See the [release announcement](https://godotengine.org/article/godot-4-1-is-here) for details.
### Added
#### 2D
- Add "Center View" button to 2D editor ([GH-57252](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/57252)).
- Add proper snapping to tile polygon editor ([GH-70488](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/70488)).
#### 3D
- Add the ability to look-at in model-space ([GH-76082](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76082)).
- Add move control points button to Path3D Editor ([GH-77860](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77860)).
#### Animation
- Implement `AnimationNodeSub2` and allow less or greater value in mathematical `AnimationNode` ([GH-76616](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76616)).
- Add `TRANS_SPRING` mode to `Tween` ([GH-76899](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76899)).
#### Buildsystem
- Add support for single compilation unit builds ([GH-77170](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77170)).
#### C#/.NET
- Add fine-grained disabling of SourceGenerators ([GH-71049](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/71049)).
- Add global class support ([GH-72619](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/72619)).
- Add `[Obsolete]` attribute to deprecated members ([GH-77904](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77904)).
- Add version defines to help users deal with breaking changes ([GH-78249](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78249), [GH-78466](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78466)).
- The strings returned by `ResourceLoader::get_dependencies()` now include paths in addition to UIDs ([GH-73131](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/73131)).
- Sort code autocompletion with rules ([GH-75746](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75746)).
- Allow `String`s and `StringName`s match each other in a `match` statement ([GH-78389](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78389)).
#### GUI
- Add a warning when accessing theme prematurely and fix surfaced issues ([GH-73475](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/73475)).
- Make main editor window border margin controllable by theme ([GH-74767](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/74767)).
- Make sure to normalize subtags when parsing BBCode ([GH-75622](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75622)).
- Add an option for ButtonGroups to be unpressed ([GH-76279](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76279)).
- Make `TextureButton` and `Button` update on texture change ([GH-77159](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77159)).
- Use defined key mapping for closing popups and dialogs ([GH-77297](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77297)).
#### Import
- Split editor-specific import metadata for textures ([GH-75949](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75949)).
- Use DXT1 when compressing PNGs with RGB format ([GH-76516](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76516)).
- Respect `compress_binary_resources` editor setting on scene import ([GH-76630](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76630)).
- Disable texture format import overrides by default ([GH-77105](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77105), [GH-78147](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78147)).
- Ensure that "detect 3D" is only called when using 3D shaders ([GH-78199](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78199)).
#### Input
- Create a virtual mouse move event after moving child nodes in tree ([GH-66625](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/66625)).
- Propagate shortcut events to `SubViewport`s ([GH-76926](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76926)).
- Improve touchpad and mouse support for the Android editor ([GH-77498](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77498)).
- Generate missing values instead of disabling options ([GH-77900](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77900)).
- Update NavigationObstacle API ([GH-78081](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78081)).
#### Networking
- mbedTLS: Disable weak crypto and TLS versions ([GH-76905](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76905)).
- Allow `ENetConnection` to send a packet to an arbitrary destination ([GH-77627](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77627)).
#### Physics
- Propagate previously unused `NOTIFICATION_WORLD_2D_CHANGED`, make CanvasItem/CollisionObject2D use it ([GH-57179](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/57179)).
#### Porting
- Android: Downgrade android gradle plugin to version 7.2.1 ([GH-76325](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76325)).
- macOS: Bump min. version to 10.13, and remove deprecated code ([GH-76394](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76394)).
- Windows: Support long path in file access ([GH-76739](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76739)).
#### Rendering
- Disable NVIDIA's threaded OpenGL optimization on Windows ([GH-71472](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/71472)).
- Use `MODELVIEW_MATRIX` when on double precision ([GH-75462](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75462)).
- Move sky luminance scaling to before fog is applied ([GH-75812](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75812)).
- Clamp normal when calculating 2D lighting to avoid artifacts ([GH-76240](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76240)).
- Various fixes to the 3-to-4 project conversion tool ([GH-75002](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75002), [GH-75900](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75900), [GH-77615](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77615), [GH-78097](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78097)).
- Prevent quoted args in `editor/main_run_args` from being split at spaces ([GH-75444](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75444)).
- Fix connect signal dialog not allowing Unicode method name ([GH-75814](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75814)).
- Avoid error spam on first opening of a not yet imported project ([GH-77276](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77276)).
- Make sure script cache is created after reimport ([GH-75798](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75798)).
#### GDExtension
- Fix GDExtension Variant type conversion ([GH-75758](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75758)).
- Fix wrapping Objects in GDExtension that aren't exposed ([GH-78061](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78061)).
- Fix `Ref<>.is_valid()` for ScriptInstanceExtension ([GH-78392](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78392)).
- Use `Uninitialized*Ptr` for constructors/converters using placement new ([GH-78419](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78419)).
#### GDScript
- Fix access to identifiers that are reserved keywords ([GH-62830](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/62830)).
- Fix typed arrays not working with concatenation operator `+` ([GH-73540](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/73540)).
- Fix missing warning for shadowing of built-in types ([GH-74842](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/74842)).
#### GUI
- Fix deselecting behavior in Tree ([GH-71307](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/71307), [GH-71405](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/71405)).
- Fix Silhouette used incorrect index ([GH-76499](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76499)).
- Fix GLTFSkin binding for the `godot_skin` property ([GH-77413](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77413)).
- Fix exporting MeshInstances without a Skeleton in the GLTF module ([GH-77545](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77545)).
- Fix center of mass when importing GLTF physics bodies ([GH-77602](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77602)).
#### Input
- Fix guide button detection with XInput and Xbox Series controllers ([GH-73200](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/73200)).
- Fix just pressed and released with short presses ([GH-77055](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77055)).
- Fix mouse position with screen transform ([GH-77923](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77923)).
- Fix IME focus in Popup on Windows and macOS ([GH-77977](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77977), [GH-78029](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78029)).
#### Networking
- Fix incorrect value returned by `HTTPClient.get_response_body_length` on Web ([GH-77648](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77648)).
- Fix delta variables index decoding ([GH-78709](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78709)).
#### Physics
- Fix various issues with PhysicsDirectBodyState3D contacts ([GH-58880](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/58880)).
- Improve rigid body CCD against moving bodies ([GH-76138](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76138)).
#### Porting
- Android: Fix UI responsiveness to touch taps ([GH-75703](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75703)).
- Android: Fix double tap & drag on Android ([GH-76791](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76791)).
- Android: Fix issue causing the last edited project to open while switching to another one ([GH-78129](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78129)).
- iOS: Fix loading of GDExtension dylibs auto converted to framework ([GH-76510](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76510)).
- iOS: Fix orientation change in runtime ([GH-78132](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78132)).
- Linux/BSD: Fix the sliding window problem ([GH-76040](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76040)).
- Fix the limit for interpolation with respect to metallic and calculations in the SSR Fresnel Shlick ([GH-75368](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75368)).
- Fix GLES3 GPUParticles3D not working in HTML export ([GH-75795](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/75795)).
- Fix voxel GI issues ([GH-76437](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76437), [GH-76550](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76550)).
- Fix reflections in mobile renderer ([GH-76692](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/76692)).
