing the environment in GLES3.
• Fade screen-space reflections towards the inner margin in GLES3.
• Ensure Reinhard tonemapping values are positive in GLES3.

3.2.3 - 2020-09-17

See the release announcement for details.

Added

• Android: Add option to enable high precision float in GLES2
• C#: Add Visual Studio support
• HTML5: Improvements and bugfixes backported from the master branch
  • Note: This PR adds threads support, but as this support is still disabled in many browsers due to security concerns, the option is not enabled by default. Build HTML5 templates with threads_enabled=yes to test it.
• Input: Support SDL2 half axes and inverted axes mappings
• iOS: Add support of iOS's dynamic libraries to GDNative
• iOS: Add methods to embed a framework
• LineEdit: Add option to disable virtual keyboard for LineEdit
• macOS: Implement confined mouse mode
• macOS: Implement seamless display scaling
• Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps

Changed

• C#: New csproj style with backport of Godot.NET.Sdk
  • This change breaks forward compatibility, C# projects opened in 3.2.3 will no longer work with 3.2.2 or earlier. Backup your project files before upgrading.
• GDScript: Auto completion enhanced for extends and class level identifier
• HTML5: Implement HTML5 cancel/ok button swap on Windows
• Physics: Better damping implementation for Bullet rigid bodies
  • This makes the behavior of the GodotPhysics and Bullet backends consistent, and more user-friendly with Bullet. If you're using damping with the Bullet backend, you may need to adjust some properties to restore the behavior from 3.2.2 or earlier (see GH-42051).
• Project Settings: Enable file logging by default on desktops to help with troubleshooting
• Script editor: Don't open dominant script in external editor
• Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D

Fixed

• Android: Fix Return key events in LineEdit & TextEdit on Android
• C#: Fix crash when pass null in print array in GD.Print
• C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects
• C#: Fix potential crash with nested classes
• C#: Fix endless reload loop if project has unicode chars
• Core: Fix debugger error when Dictionary key is a freed Object
• Core: Fix leaked ObjectRCs on object Variant reassignment
• GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2
• GLES2: Batching - Fix FORCE_REPEAT not being set properly on npot hardware
• GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass
• GLES3: Fix OpenGL error when generating radiance
• HTML5: More fixes, audio fallback, fixed FPS
• IK: Fixed SkeletonIK not working with scaled skeletons
• Import: Fix custom tracks causing issues on reimport
• Import: Fix upstream stb_vorbis regression causing crashes with some OGG files
• iOS: Fix for iOS touch recognition
• iOS: Fix possible crash on exit when leaking translation remappings
• macOS: Add support for the Apple Silicon (ARM64) build target
  • ARM64 binaries are not included in macOS editor or template builds yet. It's going to take some time before our dependencies and toolchains are updated to support it.
• macOS: Set correct external file attributes, and creation time
• macOS: Refocus last key window after OS::alert is closed
• macOS: Fix crash of failed fork
• Networking: Fix UDPServer and DTLSServer on Windows compatibility
• Particles: Fix 2D Particle velocity with directed emission mask
• PathFollow3D: Fix repeated updates of PathFollow3D Transform
• Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask
• Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes
• Physics: Properly pass safe margin on initialization (fixes jitter in GodotPhysics backend)
• Project Settings: Fix overriding compression related settings
• Rendering: Fixed images in black margins
• Rendering: Properly calculate Polygon2D AABB with skeleton
• RichTextLabel: Fix RichTextLabel fill alignment regression
• RichTextLabel: Fix center alignment bug
• Shaders: Fix specular render_mode for Visual Shaders
• SkeletonIK: Fix calling reload_goal() when starting IK with start(true)
• TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons
• Tree: Fix crash when hovering columns after removing a column
• Windows: DirectInput: Use correct joypad ID
• Thirdparty library updates: mbedtls 2.16.8, stb_vorbis 1.20, wslay 1.1.1

3.2.2 - 2020-06-26

See the release announcement for details.

