Godot 3.5.1 Released!

Question

whats different in the 3.4.1 release?

The changes are listed in the News article: https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-3-4-1

Pouliot

Answer 1

Errors are generated by a new version! What is the reason?

Unpin

Answer 2

Without knowing the what the errors are, how could we know the reason?

Guam

Answer 3

Updated with the announcement of v3.4.3 https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-3-4-3

Outlook

Answer 4

That's cool, but I'm all in on Godot 4.0 at this point.

Guam

Answer 5

I'm not quite ready for using an alpha version of the engine. I'll probably give the beta of 4.0 a try when it's released.

Outlook

Answer 6

right now i am focusing on making an Actual Game instead of Tech Demos or Test Projects (that doesn't mean that i won't make them, it just means that they're not my focus), so making sure that the used version is always Stable only makes sense.

whatever Stable Godot version is the newest i will likely use and adjust the project when needed. my current exception is that for my current game i will continue using Godot 3.x until Godot 4.1 releases since with its decidedly simple visuals it doesn't make sense to limit the game to the ~50% of devices that support Vulkan (Godot 4 will not have GLES3 support until version 4.1).

however, my next planned game project will have visuals that could "only" be made with Godot 4, so limiting that game to Vulkan devices actually makes sense (either "forever" or at first, i'll find that out later).

Camel

Answer 7

I just like new shiny stuff. Always update my OS the first day a new version comes out, and I don't mind dealing with some growing pains. If I was working on a serious long term project, I would stick with 3.4, but as I am doing more experimental stuff, I'm okay with switching to 4.0.

Guam

Answer 8

Updated with the announcement of v3.4.4 https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-3-4-4

This version is a bugfix-only release to deal with regressions discovered in v3.4.3, released a few weeks ago. It's advised to use the new version for the best possible experience.

https://godotengine.org/download/

Outlook

Answer 9

Glad 3.4.4 is the latest Godot version running without any problem in my laptop.

Fallal

Answer 10

…but as I am doing more experimental stuff, I'm okay with switching to 4.0.

Tried to experiment. Importing into Godot 3.4.4 and 4.0 the same Blender file with animation:

Collings

Answer 11

I'm kind of focusing on Godot 3.x right now. Though 4.0 is fun, I don't think I can release a commercial game with alpha/beta software. I'm going to stick with 3.x for now and start my game, which may take 6 months to a year, and if Godot 4.0 is stable by that time I will port.

Also, OpenGL (especially GLES2) works on some seriously low-end hardware, like Intel laptops. Even my Decay demo was able to run on Intel (albeit at 30fps, but it worked). Moving to Vulkan means people will need newer computers and the better graphics also mean performance will be slower (unless you cut down on all the effects, in which case it won't look better than 3.x).

But we'll see what happens. Vulkan, in theory, should provide faster performance than GL if coded correctly. And mostly every GPU made in like the last 6 or 7 years should support some spec of Vulkan. It is just a matter of if Godot specifically is taking advantage of that, and so far I would say no.

Guam

Answer 12

I had an idea to study Godot 4 at once, since I would not make a prototype game (POC) until the beta release. But with the current state of the engine, it's certainly not possible to work.

Collings

Answer 13

Is 4.0 free of bugs yet?

Well, if you don't consider it a mistake

Tried to experiment. Importing into Godot 3.4.4 and 4.0 the same Blender file with animation:

But it's very sad because in 4 the animation editor is improved.

I would avoid it until it is.

Very reasonable in my opinion.

Collings

Answer 14

Quick question I updated via git pull origin master

I've ended up with a ton of conflicts from 3.4.4 to the release.

I have only added modules to godot so I would like to know the best way to simply upgrade to the release and toss out all conflicts

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I prolly wanted git fetch first, but I forget most of the details of refreshing on the remote's changes.
Git documentation still gives me migraines.

n/m fixed. sometimes i wish git was documented concisely.

Dolli

Answer 15

Updated with the announcement of 3.4.5: https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-3-4-5

Outlook

Answer 16

So far running nicely.

Fallal

Answer 17

3.5 is released: https://godotengine.org/article/godot-3-5-cant-stop-wont-stop

Blinking

Answer 18

Thanks Mesonephros , I've updated the original post with the new announcement.

Outlook

Answer 19

The fact that Godot 3.x is still seeing large releases is an indication that the project is still very much capable of being one that will 'put the fun back into game creation' (like Blender has been aiming to do for 3D since the 2.8 release).

In terms of achieving that, I think team Godot ended up with rather good timing for the announcement since it came right when a lot of Unity users started searching for alternatives amid the controversy surrounding the Iron Source purchase.

Quinquereme

Answer 20

Updated with the announcement of 3.5.1!

Outlook

Answer 21

Sweet!

Guam