- Fix modulation propagation for Y-sorted `CanvasItem`s ([GH-77079](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77079)).
- Fix calculation of skinned AABB for unused bones ([GH-77265](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77265)).
- Fix various issues with blend modes in the OpenGL 3 renderer ([GH-77409](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77409)).
- Fix Subtract blend mode of Forward+ and Mobile renderers ([GH-77520](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77520)).
- Fix LCD blend mode color caching in OpenGL ([GH-77946](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77946)).
- Ensure filter/repeat is cached by Viewport texture in GL Compatibility renderer ([GH-78285](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78285)).
- Copy texture filter/repeat modes when replacing a texture in the GL Compatibility backend ([GH-78287](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78287)).
- Fix volumetric fog in stereo by projection vertex in combined space ([GH-78436](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78436)).
- Use a filter with mipmaps when initializing textures with mipmaps in GL Compatibility renderer ([GH-78720](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/78720)).
#### Shaders
- Fix shader preprocessor cyclic include handling ([GH-77608](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/77608)).
- Backport some APIs in math structs: `AABB` and `Rect2``get_center()`, `Vector2` and `Vector3``limit_length()` ([GH-54614](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54614)).
- Add compile-time options to use handles and tracked handles to RID, to find erroneous usage patterns and leaks ([GH-54907](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54907), [GH-55719](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55719)).
- Add `OS.crash()` method for testing system crash handler ([GH-55614](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55614)).
- Add project setting to change scene file casing ([GH-56909](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56909)).
- Add `OS.has_clipboard()` to check clipboard content ([GH-56950](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56950)).
- Add a signal to notify when children nodes enter or exit tree ([GH-57541](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/57541), [GH-62241](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/62241)).
- Add visibility to CanvasLayer ([GH-57900](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/57900)).
- Add interpolation modes to Gradient ([GH-60982](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60982)).
- Add option to keep or skip carriage return (CR) in `File.get_as_text()`, optimize implementation ([GH-63733](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/63733)).
- Add option to only redraw vital updates ([GH-53463](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53463), [GH-61965](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/61965)).
- Add push, pull, fetch and improved diff view to VCS UI ([GH-53900](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53900)).
- Implement Alt + Mouse wheel to adjust FOV in the 3D editor viewport ([GH-54207](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54207)).
- Many fixes to built-in scripts support ([GH-54579](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54579), [GH-54662](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54662), [GH-54889](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54889), [GH-55286](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55286), [GH-55611](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55611), [GH-55728](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55728)).
- Add "Replace in Files" functionality to text editors ([GH-55232](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55232)).
- Draw the filled part of the slider on float EditorSpinSliders ([GH-55521](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55521)).
- Sort and group theme properties in docs, improve formatting for theme and enums ([GH-55526](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55526)).
- Make overridden properties link to parent definition ([GH-55560](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55560)).
- Add drag and drop for NodePaths ([GH-55761](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55761)).
- Only show Particles2D visibility rect on selected nodes ([GH-55782](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55782)).
- Add option to filter the stack variables of GDScript debugger ([GH-58861](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/58861)).
- Add property name style toggle to Inspector ([GH-59313](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/59313)).
- Add option to paste animation as duplicate ([GH-60226](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60226)).
- Add an inspector preview for BitMap ([GH-60700](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60700)).
- Add `--debug-server` command line option to listen for incoming connections ([GH-60819](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60819)).
- Add Core API 1.3 with methods: `Dictionary.merge()`, `Pool*Array``has()` and `sort()`, `PoolStringArray.join()`, `String join()`, `num_uint64()` and `num_uint64_capitalized()` ([GH-55650](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55650), [GH-55826](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55826), [GH-63136](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/63136)).
#### GUI
- Add option to make selection unique to TextEdit, LineEdit, RichTextLabel ([GH-54353](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54353), [GH-62221](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/62221)).
- Add drag and drop to TextEdit, LineEdit, RichTextLabel ([GH-55355](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55355)).
- Add drag start/end signals for Slider ([GH-55775](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55775)).
- RichTextLabel: Add BBCode `[lb]` and `[rb]` escape sequences for square brackets ([GH-56586](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56586)).
- Add alignment options to Button icons ([GH-57771](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/57771)).
- Add type variations to Theme ([GH-57942](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/57942)).
- Add a skew property to StyleBoxFlat ([GH-60592](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60592)).
#### Input
- Input: Allow for mapping scancodes to current layout ([GH-56015](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56015)).
#### Localization
- Make property paths and categories translatable ([GH-58634](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/58634)).
- Add property name style toggle to Inspector ([GH-59313](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/59313)).
- Add binary MO translation file support ([GH-59522](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/59522)).
#### Mono (C#)
- Add support for file-scoped namespace declaration ([GH-56427](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56427)).
#### Navigation
- Add NavigationServer with obstacle avoidance using RVO2 ([GH-48395](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48395)).
- Lots of fixes and improvements to the new NavigationServer ([Many GitHub PRs](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pulls?q=is%3Apr+sort%3Aupdated-desc+label%3Atopic%3Anavigation+merged%3A2022-04-01..2022-07-15+is%3Aclosed)).
- Backport more NavigationServer features to make it more flexible ([GH-61996](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/61996)).
#### Networking
- Add `set_extra_headers()` to WebSocketServer ([GH-40975](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/40975)).
- Add proxy support for HTTPClient and the editor ([GH-55988](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55988)).
- Add NetworkedMultiplayerCustom so high-level multiplayer backends can be added from scripts ([GH-63163](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/63163)).
#### Physics
- Add fixed timestep interpolation for 3D ([GH-52846](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52846)).
* The 2D equivalent will be added later on.
- Expose `intersect_point` in 3D physics server ([GH-54577](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54577)).
- VehicleWheel can now return the surface it's colliding with ([GH-55723](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55723)).
- Add physics material to GridMap ([GH-56006](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56006)).
- Expose `VERTEX_ID` and `INSTANCE_ID` to user created shaders ([GH-54751](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54751)).
- Add `const` qualifier support for function arguments in shaders ([GH-55103](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55103)).
- Add random initial color feature for all Particles nodes ([GH-55788](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55788)).
- Add hints and default values to VisualShader uniform nodes ([GH-56466](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56466)).
- Allow pass varyings as out param to the function, when it's possible ([GH-56478](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56478)).
- Many improvements backported from `master` ([GH-56794](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56794)).
#### XR
- WebXR: Rendering and touch events now supported on smartphone AR ([GH-55869](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55869), [GH-56819](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56819)).
- WebXR: Allow mapping VR controller joystick/button IDs to match other AR/VR interfaces ([GH-59994](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/59994)).### Changed
- Make TabContainer's tabs better blend with the panel when using the default theme ([GH-56774](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56774)).
- Make the menu from Menu/OptionButton have its first option focused when triggered by a keyboard or gamepad ([GH-57643](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/57643)).
- Make Tree once again draw relationship lines for items offscreen ([GH-60282](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60282)).
- Make various improvements to OptionButton ([GH-61102](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/61102)).
- Increase joystick max button number to 128 ([GH-56666](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56666)).