Added

• 2D: Expose the cell_size affecting VisibilityNotifier2D precision
• 2D: Add MODULATE builtin to canvas item shaders
• Android: Add signal support to Godot Android plugins
• AStar: Implements estimate_cost/compute_cost for AStar2D
• C#: Add iOS support
• C#: Allow debugging exported games
• Debug: Add a suffix to the window title when running from a debug build
• Editor: Add rotation widget to 3D viewport
• Editor: Add editor freelook navigation scheme settings
• Editor: Allow duplicating files when holding Control
• GLES2: Add 2D batch rendering across items
• GLES3: Add Nvidia draw_rect flickering workaround
• GLES2/GLES3: Add support for OpenGL external textures
• Input: Add keyboard layout enumeration / set / get functions
• macOS: Enable signing of DMG and ZIP'ed exports
• Networking: DTLS support + optional ENet encryption
• Object: Add has_signal method
• RichTextLabel: Add option to fit height to contents
• Shaders: Add shader time scaling
• Windows: Add tablet driver selection (WinTab, Windows Ink)

Changed

• Android: Re-architecture of the plugin system
• Android: The GodotPayments plugin was moved to an external first-party plugin using the Google Play Billing library
• Core: Ensure COWData does not always reallocate on resize
• Core: Better handling of Variants pointing to released Objects
• Editor: Account for file deletion and renaming in Export Presets
• Editor: Improved go-to definition (Ctrl + Click) in script editor
• Files: Improve UX of drive letters
• HTML5: Switch key detection from keyCode to code
• HTML5: Use 2-phase setup in JavaScript
• Import: Add support for glTF lights
• Input: Fix joypad GUID conversion to match new SDL format on OSX and Windows
• Language Server: Switch the GDScript LSP from WebSocket to TCP, compatible with more external editors
• Main: Improve the low processor mode sleep precision
• Physics: Normalize up direction vector in move_and_slide()
• UWP: Renamed the "Windows Universal" export preset to "UWP", to avoid confusion
• Windows: Make stack size on Windows match Linux and macOS

Fixed

• Android: Fix LineEdit virtual keyboard issues
• AStar: Make get_closest_point() deterministic for equidistant points
• Audio: Fix volume interpolation in positional audio nodes
• C#: Sync csproj when files are changed from the FileSystem dock
• C#: Replace uses of old Configuration and update old csprojs
• C#: Revert marshalling of IDictionary/IEnumerable implementing types
• C#: Fix inherited scene not inheriting parent's exported properties
• C#: Fix exported values not updated in the remote inspector
• Core: Fixed false positives in the culling system
• Core: Fix leaks and crashes in OAHashMap
• CSG: Various bug fixes
• GDNative: Fix Variant size on 32-bit platforms
• GDScript: Fix leaked objects when game ends with yields in progress
• GDScript: Fix object leaks caused by unfulfilled yields
• GDScript: Various bugs fixed in the parser
• GLES2: Avoid unnecessary material rebind when using skeleton
• GLES2/GLES3: Reset texture flags after radiance map generation
• HTML5: Implement audio buffer size calculation, should fix iOS Safari audio issues
• Image: Fixing wrong blending rect methods
• Image: Fix upscaling image with bilinear interpolation option specified
• Import: Fix changing the import type of multiple files at once
• Import: Respect 'mesh compression' editor import option in Assimp and glTF importers
• Input: Various fixes for touch pen input
• macOS: Ignore process serial number argument passed by macOS Gatekeeper
• macOS: Fix exports losing executable permission when unzipped
• Particles: Fix uninitialized memory in CPUParticles and CPUParticles2D
• Physics: Make soft body completely stiff to attachment point
• Physics: Test collision mask before creating constraint pair in Godot physics broadphase 2D and 3D
• RegEx: Enable Unicode support for RegEx class
• RichTextLabel: Fix alignment bug with [center] and [right] tags
• Skeleton: Fix IK rotation issue
• VR: Fix aspect ratio on HMD projection matrix
• Windows: Fix certain characters being recognized as special keys when using the US international layout
• Windows: Fix quoting arguments with special characters in OS.execute()
• Windows: Do not probe joypads if DirectInput cannot be initializer
• Windows: Fix overflow condition with QueryPerformanceCounter

3.2.1 - 2020-03-10

See the release announcement for details.