* Windows and macOS support up to 128, Linux supports up to 80, and Android supports up to 36.
- Use mouse event relative motion to calculate mouse speed ([GH-56755](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56755)).
- Drop mouse focus and over when gui input is globally disabled ([GH-59100](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/59100)).
* This is optional and controlled by the `gui/common/drop_mouse_on_gui_input_disabled` project setting. For compatibility, this setting is disabled by default on pre-3.5 projects and enabled by default for new projects.
- Add "(Physical)" label to physical scancodes in `InputEventKey.as_text()` ([GH-62633](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/62633)).
- Re-enable input accumulation disabled by error in 3.4 ([GH-62826](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/62826)).
* If this changes behavior in a way that doesn't fit your project, you can change it back with `Input.use_accumulated_input = false`.
- Navigation APIs fully refactored to make use of the new NavigationServer with collision avoidance (see "Added" section). While we aimed to keep the APIs as compatible as possible, this is a **breaking change** and might impact how existing Navigation setups behave.
* The Navigation and Navigation2D nodes were kept for compatibility but are now deprecated. Their functionality is replaced by the NavigationServer and Navigation2DServer.
- Consider gridmap collisions in navigation bake ([GH-57173](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/57173)).
- iOS: Vibrate using haptics engine on supported devices ([GH-60398](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60398)).
- Linux: Use application name as PulseAudio device name ([GH-54654](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54654)).
- Linux: Read and store joypad events in a separate thread ([GH-56126](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56126)).
- macOS: Fix translation detection for editor and template ([GH-52945](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52945), [GH-57577](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/57577)).
- macOS: Redraw window during resize and modal popups ([GH-54757](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54757)).
- Windows: Improve console handling and execute ([GH-55987](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55987)).
* This changes the editor console handling to be like on Unix systems (Linux and macOS). So Godot doesn't open with a console by default, but you can see console output if you start it from a console yourself. You can create a batch script or shortcut to automatically start Godot from a console as in previous releases.
- Windows: Keep editor at normal priority ([GH-59665](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/59665)).
- Windows: Try to convert `OS::execute()` output to Unicode ([GH-60920](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60920)).
#### Rendering
- Prevent use of Opaque Pre-Pass's threshold on top of Alpha Scissor ([GH-45372](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45372)).
- Improve the appearance of simple parallax in SpatialMaterial ([GH-51433](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51433)).
- Use early bailing to improve 3D shadow filtering performance in GLES3 ([GH-54160](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54160)).
- Faster editor line drawing - Path2D and `draw_line` ([GH-54377](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54377)).
- Bind mesh merging functionality in MeshInstance ([GH-57661](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/57661)).
- Sort transparent objects based on camera position when using perspective camera ([GH-60381](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60381)).
- GLES2: Unpack blend shape arrays when necessary ([GH-60829](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60829)).
- Portals: Show gridmaps using global mode ([GH-60851](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60851)).
- CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ([GH-62260](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/62260)).
- GLES3: Ignore support for S3TC texture compression on Android and iOS devices ([GH-62909](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/62909)).
* Few devices support this compression while they all support ETC2. Godot exports ETC2 by default and doesn't take into account that mobile devices could need S3TC.
#### Thirdparty
- Bullet updated to version 3.24.
- FreeType updated to version 2.12.1.
- libogg updated to version 1.3.5.
- libvorbis updated to version 1.3.7.
- libwebp updated to version 1.2.2.
- MbedTLS updated to version 2.28.1 (security update).
- PCRE2 updated to version 10.40.
- tinyexr updated to version 1.0.1.
- zlib/minizip updated to version 1.2.12 (security update).
- zstd updated to version 1.5.0.
- CA root certificates updated to 2022-07-19 bundle from Mozilla.
- SDL GameControllerDB updated to 2022-08-02 git snapshot.
#### XR
- Updated Meta hand tracking version ([GH-60639](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60639)).
- Android: Drop broken 32-bit framebuffer setting ([GH-54431](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54431)).
#### Shaders
- Removed support for `1f` or `0f` float literal syntax which is invalid in GLSL ([GH-55623](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55623)).
Floats should be written with a decimal separator (`1.0f` or `0.f`).
### Fixed
#### 2D
- Fixes to Camera2D position and first update ([GH-63084](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/63084), [GH-63581](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/63581)).
- Fix CanvasItem not exiting its canvas group on canvas exit ([GH-63234](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/63234)).
#### 3D
- Fix hardcoded raycast distance in viewport object picking ([GH-54369](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54369)).
- Properly handle CSGShape parent and visibility updates ([GH-58938](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/58938)).
#### Animation
- Fix cubic interpolation when looping ([GH-58651](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/58651)).
- Fix AnimatedSprite doesn't emit `animation_finished` when changing playback direction ([GH-61085](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/61085)).
#### Audio
- Fix crash in AudioServer when switching audio devices with different audio channels count ([GH-59778](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/59778)).
#### Core
- Rationalize Node removals and deletions ([GH-55514](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55514), [GH-56519](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56519)).
- Fix incorrect RID cleanup in Rasterizers ([GH-55669](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55669), [GH-55701](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55701)).
- Fix wrong RGBA channel mapping when saving OpenEXR ([GH-56715](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/56715)).
- Android: Only rotate sensor values for sensors that need them rotated ([GH-55184](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/55184)).
- Android: Fix flickering issues with low processor mode ([GH-59606](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/59606)).
- Android: Fix the logic to restart the Godot application ([GH-61332](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/61332)).
- Android: Fix broken scroll gesture on UI ([GH-62290](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/62290)).
- Android: Address slow copy performance when using the `FileAccessFilesystemJAndroid` implementation ([GH-63223](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/63223), [GH-63480](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/63480)).
- HTML5: Change default cursor from `auto` to `default` ([GH-62608](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/62608)).
- HTML5: Make locale string match other platforms ([GH-63043](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/63043)).
- iOS: Fix simultaneous touches for different touch types ([GH-60224](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60224)).
- Fixed normals when using smoothed normals on CSG shapes ([GH-58208](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/58208), [GH-59002](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/59002), [GH-59039](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/59039)).
- Fix alpha scissor shadow casting support ([GH-58959](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/58959)).
- GLES3: Unbind vertex buffer before calculating blend shapes ([GH-60832](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/60832)).
* This option is enabled by default (`application/run/delta_smoothing`).
- Add option to sync frame delta after draw ([GH-48555](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48555)).
* This option is experimental and disabled by default (`application/run/delta_sync_after_draw`).
- Expose OS data directory getter methods ([GH-49732](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49732)).
- Provide a getter for the project data directory ([GH-52714](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52714)).
- Add an option to make the project data directory non-hidden ([GH-52556](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52556), [GH-53779](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53779)).
- Add support for numeric XML entities to `XMLParser` ([GH-47978](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47978)).
- Add option for BVH thread safety ([GH-48892](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48892)).
- Add `Engine.print_error_messages` property to disable printing errors ([GH-50640](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/50640)).
- ColorPicker: Display previous color and allow selecting it back ([GH-48611](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48611), [GH-48623](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48623)).
- DynamicFont: Allow using WOFF fonts ([GH-52052](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52052)).
- GraphEdit: Make zoom limits and step adjustable ([GH-50526](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/50526)).
- ScrollBar: Add `increment_pressed` and `decrement_pressed` icons ([GH-51805](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51805)).
- TextureButton: Add `flip_h` and `flip_v` properties ([GH-30424](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/30424)).
- TextureProgress: Add offset for progress texture ([GH-38722](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/38722)).
- Theme: Various improvements to the Theme API ([GH-49487](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49487)).
- Theme: Add support for partial custom editor themes ([GH-51648](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51648)).
- Theme: Add API to retrieve the default font, and optimize property change notification ([GH-53397](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53397)).
#### Import
- Backport improved glTF module with scene export support ([GH-49120](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49120)).
- Enable setting the number of physics solver iterations ([GH-38387](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/38387), [GH-50257](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/50257)).
- Heightmap collision shape support in Godot Physics 3D ([GH-47349](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47349)).
- Add support for Dynamic BVH as 2D physics broadphase ([GH-48314](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48314)).
- Expose `body_test_motion` in 3D physics server ([GH-50103](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/50103)).
- Add option to sync motion to physics in 3D `KinematicBody` ([GH-49446](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49446)).
- Expose collider RID in 2D/3D kinematic collision ([GH-49476](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49476)).
- Support for disabling physics on `SoftBody` ([GH-49835](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49835)).
- Backport new methods for `KinematicBody` and `KinematicCollision` ([GH-52116](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52116)).
- Expose `SoftBody` pin methods for scripting ([GH-52369](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52369)).
#### Porting
- Android: Add partial support for Android scoped storage ([GH-50359](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/50359)).
- Android: Add initial support for Play Asset Delivery ([GH-52526](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52526)).
- GLES2: Add basic support for CPU blendshapes ([GH-48480](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48480), [GH-51363](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51363)).
- GLES2: Allow using clearcoat, anisotropy and refraction in SpatialMaterial ([GH-51967](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51967)).
- GLES2: Implement `Viewport.keep_3d_linear` for VR applications to convert output to linear color space ([GH-51780](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51780)).
- GLES3: Allow repeat flag in viewport textures ([GH-34008](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/34008)).
- GLES3: Add support for contrast-adaptive sharpening in 3D ([GH-47416](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47416)).
- Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ([GH-52952](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52952)).
- Add ring emitter for 3D particles ([GH-47801](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47801)).
- Add rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ([GH-46130](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46130)).
- Add a new high quality tonemapper: ACES Fitted ([GH-52477](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52477)).
- Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ([GH-50184](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/50184)).
- Add high quality glow mode ([GH-51491](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51491)).
- Add new 3D point light attenuation as an option ([GH-52918](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52918)).
- Import option to split vertex buffer stream in positions and attributes ([GH-46574](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46574)).
- Promote object validity checks to release builds ([GH-51796](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51796)).
- Add detailed error messages to release builds (used to be debug-only) ([GH-53405](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53405)).
- Add Node name to `print()` of all nodes, makes `Object::to_string()` virtual ([GH-38819](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/38819)).
- Thread callbacks can now take optional parameters ([GH-38078](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/38078), [GH-51093](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51093)).
- Harmonize output of `OS.get_locale()` between platforms ([GH-40708](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/40708)).
- Optimize hash comparison for integer and string keys in Dictionary ([GH-53557](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53557)).
- Improve the console error logging appearance: ([GH-49577](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49577)).
- Implement missing stringification for `PoolByteArray` and `PoolColorArray` ([GH-53655](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53655)).
-`AStar.get_available_point_id()` returns 0 instead of 1 when empty ([GH-48958](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48958)).
- Compare connections by object ID, making `.tscn` order deterministic ([GH-52493](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52493)).
- Only include editor translations above a threshold to save on binary size ([GH-54020](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/54020)).
#### Mono (C#)
- macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both `x86_64` and `arm64` architectures ([GH-49248](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49248)).
- Fix Marshalls infinite recursion crash in debugger ([GH-51068](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51068)).
- Fix slow load/save of scenes with many instances of the same script ([GH-49570](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49570)).
- Properly update `NodePath`s in the editor in more cases when nodes are moved or renamed ([GH-49812](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49812)).
- Fix scale sensitivity for 3D objects ([GH-52665](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52665)).
- Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ([GH-48934](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48934)).
#### Mono (C#)
- iOS: Fix `P/Invoke` symbols being stripped by the linker, resulting in `EntryPointNotFoundException` crash at runtime ([GH-49248](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49248)).
- macOS: Automatically enable JIT entitlements for the Mono exports ([GH-50317](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/50317)).
- Fix reloading `tool` scripts in the editor ([GH-52883](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52883)).
- Fix C# bindings generator for default value types ([GH-49702](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49702)).
- Ignore paths with invalid chars in `PathWhich` ([GH-50918](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/50918)).
- Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ([GH-50166](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/50166), [GH-51458](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51458)).
- Various fixes to 2D and 3D `KinematicBody``move_and_slide` and `move_and_collide` ([GH-50495](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/50495)).
- Improved logic for `KinematicBody` collision recovery depth ([GH-53451](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53451)).
- Fix `RayShape` recovery in `test_body_ray_separation` ([GH-53453](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53453)).
- Apply infinite inertia checks to Godot Physics 3D ([GH-42637](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42637)).
- Fix and clean disabled shapes handling in Godot physics servers ([GH-49845](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49845)).
- Fixed `rotate_y` property of particle shaders ([GH-46687](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46687)).
- Fixed behavior of velocity spread in particles ([GH-47310](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47310)).
- Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ([GH-50721](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/50721)).
- Fix flipped binormal in `SpatialMaterial` triplanar mapping ([GH-49950](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49950)).
- Fix `CanvasItem` bounding rect calculation in some cases ([GH-49160](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/49160)).
- Clamp negative colors regardless of the tonemapper to avoid artifacts ([GH-51439](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/51439)).
- Fix Y billboard shear when rotating camera ([GH-52151](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52151)).
- Add half frame to `floor()` for animated particles UV to compensate precision errors ([GH-53233](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/53233)).
- Prevent shaders from generating code before the constructor finishes ([GH-52475](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/52475)).
## [3.3] - 2021-04-21
See the [release announcement](https://godotengine.org/article/godot-3-3-has-arrived) for details.
### Added
#### Audio
- [MP3 loading and playback support](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43007).
- [Add AudioEffectCapture to access the microphone in real-time](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45593).
#### Build system
- [Add `production=yes` option to set optimal options for production builds](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45593).
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46966).
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44901).
- If you experience a regression in either physics or rendering, you can try [these Project Settings](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44901#issuecomment-758618531) 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45019).
- [TileMap `show_collision` property to show/hide collision shapes in the editor and at run-time](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46623).
- [`Array.append_array()` method to append an array at the end of another array](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43398).
- [`OS.get_thread_caller_id()` method to print the ID of the thread the code is currently running on](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44732).
- [`Image.load_bmp_from_buffer()` method to load BMP images at run-time](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42947).
- [`Image.resize_to_po2()` now accepts an optional "interpolation" parameter, defaulting to bilinear filtering](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44460).