Added

• Skin: Add support for named binds

Changed

• TileSet: Hide TileSet properties from Inspector, fixing OOM crash on huge tilesets

Fixed

• Android: Fix double tap pressed event regression
• Android: Fix LineEdit virtual keyboard inputs
• Bullet: Fix detection of concave shape in Area
• Camera2D: Fix inverted use of Camera2D offset_v
• Debugger: Fix crash inspecting freed objects
• Expression: Fix parsing integers as 32-bit
• HTML5: Fix EMWSClient::get_connection_status()
• HTML5: Fix touch events support with Emscripten 1.39.5+
• macOS: Fix gamepad disconnection callback on macOS Catalina
• Particles: Fix undefined behavior with atan in GPU Particles
• Video: Workaround WebM playback bug after AudioServer latency fixes
• Windows: Fix UPNP regression after upstream update
• Windows: Disable NetSocket address reuse

3.2 - 2020-01-29

Added

• Support for pseudo-3D depth in 2D.
• Support for importing 3D scenes using Assimp.
  • Many formats are supported, including FBX.
• Support for generating audio procedurally and analyzing audio spectrums.
• 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.
• Major improvements to the visual shader system. (News post 1, News post 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 Delete.
  • 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.
• Improved visual scripting.
  • Visual scripting now uses an unified graph where all functions are represented.
  • Nodes can now be edited directly in the graph.
  • Support for fuzzy searching.
  • The tool mode can now be enabled in visual scripts.
  • New Deconstruct node to deconstruct a complex value into a scalar value.
  • Miscellaneous UI improvements.
• Support for enabling/disabling parts of the editor or specific nodes.
  • This is helpful for education, or when working with artists to help prevent inadvertent changes.
• Language server for GDScript.
  • This can be used to get better integration with external editors.
• Version control integration in the editor.
  • This integration is VCS-agnostic (GDNative plugins provide specific VCS support).
• Improved GridMap editor.
  • The copied mesh is now displayed during pasting.
  • The duplication/paste indicator is now rotated correctly around the pivot point.
  • Ability to cancel paste and selection by pressing Escape.
  • Erasing is now done using RMB instead of Shift + RMB.
    • Freelook can still be accessed by pressing Shift + F.
• Improved MeshLibrary generation.
  • When appending to an existing MeshLibrary, previews are now only generated for newly-added or modified meshes.
  • Tweaked the previews' camera angle and light directions for better results.
  • Materials assigned to the MeshInstance instead of the Mesh are now exported to the MeshLibrary.
    • This is useful when exporting meshes from an imported scene (such as glTF), as it allows materials to persist across re-imports.
• Improved Control anchor and margin workflow.
• Network profiler.
• Improved NavigationMesh generation.
  • 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 Ctrl + F now focuses the search field in the Project Settings and Editor Settings.
• Quick Open dialog (Shift + Alt + O) 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 using the 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 Alt).
• 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 Shift 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 Ctrl 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 Ctrl.
  • Precise snapping can be obtained by holding Shift as well.
• Support for snapping when scaling nodes in the 2D editor.
• Precise snapping in the 3D editor when holding Shift.
• "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 Shift 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 a 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.get_video_adapter_name() and VisualServer.get_video_adapter_vendor() methods to retrieve the user's graphics card model and vendor.
• 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.
• "Ignore" flag to ignore specific tiles when autotiling in the TileMap editor.
• Keyboard shortcuts to rotate tiles in the TileMap editor.
  • Default shortcuts are A (rotate left), S (rotate right), X (flip horizontally), Y (flip vertically).
• Ability to keep a node's local transform when reparenting it by holding Shift.
• Basis constants IDENTITY, FLIP_X, FLIP_Y, FLIP_Z.
• Ability to create sprite frames in AnimatedSprite from a sprite sheet.
• frame_coords property in Sprite and Sprite3D to set/get the coordinates of the frame to display from the sprite sheet.
• billboard property in Sprite3D.
• Reimplemented support for editing multiple keys at once in the animation editor.
• Support for FPS snapping in the Animation editor.
• Autokeying in the Animation editor.
  • Keyframes will be created automatically when translating, rotating or scaling nodes if a track exists already.
  • Keys must be inserted manually for the first time.
• AnimationNodeBlendTreeEditor improvements.
  • Ability to exclude multiple selected nodes at once.
  • Context menu to add new nodes (activated by right-clicking).
• The AnimationPlayer Call Method mode is now configurable.
  • Method calls can be "deferred" or "immediate", "deferred" being the default.
• OccluderPolygon2D is now draggable in the editor.
• The tooltip position offset is now configurable.
• The default cursor used when hovering RichTextLabels can now be changed.
• "Dialog Autowrap" property in AcceptDialog to wrap the label's text automatically.
• The 2D editor's panning shortcut can now be changed.
• The shortcuts to quit the editor can now be changed.
• Support for emission masks in CPUParticles2D.
• direction property in CPUParticles and ParticlesMaterial.
• lifetime_randomness property in CPUParticles and ParticlesMaterial.
• CPUParticles now uses a different gizmo icon to distinguish them from Particles.
• "Restart" button to restart particle emission in the editor.
• AnimatedSprites' animations can now be played backwards.
• TextureRects can now have their texture flipped horizontally or vertically.
• StyleBoxFlat shadows can now have an offset.