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46413).
- [`String.to_wchar()` method to get a PoolByteArray corresponding to a string's `wchar` data](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46343).
- [`String.naturalnocasecmp_to()` method to perform *natural* case-insensitive string comparison for sorting purposes](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45957).
- [`application/run/flush_stdout_on_print` project setting to enable per-line flushing of the standard output stream in release builds](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44393).
#### Editor
- [Infinite 3D editor grid](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43206) ([further improvements](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45594)).
- [New 3D rotation gizmo](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43016).
- [Support for copy-pasting nodes](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/34892).
- [Detect external modification of scenes and prompt for reloading](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/31747).
- [New editor to configure default import presets](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46354).
- [The 3D viewport's View Information pane now displays the viewport resolution](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45596).
- [`EditorInterface.get_editor_scale()` method to retrieve the editor scale factor](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47622).
- This can be used for hiDPI support in editor plugins.
- [The `EditorInterface.edit_node()` method is now exposed](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47709).
- **HTML5:** [New web editor](https://godotengine.org/article/godot-web-progress-report-3), available as a [Progressive Web App](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46796).
#### GUI
- [Minimap support in GraphEdit](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43416).
- [New AspectRatioContainer Control node](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45129).
- [TextEdit's bookmark, breakpoint and "mark safe line" functions are now exposed to scripting](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/40629).
- [Support for pause-aware picking](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/39421).
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45783).
- **HTML5:** [Resizable canvas option to disable viewport resizing](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42266).
- **HTML5:** [Optional automatic WebGL 2.0 -> 1.0 fallback when WebGL 2.0 support is not available](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47659).
- 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)](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46802).
- To keep the previous behavior, **Allow Hidpi** must be enabled in the Project Settings before exporting the project.
- **iOS:** [Plugin support](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/41340), with a similar interface to Android plugins.
- **iOS:** [Add a touch delay project setting](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42457).
- **Linux:** [PulseAudio and ALSA libraries are now dynamically loaded](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46107), [as well as libudev](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46117).
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42276).
- **macOS:** [macOS ARM64 support](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/39788) in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only standard build for now).
- [2D batching for GLES3](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42119) (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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47864).
- [New software skinning for MeshInstance](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/40313) to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile).
- [Configurable amount of lights per object](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43606), now defaulting to 32 instead of 8.
- [New CPU lightmapper](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44628).
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45654).
- [FXAA property in Viewport and associated project setting for GLES3 and GLES2](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42006).
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42942).
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42548).
- This is also exposed in the visual shader editor.
- [Add setting for shadow cubemap max size](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48059).
#### XR (Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality)
- [Add a `set_interface()` method](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46781).
- [Expose the depth buffer to GDNative](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46781).
- [Allow supplying a depth buffer from an ARVR plugin](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46781).
- **HTML5:** [WebXR support](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42397) for VR games.
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45902).
- [SVG images can now be used as a project icon](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43369).
- [Tweaked log file names for consistency between Mono and non-Mono builds](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44148).
- [Tweaked command line `--print-fps` display to display milliseconds per frame timings in addition to FPS](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47735).
- [OpenSimplexNoise is now guaranteed to give consistent results across platforms](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/47211).
- This change breaks compatibility: you get different results even for the same seed.
- [Improved the 3D selection box appearance for better visibility](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43424).
- The 3D selection box color can be changed in the Editor Settings.
- [Increased default opacity for 3D manipulator gizmos for better visibility](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44384).
- [Improved visibility for the dashed line in the TextureRegion editor](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45164).
- [Pressed CheckButtons are now colored in blue for easier recognition](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44556).
- [The autokeying icon in the animation editor is now red when pressed to emphasize its "recording" status](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42417).
- [Scroll bars are now thicker and have a subtle background to better hint where they start and stop](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47633).
- [Undo/redo log messages now give more context when performing actions in the 2D editor](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42229).
- [The editor now uses 75% scaling by default on small displays (such as 1366×768)](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43611).
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45910).
- This can be adjusted by setting the editor scale to the desired value in the Editor Settings.
- [Rename Node is now bound to <kbd>F2</kbd>](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/38201).
- To account for this change, switching between editors using keyboard shortcuts now requires holding down <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>.
- Editor shortcuts can be changed back to the previous values in the Editor Settings' Shortcuts tab.
- [Changed the Search Help shortcut from <kbd>Shift + F1</kbd> to <kbd>F1</kbd>](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43773).
- [Changed the FileSystem dock Copy Path shortcut from <kbd>Ctrl + C</kbd> to <kbd>Ctrl + Shift + C</kbd>](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43397).
- [Changed 3D editor's Primary Grid Steps setting from 10 to 8](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43754).
- This uses a power-of-two value by default.
- [Increased the default `profiler_frame_max_functions` to 512](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43697).
- This fixes many instances where functions didn't appear in the script profiler.
- [The inspector now allows using a comma as a decimal separator](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42376).
- [Editor plugins are now searched for recursively](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43734).
- [Increased the page size for array/dictionary editors in the inspector from 10 to 20](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44864).
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45270).
- [Tweaked property hints for SpatialMaterial depth properties to allow greater control and quality](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44130).
- [Pause Mode and Script are no longer collapsed in categories in the inspector](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43566).
- **Asset library:** [The Retry button now only appears if the download has failed](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46105).
- **Asset library:** [Search now starts automatically after entering text](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42402).
- **Asset library:** [Moved the Asset Library API URLs to the Editor Settings](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45202).
- **Project manager:** [Drag-and-dropping a ZIP archive to the project manager window will now prompt for importing it](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45706).
- **Project manager:** [Display loading text while the project is opening](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46026).
- **Project manager:** [The Open Project Folder button is now more visible](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45642).
- [Range now returns a ratio of 1.0 if the minimum and maximum value are equal](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45220).
- [ColorPicker now keeps the hue value when the saturation or value is set to zero](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46230).
- [The Control virtual method `_make_custom_tooltip()` should now return a `Control` instead of an `Object`](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43280).
- Scripts overriding this method will have to be updated.
#### Import
- [Allow a greater range of characters in glTF bone names](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47074).
- [glTF import now uses vertex colors by default](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/41007).
- 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`](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42332).
- Official builds now use Mono 6.12.0.122.
#### Networking
- [Increase the default HTTPClient download chunk size to 64 KiB](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42896).
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46301).
- [The Ensure Correct Normals render mode and associated SpatialMaterial property are now supported in GLES2](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47540).
- [Real-time lights no longer affect objects that receive baked lighting if Bake Mode is set to All](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/41629).
- [YSort rendering order is now more deterministic](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42375).
#### Physics
- [2D collision shapes are now displayed with outlines when **Debug > Visible Collision Shapes** is enabled](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46291).
#### Porting
- **Android:** [Update logic to sign prebuilt APKs with `apksigner` instead of `jarsigner`, as required for Android API 30](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44645).
- **Android:** [Disable the `requestLegacyExternalStorage` attribute when there are no storage permissions](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47954).
- **HTML5:** [Improved gamepad support by using an internal implementation of the Gamepad API](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45078).
- **HTML5** [Changed HTML shell templates](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46201). [See updated documentation](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.3/tutorials/platform/customizing_html5_shell.html).
- **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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46618).
- **macOS:** [Code signing on export is now enabled by default. If no identity is specified, an *ad hoc* certificate is generated and used automatically](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46618).
- 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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47141).
- This is enabled by default.
- **macOS:** [Improve Mono distribution in .app bundle to allow codesigning exported projects](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43768).
- **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](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47301).
- This is superseded by the new ["keep" import mode](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47268) feature.
- [Fix Editable Children issues with node renaming, moving, duplicating and instancing](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/39533).
- [Freed Objects no longer delay to `null` in debug builds](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/41866).
- [Various fixes to Variant and Reference pointers](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43049).
- [Optimized octree and fixed a leak](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/41123).
- [Fix crash when opening a ZIP data pack](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42196).
- [`OS.delay_msec()` and `OS.delay_usec()` with a negative value no longer freeze the engine and return an error message instead](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46194).
- Various fixes to CSG mesh generation. There should be less instances of holes being created in CSG meshes.
- [Fix exporting if the temporary export directory doesn't exist yet](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45561).
- [Objects can no longer be added to the Project Settings since they can't be serialized correctly](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42616).
- [Fix hidden nodes being selectable in the 2D editor in specific cases](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/46261).
- [Implementing clearing of diagnostics in the GDScript language server, fixing issues with errors lingering after files were deleted](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47553).
- [The Export PCK/ZIP action now obeys the export path configured in the export preset as expected](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45359).
#### GDScript
- [Fix leaks due to cyclic references](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/41931).
- [Fix artifacts in DynamicFont when scaling with filtering enabled](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/43171).
- [DynamicFonts are now loaded to memory on all platforms to avoid locking files](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44117).
- [Fix fallback emoji font color](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44212).
- [ColorPicker button text and tooltips now appear as expected in exported projects](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47547).
- [Fix RichTextLabel losing its `text` due to being replaced with empty BBCode when custom effects are defined](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47486).
- [Fix incorrect editor background color when using a transparent editor theme color](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/36004).
#### Import
- [Relax node](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/45545) and [bone naming constraints in glTF](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/47074).
- To preserve compatibility with models imported in 3.2, [a `use_legacy_names` import setting was added](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/48058).
- [Fix parsing Base64-encoded buffer and image data in glTF](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/42501).
- [Fix handling of normalized accessor property in glTF](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44746).
#### Mono (C#)
- [Fix targeting .NETFramework with .NET 5](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/44135).
- Major improvements to the visual shader system ([News post 1](https://godotengine.org/article/major-update-for-visual-shader-in-godot-3-2), [News post 2](https://godotengine.org/article/major-update-visual-shaders-godot-3-2-part-2)).
- GridMaps can now be used to bake navigation meshes.
- EditorNavigationMeshGenerator can now be used in `tool` scripts.
- Support for generating navigation meshes from static colliders.
- When using static colliders as a geometry source, a layer mask can be specified to ignore certain colliders.
- The generator no longer relies on the global transform, making it possible to generate navmeshes on nodes that are not in the scene tree.
- Navigation gizmos are now updated after every new bake.
- Support for skinning in 3D skeletons.
- CameraServer singleton to retrieve images from mobile cameras or webcams as textures.
- A crosshair is now displayed when using freelook in the 3D editor.
- Project camera override button at the top of the 2D and 3D editors.
- When enabled, the editor viewport's camera will be replicated in the running project.
- RichTextLabel can now be extended with real-time effects and custom BBCodes.
- Effects are implemented using the ItemFX resource.
-`[img=<width>x<height>]` tag to resize an image displayed in a RichTextLabel.
- If `<width>` or `<height>` is 0, the image will be adjusted to keep its original aspect.
- Revamped node connection dialog for improved ease of use.
- The Signals dock now displays a signal's description in a tooltip when hovering it.
- Input actions can now be reordered by dragging them.
- Animation frames can now be reordered by dragging them.
- Ruler tool to measure distances and angles in the 2D editor.
- "Clear Guides" menu option in the 2D editor to remove all guides.
- The 2D editor grid now displays a "primary" line every 8 lines for easier measurements.
- This value can be adjusted in the Configure Snap dialog.
- Projects can now have a description set in the Project Settings.
- This description is displayed as a tooltip when hovering the project in the Project Manager.
- All Variant types can now be added as project settings using the editor (instead of just `bool`, `int`, `float` and `String`).
- Pressing <kbd>Ctrl + F</kbd> now focuses the search field in the Project Settings and Editor Settings.
- Quick Open dialog (<kbd>Shift + Alt + O</kbd>) to open any resource in the project.
- Unlike the existing dialogs, it's not limited to scenes or scripts.
- Ability to convert a Sprite to a Mesh2D, Polygon2D, CollisionPolygon2D or LightOccluder2D.
- MultiMeshInstance2D node for using MultiMesh in 2D.
- PointMesh primitive.
- Drawn as a rectangle with a constant size on screen, which is cheaper compared to using triangle-based billboards.
- 2D polygon boolean operations and Delaunay triangulation are now available in the Geometry singleton.
- [New convex decomposition](https://godotengine.org/article/godot-3-2-adds-support-convex-decomposition) using the [V-HACD](https://github.com/kmammou/v-hacd) library.
- Can decompose meshes into multiple convex shapes for increased accuracy.
- Support for grouping nodes in the 3D editor.
- "Slow" modifier in freelook (accessed by holding <kbd>Alt</kbd>).
- The 2D editor panning limits can now be disabled in the Editor Settings.
- "Undo Close Tab" option in the scene tabs context menu.
- The editor is now capped to 20 FPS when the window is unfocused.
- This decreases CPU/GPU usage if something causes the editor to redraw continuously (such as particles).
- The editor's FPS cap can now be adjusted in the Editor Settings (both when focused and unfocused).
- Version information is now displayed at the bottom of the editor.
- This is intended to make the Godot version easily visible in video tutorials.
- Support for constants in the shader language.
- Support for local and varying arrays in the shader language.
- Support for `switch` statements in the shader language.
- Support for `do {...} while (...)` loops in the shader language.
- Unlike `while`, the expression in the `do` block will always be run at least once.
- Support for hexadecimal number literals in the shader language.
- Ported several GLES3 shader functions such as `round()` to GLES2.
-`SHADOW_VEC` shader parameter to alter 2D shadow computations in custom shaders.
- Filter search box in the remote scene tree dock.
- Ability to expand/collapse nodes recursively in the scene tree dock by holding <kbd>Shift</kbd> and clicking on a folding arrow.
- Support for depth of field, glow and BCS in the GLES2 renderer.
- MSAA support in the GLES2 renderer.
- Ability to render viewports directly to the screen in the GLES2 renderer.
- This can be faster on low-end devices, but it comes at a convenience cost.
- Project settings to set the maximum number of lights and reflections in the GLES3 renderer.
- Decreasing these values can lead to faster shader compilations, resulting in lower loading times.
- Heightmap collision shape for efficient terrain collisions.
- AStar2D class, making A* use easier in 2D.