• StyleBoxFlat now computes UV coordinates for its canvas_item vertices, which can be used in custom shaders.
• Profiler data can now be exported to a CSV file.
• The 2D polygon editor now displays vertex numbers when hovering vertices.
• RectangleShapes now have a third handle to drag both axes at once.
• Global class resources are now displayed in the Resource property inspector.
• Double-clicking an easing property in the inspector will now make the editor display a numeric field.
  • This makes it easier to enter precise values for properties such as light attenuation.
• interface/editor/default_float_step editor setting to configure floating-point values' default step in the Inspector.
• Audio buses are now stylized to look like boxes that can be dragged.
• The default audio bus layout file path can now be changed in the Project Settings.
• The LineEdit and TextEdit controls now display their contextual menu when pressing the Menu key.
• shortcut_keys_enabled and selecting_enabled LineEdit and TextEdit properties to disable keyboard shortcuts and selecting text.
• The LineEdit "disabled" font color can now be changed.
• The TextEdit "readonly" font color can now be changed.
• LineEdit can now have its right_icon set in scripts.
• The nine_patch_stretch TextureProgress property now enables stretching when using a radial fill mode.
• Support for loading and saving encrypted files in ConfigFile.
• get_path() and get_path_absolute() are now implemented in FileAccessEncrypted.
• "Disabled" attenuation model for AudioStreamPlayer3D, making the sound not fade with distance while keeping it positional.
• AudioEffectPitchShift's FFT size and oversampling are now adjustable.
• TextEdit's tab drawing and folding is now exposed to GDScript.
• Orphan node monitor in the Performance singleton.
  • Counts the number of nodes that were created but aren't instanced in the scene tree.
• Ability to change eye height in VR.
• CSV files can now be imported as non-translation files.
• Scene resources such as materials can now be imported as .tres files.
• Support for importing 1-bit, 4-bit and 8-bit BMP files.
  • Size dimensions must be a multiple of 8 for 1-bit images and 2 for 4-bit images.
• use_lld=yes flag to link with LLD on Linux when compiling with Clang.
  • This results in faster iteration times when developing Godot itself or modules.
• use_thinlto=yes flag to link with ThinLTO when using Clang.
• Multicast support in PacketPeerUDP.
• NetworkedMultiplayerEnet.server_relay property to disable server relaying.
  • This can be used to increase security when building a fully-authoritative server.
• Automatic timeout for TCP connections (defaults to 30 seconds, can be changed in the Project Settings).
• HTTPRequest.timeout property (defaults to 0, which is disabled).
• HTTPRequest.download_chunk_size property.
  • This value can be adjusted to reduce the allocation overhead and file writes when downloading large files.
  • The default value was increased for faster downloads (4 KB → 64 KB).
• WebSocket improvements.
  • Support for SSL in WebSocketServer.
  • WebSocketClient can now use custom SSL certificates (except on HTML5).
  • WebSocketClient can now define custom headers.
• The editor now features a built-in Web server for testing HTML5 projects.
• Button to remove all missing projects in the Project Manager.
• Reimplemented support for embedding project data in the PCK file.
• Ability to take editor screenshots by pressing Ctrl + F12.
• Editor plugins can now set the current active editor as well as toggle the distraction-free mode.
• Android: Support for adaptive icons.
  • All icon densities are now generated automatically by the exporter.
  • Only 3 images now need to be supplied to support all icon formats and densities (legacy icon, adaptive foreground, adaptive background).
• Android: Support for the Oculus Mobile SDK.
• Android: Support for requesting permissions at runtime.
• Android: NOTIFICATION_APP_PAUSED and NOTIFICATION_APP_RESUMED notifications are now emitted when the app is paused and resumed.
• Android: Support for pen input devices.
• Android/iOS: Support for vibrating the device.
• HTML5: Partial clipboard support.
• iOS: Support for ARKit.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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).
• assert() in GDScript must now always be used with parentheses.
  • assert(true) is still valid, but assert true isn't valid anymore.
  • This is to account for the optional second parameter that defines a custom message.
• The "Trim" and "Normalize" WAV import options are now disabled by default.
  • This makes the default behavior more consistent with Ogg import.
• Ogg samples now have an icon in the editor, like WAV samples.
• Camera2D drag margins are now disabled by default.
  • If porting a project from Godot 3.1 where drag margins were used, these must be enabled manually again.
• The Camera2D Offset property now ignores the Limit property.
  • To get the old behavior back, move the camera itself instead of changing the offset.
• 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 Alt, 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 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 Ctrl 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 Ctrl 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 Ctrl key.
  • Snapping can be made more precise by holding the Shift 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 Shift + F1, for consistency with other applications.
  • Contextural help is now accessed using Alt + F1 to accommodate for this change.
• The script editor's Find in Files dialog is now always available, even when no script is opened.
• Pressing Shift + Enter 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 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: Control + H and Control + D in TextEdit now delete the character at the left and right of the cursor (respectively).
• macOS: Command + Left 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 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 Tab 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.

3.1 - 2019-03-13

Added

• OpenGL ES 2.0 renderer.
• Visual shader editor.
  • New PBR output nodes.
  • Conversion between Vector3 and scalar types is now automatic.
  • Ability to create custom nodes via scripting.
  • Ports can now be previewed.
• 3D soft body physics.
• 3D ragdoll system.
• Constructive solid geometry in 3D.
• 2D meshes and skeletal deformation.
• Various improvements to KinematicBody2D.
  • Support for snapping the body to the floor.
  • Support for RayCast shapes in kinematic bodies.
  • Support for synchronizing kinematic movement to physics, avoiding an one-frame delay.
• WebSockets support using libwebsockets.
• UPnP support using MiniUPnP.
• Revamped inspector.
  • Improved visualization and editing of numeric properties.
  • Vector and matrix types can now be edited directly (no pop-ups).
  • Subresources can now be edited directly within the same inspector.
  • Layer names can now be displayed in the inspector.
  • Proper editing of arrays and dictionaries.
  • Ability to reset any property to its default value.
• Improved animation editor.
  • Simpler, less cluttered layout.
  • New Bezier, Audio and Animation tracks.
  • Several key types can be previewed directly in the track editor.
  • Tracks can now be grouped and filtered on a per-node basis.
  • Copying and pasting tracks between animations is now possible.
  • New Capture mode to blend from a node's current value to the first key in a track.
• Improved animation tree and new state machine.
  • More visual feedback in the blend tree editor.
  • 1D and 2D blend spaces are now supported.
  • Ability to write custom blending logic.
  • Support for root motion.
• New FileSystem dock.
  • Unified view of folders and files in the same panel.
  • Files can now be marked as favorites, not only folders.
  • Files now have icons representing their type, or thumbnail previews when relevant.
  • New search field to filter entries in the tree.
• OpenSimplexNoise and NoiseTexture resources.
• Optional static typing in GDScript.
  • Does not currently improve performance, but helps write more robust code.
• Warning system in GDScript.
  • Reports potential code issues such as:
    • unused variables,
    • standalone expressions,
    • discarded return values from functions,
    • unreachable code after a return statement,
    • …
  • Warnings can be disabled in the Project Settings or by writing special comments.
• GDScript keyword class_name to register scripts as classes.
• Simple expression language independent from GDScript, used by inspector boxes that accept numeric values.
  • Can also be used in projects.
• C# projects can now be exported for Windows, Linux, and macOS targets.
• The server platform is back as it was in Godot 2.1.
  • It is now again possible to run a headless Godot instance on Linux.
• Support for BPTC texture compression on desktop platforms.
• New properties for SpatialMaterial.
  • Dithering-based distance fade, for fading materials without making them transparent.
  • Disable ambient light on a per-material basis.
• Option to link Mono statically on Windows.
• Unified class and reference search in the editor.
• Revamped TileSet editor with support for undo/redo operations.
• Various quality-of-life improvements to the Polygon2D and TextureRegion editors.
• RandomNumberGenerator class that allows for multiple instances at once.
• Array methods min() and max() to return the smallest and largest value respectively.
• Dictionary method get(key[, default]) where default is returned if the key does not exist.
• Node method print_tree_pretty() to print a graphical view of the scene tree.
• String methods trim_prefix(), trim_suffix(), lstrip(), rstrip().
• OS methods:
  • get_system_time_msecs(): Return the system time with milliseconds.
  • get_audio_driver_name() and get_audio_driver_count() to query audio driver information.
  • get_video_driver_count() and get_video_driver_name() to query renderer information.
  • center_window(): Center the window on the screen.
  • move_window_to_foreground(): Move the window to the foreground.
• StreamPeerTCP method set_no_delay() to enable the TCP_NODELAY option.
• EditorPlugin method remove_control_from_container().
• Ability to set Godot windows as "always on top".