- Disabled collision shapes can now be added directly, without having to disable them manually after one step.
- Context menu options to close other scene tabs, scene tabs to the right, or all scene tabs.
- The audio bus volumes can now be snapped by holding <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> while dragging the slider.
- Hovering an audio bus' volume slider now displays its volume in a tooltip.
- Values in the Gradient and Curve editors can now be snapped by holding <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>.
- Precise snapping can be obtained by holding <kbd>Shift</kbd> as well.
- Support for snapping when scaling nodes in the 2D editor.
- Precise snapping in the 3D editor when holding <kbd>Shift</kbd>.
- "Align Rotation with View" in the 3D editor.
- Unlike "Align Transform with View", only the selected node's rotation will be modified.
- "Align Selection with View" has been renamed to "Align Transform with View".
- All 3D gizmos now make use of snapping if enabled.
- CSG shapes are now highlighted with a translucent overlay when selected.
- Shapes in Union mode will use a blue overlay color by default.
- Shapes in Subtraction mode will use an orange overlay color by default.
- Shapes in Intersection mode will use a white overlay color.
- Ability to move a vertex along a single axis when holding <kbd>Shift</kbd> in polygon editors.
- Support for binary literals in GDScript (e.g. `0b101010` for `42`).
- AutoLoads can now be used as a type in GDScript.
- Ability to define script templates on a per-project basis.
- Template files should be placed into a `script_templates/` directory in the project and have an extension that matches the language (`.gd` for GDScript, `.cs` for C#).
- The path to the script templates directory can be changed in the Project Settings.
- Ability to limit the minimum and maximum window size using `OS.set_min_window_size()` and `OS.set_max_window_size()`.
-`Node.process_priority` property to set or get a node's processing priority.
- This was previously only available as `Node.set_process_priority()` (without an associated getter).
-`Node.editor_description` property for documentation purposes.
- When hovering a node with a description in the scene tree dock, the description will be displayed in a tooltip.
-`Button.keep_pressed_outside` property to keep a button pressed when moving the pointer outside while pressed.
-`Button.expand_icon` property to make a button's icon expand/shrink with the button's size.
-`Popup.set_as_minsize()` method to shrink a popup to its minimum size.
-`Tree.get_icon_modulate()` and `Tree.set_icon_modulate()` methods to change an icon's color in a Tree.
-`Tree.call_recursive()` method to call a method on a TreeItem and its children recursively.
-`Light.use_gi_probe` property to exclude specific lights from GIProbe computations.
- TranslationServer method `get_loaded_locales()` to retrieve the list of languages with a translation loaded.
-`FRUSTUM` 3D camera mode to create tilted frustums for mirror or portal effects.
-`CanvasItem.draw_rect()` now has `width` and `antialiased` properties to match `draw_line()`'s functionality.
-`Engine.get_idle_frames()` and `Engine.get_physics_frames()` to get the number of idle and physics frame iterations since the project started.
- Unlike `Engine.get_frames_drawn()`, `Engine.get_idle_frames()` will be incremented even if the render loop is disabled.
-`Engine.get_physics_interpolation_fraction()` to get the fraction through the current physics tick at the time of the current frame.
- This can be used to implement fixed timestep interpolation.
- Support for shadow-to-opacity in 3D to render shadows in augmented reality contexts.
- Ability to change a Position2D gizmo's size.
- New Vector2 and Vector3 methods:
-`move_toward()` to retrieve a vector moved towards another by a specified number of units.
-`direction_to()` to retrieve a normalized vector pointing from a vector to another.
- This is a shorter alternative to `(b - a).normalized()`.
- AStar functions `set_point_disabled()` and `is_point_disabled()` to selectively disable points.
- Tween now emits a `tween_all_completed` signal when all tweens are completed.
-`Input.get_current_cursor_shape()` to retrieve the current cursor shape.
-`InputEventAction` now has a `strength` property to simulate analog inputs.
-`String.repeat()` method to repeat a string several times and return it.
-`String.count()` method to count the number of occurrences of a substring in a string.
-`String.humanize_size()` method to display a file size as an human-readable string.
-`String.strip_escapes()` to strip non-printable escape characters from a string, including tabulations and newlines (but not spaces).
-`String.sha1_text()` and `String.sha1_buffer()` methods to return a string's SHA-1 hash.
- Line2D `clear_points()` method to clear all points.
- Line2D now has a "Width Curve" property to make its width vary at different points.
-`assert()` now accepts an optional second parameter to display a custom message when the assertion fails.
-`posmod()` built-in GDScript function that behaves like `fposmod()`, but returns an integer value.
-`smoothstep()` built-in GDScript function for smooth easing of values.
-`lerp_angle()` built-in GDScript function to interpolate between two angles.
-`ord()` built-in GDScript function to return the Unicode code point of an 1-character string.
-`PoolByteArray.hex_encode()` method to get a string of hexadecimal numbers.
-`Font.get_wordwrap_string_size()` method to return the rectangle size needed to draw a word-wrapped text.
-`Camera.get_camera_rid()` method to retrieve a Camera's RID.
-`Array.slice()` method to duplicate a subset of an Array and return it.
- The GraphEdit box selection colors can now be changed by tweaking the `selection_fill` and `selection_stroke` theme items.
- Toggleable HSV mode for ColorPicker.
- ColorPicker properties to toggle the visibility and editability of presets.
- The default ColorPicker mode (RGB, HSV, RAW) can now be changed in the Editor Settings.
- ColorPicker now displays an indicator to denote "overbright" colors (which can't be displayed as-is in the preview).
- Hovering a Color property in the editor inspector now displays a tooltip with the exact values.
-`Color.transparent` constant (equivalent to `Color(1, 1, 1, 0)`).
-`KinematicBody.get_floor_normal()` and `KinematicBody2D.get_floor_normal()` to retrieve the collided floor's normal.
-`VehicleWheel.get_rpm()` method to retrieve a vehicle wheel's rotations per minute.
- Per-wheel throttle, brake and steering in VehicleBody.
-`GeometryInstance.set_custom_aabb()` to set a custom bounding box (used for view frustum culling).
-`FuncRef.call_funcv()` to call a FuncRef with an array containing arguments.
- In contrast to `FuncRef.call_func()`, only a single array argument is expected.
-`Mesh.get_aabb()` is now exposed to scripting.
-`PhysicalBone.apply_impulse()` and `PhysicalBone.apply_central_impulse()` methods to push ragdolls around.
-`ProjectSettings.load_resource_pack()` now features an optional `replace_files` argument (defaulting to `true`), which controls whether the loaded resource pack can override existing files in the virtual filesystem.
-`SpinBox.apply()` method to evaluate and apply the expression in the SpinBox's value immediately.
-`ConfigFile.erase_section_key()` method to remove a single key from a ConfigFile.
-`OS.execute()` now returns the process' exit code when blocking mode is enabled.
-`OS.is_window_focused()` method that returns `true` if the window is currently focused.
- Tracking the focus state manually using `NOTIFICATION_WM_FOCUS_IN` and `NOTIFICATION_WM_FOCUS_OUT` is no longer needed to achieve this.