• Ability to create windows with per-pixel transparency.
• New GLSL built-in functions in the shader language:
  • radians()
  • degrees()
  • asinh()
  • acosh()
  • atanh()
  • exp2()
  • log2()
  • roundEven()
• New command-line options:
  • --build-solutions: Build C# solutions without starting the editor.
  • --print-fps: Display frames per second to standard output.
  • --quit: Quit the engine after the first main loop iteration.
• Debugger button to copy error messages.
• Support for .escn scenes has been added for use with the new Blender exporter.
• It is now possible to scale an OBJ mesh when importing.
• popup_closed signal for ColorPickerButton.
• Methods that are deprecated can now print warnings.
• Input actions can now provide an analog value.
• Input actions can now be mapped to either a specific device or all devices.
• DNS resolution for high-level networking.
• Servers can now kick/disconnect peers in high-level networking.
• Servers can now access IP and port information of peers in high-level networking.
• High-level multiplayer API decoupled from SceneTree (see SceneTree.multiplayer_api/SceneTree.custom_multiplayer_api), can now be extended.
• Input.set_default_cursor_shape() to change the default shape in the viewport.
• Custom cursors can now be as large as 256×256 (needed to be exactly 32×32 before).
• Support for radio-looking items with icon in PopupMenus.
• Drag and drop to rearrange Editor docks.
• TileSet's TileMode is now exposed to GDScript.
• OS.get_ticks_usec() is now exposed to GDScript.
• Normals can now be flipped when generated via SurfaceTool.
• TextureProgress bars can now be bilinear (extending in both directions).
• The character used for masking secrets in LineEdit can now be changed.
• Improved DynamicFont:
  • DynamicFonts can now use high-quality outlines generated by FreeType.
  • DynamicFonts can now have their anti-aliasing disabled.
  • DynamicFonts can now have their hinting tweaked ("Normal", "Light" or "None").
  • Colored glyphs such as emoji are now supported.
• Universal translation of touch input to mouse input.
• AudioStreamPlayer, AudioStreamPlayer2D, and AudioStreamPlayer3D now have a pitch scale property.
• Support for MIDI input.
• Support for audio capture from microphones.
• GROW_DIRECTION_BOTH for Controls.
• Selected tiles can be moved in the tile map editor.
• The editor can now be configured to display the project window on the previous or next monitor (relative to the editor).
  • If either end is reached, then the project will start on the last or first monitor (respectively).
• Signal in VideoPlayer to notify when the video finished playing.
• Image.bumpmap_to_normalmap() to convert bump maps to normal maps.
• File.get_path() and File.get_path_absolute().
• Unselected tabs in the editor now have a subtle background for easier identification.
• The depth fog's end distance is now configurable independently of the far plane distance.
• The alpha component of the fog color can now be used to control fog density.
• The 3D editor's information panel now displays the camera's coordinates.
• New options to hide the origin and viewport in the 2D editor.
• Improved 3D editor grid:
  • The grid size and number of subdivisions can now be configured.
  • Its primary and secondary colors can now also be changed.
• Ctrl now toggles snapping in the 3D viewport.
• Find & replace in files (Ctrl + Shift + F by default).
• Batch node renaming tool (Ctrl + F2 by default).
• More editor scaling options to support HiDPI displays.
• Type icons can now be enabled in the editor again.
• Buttons in the editor to open common directories in the OS file manager:
  • project data directory,
  • user data directory,
  • user settings directory.
• Projects can now be sorted by name or modification date in the project manager.
• Projects can now be imported from ZIP archives in the project manager.
• Improved autocompletion.
  • Keywords are now present in autocompletion results.
• editor and standalone feature tags to check whether the project is running from an editor or non-editor binary.
• android_add_asset_dir("...") method to Android module Gradle build configuration.
• iOS: Support for exporting to the iPhone X.
• iOS: Re-added support for in-app purchases.

Changed

• Built-in vector types now use copy-on-write mode as originally intended, resulting in increased engine performance.
• The mbedtls library is now used instead of OpenSSL.
• Renamed several core files.
  • Third-party modules may have to be updated to reflect this.
• SSL certificates are now bundled in exported projects unless a custom bundle is specified.
• Improved buffer writing performance on Windows and Linux.
• Removed many debugging prints in the console.
• Export templates now display an error dialog if no project was found when starting.
• DynamicFont oversampling is now enabled by default.
• Nodes' internal logic now consistently use internal physics processing.
• 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.
• QuadMeshes are now built using two triangles (6 vertices) instead of one quad (4 vertices).
  • This was done because quads are deprecated in OpenGL.
• Controls inside containers are no longer movable or resizable but can still be selected.
• The is GDScript keyword can now be used to compare a value against built-in types.
• Exported variables with type hints are now always initialized.
  • For example, export(int) var a will be initialized to 0.
• Named enums in GDScript no longer create script constants.
  • This means enum Name { VALUE } must now be accessed with Name.VALUE instead of VALUE.
• Cyclic references to other scripts with preload() are no longer allowed.
  • load() should be used in at least one of the scripts instead.
• switch, case and do are no longer reserved identifiers in GDScript.
• Shadowing variables from parent scopes is no longer allowed in GDScript.
• Function parameters' default values can no longer depend on other parameters in GDScript.
• Indentation guides are now displayed in a more subtle way in the script editor.
  • Indentation guides are now displayed when indenting using spaces.
• Multi-line strings are now highlighted as strings rather than as comments in the script editor.
  • This is because GDScript does not officially support multiline comments.
• Increased the script editor's line spacing (4 pixels → 6 pixels).
• Increased the caret width in the script editor (1 pixel → 2 pixels).
• The project manager window is now resized to match the editor scale.
• The asset library now makes use of threading, making loading more responsive.
• Line spacing in the script editor, underlines and caret widths are now resized to match the editor scale.
• Replaced editor icons for checkboxes and radio buttons with simpler designs.
• Tweaked the editor's success, error, and warning text colors for better readability and consistency.
• Android: Custom permissions are now stored in an array and their amount is no longer limited to 20.
  • Custom permissions will have to be redefined in projects imported from older versions.
• Android: Provide error details when an in-app purchase fails.
• Linux: OS.alert() now uses Zenity or KDialog if available instead of xmessage.
• Mono: Display stack traces for inner exceptions.
• Mono: Bundle mscorlib.dll with Godot to improve portability.

Removed

• Removed the RtAudio backend on Windows in favor of WASAPI, which is the default since 3.0.
• macOS: Support for 32-bit and fat binaries.

Fixed

• move_and_slide() now behaves differently at low velocities, 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.
• Button shortcuts can now be triggered by gamepad buttons.
• Fix a serialization bug that could cause TSCN files to grow very large.
• Gizmos are now properly hidden on scene load if the object they control is hidden.
• Camera gizmos in the 3D viewport no longer look twice as wide as they actually are.
• Copy/pasting from the editor on X11 will now work more reliably.
• libgcc_s and libstdc++ are now linked statically for better Linux binary portability.
• The FPS cap set by force_fps in the Project Settings is no longer applied to the editor.
  • Low FPS caps no longer cause the editor to feel sluggish.
• hiDPI is now detected and used if needed in the project manager.
• The Visual Studio Code external editor option now recognizes more binary names such as code-oss, making detection more reliable.
• The -ffast-math flag is no longer used when compiling Godot, resulting in increased floating-point determinism.
• Fix spelling of apply_torque_impulse() and deprecate the misspelled method.
• Escape sequences like \n and \t are now recognized in CSV translation files.
• Remove spurious errors when using a PanoramaSky without textures.
• The lightmap baker will now use all available cores on Windows.
• Bullet physics now correctly calculates effective gravity on KinematicBodies.
• Setting the color v member now correctly sets the s member.
• RichTextLabels now correctly determine the baseline for all fonts.
• SpinBoxes now correctly calculate their initial size.
• OGG streams now correctly signal the end of playback.
• Android exporter no longer writes unnecessary permissions to the exported APK.
• Debugger "focus stealing" now works more reliably.
• Subresources are now always saved when saving a scene.
• Many fixes related to importers (glTF, Collada, audio), physics (Bullet), Mono/C#, GDNative, Android/iOS.
• Mono: Many fixes and improvements to C# support (including a [Signal] attribute).
• WebAssembly: Supply proper CORS headers.

Security

• Fixed a security issue relating to deserializing Variants.

3.0 - 2018-01-29

Added

• Physically-based renderer using OpenGL ES 3.0.
  • 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 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).
  • More than a dozen of audio effects included.
• Rewritten 3D physics using Bullet.
• UDP-based high-level networking API using ENet.
• IPv6 support for all of the engine's networking APIs.
• Visual scripting.
• Rewritten import system.
  • Assets are now referenced with their source files, then imported in a transparent manner by the engine.
  • Imported assets are now cached in a .import directory, making distribution and versioning easier.
  • Support for ETC2 compression.
  • Support for uncompressed Targa (.tga) textures, allowing for faster importing.
• Rewritten export system.
  • GPU-based texture compression can now be tweaked per-target.
  • Support for exporting resource packs to build DLC / content addons.
• Improved GDScript.
  • Pattern matching using the match keyword.
  • $ shorthand for get_node().
  • Setters and getters for node properties.
  • Underscores in number literals are now allowed for improved readability (for example,1_000_000).
  • Improved performance (+20% to +40%, based on various benchmarks).
• Feature tags in the Project Settings, for custom per-platform settings.
• Full support for the glTF 2.0 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, Nim and 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).
• Improved build system.
  • Support for compiling using Visual Studio 2017.
  • SCons 3.0 and Python 3 are now supported (SCons 2.5 and Python 2.7 still work).
  • Link-time optimization can now be enabled by passing use_lto=yes to the SCons command line.
    • Produces faster and sometimes smaller binaries.
    • Currently only supported with GCC and MSVC.
  • Added a progress percentage when compiling Godot.
  • .zip archives are automatically created when compiling HTML5 export templates.
• Easier and more powerful way to create editor plugins with EditorPlugin and related APIs.

Changed

• Increased the default low-processor-usage mode FPS limit (60 → 125).
  • This makes the editor smoother and more responsive.
• Increased the default 3D editor camera's field of view (55 → 70).
• Increased the default 3D Camera node's field of view (65 → 70).
• Changed the default editor font (Droid Sans → Noto Sans).
• Changed the default script editor font (Source Code Pro → Hack)
• Renamed engine.cfg to project.godot.
  • This allows users to open a project by double-clicking the file if Godot is associated to .godot files.
• Some methods from the OS singleton were moved to the new Engine singleton.
• Switched from GLEW to GLAD for OpenGL wrapping.
• 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.