-`OS.low_processor_mode_sleep_usec` is now exposed as a property.
- This makes it possible to change its value at runtime, rather than just defining it once in the Project Settings.
-`SceneTree.quit()` now accepts an optional argument with an exit code.
- If set to a value greater than or equal to 0, it will override the `OS.exit_code` property.
-`VisualServer.multimesh_create()` is now exposed to scripting.
- Ability to override how scripted objects are converted to strings by defining a `_to_string()` method.
- Export hints for 2D and 3D physics/render layers.
- Editor plugins can now add new tabs to the Project Settings.
- Standalone ternary expression warning in GDScript.
- Variable shadowing warning in GDScript.
- Will be displayed if:
- a block variable shadows a member variable,
- a subclass variable shadows a member variable,
- a function argument shadows a member variable.
- Script reflection methods are now exposed to GDScript.
- See `Script.get_script_property_list()`, `Script.get_script_method_list()`, `Script.get_script_signal_list()`, `Script.get_script_constant_map()` and `Script.get_property_default_value()`.
-`randfn(mean, deviation)` method to generate random numbers following a normal Gaussian distribution.
- Ability to read the standard error stream when using `OS.execute()` (disabled by default).
- Option to disable boot splash filtering (nearest-neighbor interpolation).
- The GridMap editor now offers a search field and size slider.
- DynamicFont resources now have a thumbnail in the editor.
- Minimap in the script editor.
- Bookmarks in the script editor for easier code navigation.
- Filter search box for the script list and member list.
- Singletons and `class_name`-declared classes are now highlighted with a separate color in the script editor.
- The editor help now displays class properties' default and overridden values.
- The script editor's Find in Files dialog can now search in user-defined file types (`editor/search_in_file_extensions` in the Project Settings).
- The script editor search now displays the number of matches.
- The script editor search now selects the current match for easier replacing.
- "Evaluate Expression" contextual option in the script editor.
- This option evaluates the selected expression and replaces it (e.g. `2 + 2` becomes `4`).
- Autocompletion support for `change_scene()`.
- Ability to skip breakpoints while debugging.
- Drag-and-drop support in the TileSet editor.
- Ability to attach scripts to nodes by dragging a name from the script list to a node in the scene tree.
- Icons are now displayed next to code completion items, making their type easier to distinguish.
- TileMap property `centered_textures` can be used to center textures on their tile, instead of using the tile's top-left corner as position for the texture.
- **iOS:** Support for [ARKit](https://developer.apple.com/augmented-reality/).
- **iOS:** `OS.get_model_name()` now returns a value with the device name.
- **iOS:** The Home indicator is now hidden by default to avoid being in the way of the running project.
- It can be restored in the Project Settings.
- **Windows:** Ability to toggle the console window in the Editor Settings.
- **Windows:** Project setting to enable Vsync using the compositor (DWM), disabled by default.
- On some hardware, this may fix stuttering issues when running a project in windowed mode.
- **Windows:** Support for code signing using `signtool` on Windows and `osslsigncode` on other platforms.
- **Windows:** Support for using Clang and ThinLTO when compiling using MinGW.
- **Windows/macOS:** `OS.set_native_icon()` method to set an `.ico` or `.icns` window/taskbar icon at runtime.
- **Windows/macOS/X11:** Support for graphic tablet pen pressure and tilt in InputEventMouseMotion.
- **macOS:** LineEdit now supports keyboard shortcuts commonly available on macOS.
- **macOS:** Multiple instances of the editor can now be opened at once.
- **macOS:** Recent and favorite projects are now listed in the project manager dock menu.
- **macOS:** The list of open scenes is now displayed in the editor dock menu.
- **macOS:** Support for modifying global and dock menus.
- **macOS:** Improved support for code signing when exporting projects.
- **macOS:** Support for defining camera and microphone usage descriptions when exporting a project.
- **macOS/X11:** [A zsh completion file for the editor is now available.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/blob/master/misc/dist/shell/_godot.zsh-completion)
- **X11:** The instance PID is now set as the `_NET_WM_PID` window attribute, so that external programs can easily access it.
- **Mono:** Support for exporting to Android and HTML5.
- **Mono:** Support for using Rider as an external editor.
- **Mono:** Support for attaching external profilers like dotTrace using the `MONO_ENV_OPTIONS` environment variable.
- **Mono:** New DynamicGodotObject class to access dynamic properties from scripts written in GDScript.
- **Mono:** Support for resource type hints in exported arrays.
- **Mono:** New `mono/unhandled_exception_policy` project setting to keep running after an unhandled exception.
- [**Mono:** New Godot constants to conditionally react to system variables at compile-time.](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/28786)
- **Mono:** Support for Visual Studio 2019's MSBuild.
### Changed
- Tween and Timer now display an error message if they are started without being added to the scene tree first.
- Tweaked Timer's wait time property hint to allow values with 3 decimals and above 4096.
- Functions called from a signal can no longer disconnect the node from the signal they're connected to (unless using `call_deferred()`).
- Tabs and space indentation can no longer be mixed in the same GDScript file.
- Each file must now use only tabs or spaces for indentation (not both).
-`Camera.project_position()` now requires a second `depth` argument to determine the distance of the point from the camera.
- To get the old behavior back, pass the Camera's `near` property value as the second argument.
-`Skeleton.set_bone_global_pose()` was replaced by `Skeleton.set_bone_global_pose_override()`.
- UDP broadcasting is now disabled by default and must be enabled by calling `set_broadcast_enabled(true)` on the PacketPeerUDP instance.
- The editor and project manager now open slightly faster.
- Improved the Project Manager user interface.
- New, simpler design with more space available for the project list.
- Improved reporting of missing projects.
- The search field is now focused when starting the Project Manager if there is at least one project in the list.
- The search field now searches in both the project name and path.
- If the search term contains a `/`, the whole path will be used to match the search them. Otherwise, only the last path component will be searched in.
- Refactored the Project Manager to be more efficient, especially with large project lists.
- Images in the Project Manager and Asset Library are now resized with Lanczos filtering for a smoother appearance.
- The editor now uses the font hinting algorithm that best matches the OS' default.
- Hinting is set to "None" on macOS, and set to "Light" on Windows and Linux.
- This can be changed in the Editor Settings.
- The editor window dimming when a popup appears is now less intense (60% → 50%).
- The animation was also removed as it made the editor feel sluggish at lower FPS.
- Several editor menus have been reorganized for consistency and conciseness.
- Undo/Redo now supports more actions throughout the editor.
- Increased the height of the ItemList editor popup.
- This makes it easier to edit large amounts of items.
- Opening a folder in FileDialog will now scroll back to the top.
- Folder icons in FileDialog can now be displayed with a different color using the `folder_icon_modulate` constant, making them easier to distinguish from files.
- Folder icons in editor file dialogs are now tinted with the accent color.
- Improved colors in the light editor theme for better readability and consistency.
- Improved A* performance significantly by using a binary heap and OAHashMap.
- Tweaked the AABB transform algorithm to be ~1.2 times faster.
- Optimized the variant reference function, making complex scripts slightly faster.
- Disabled high-quality voxel cone tracing by default.
- This makes GIProbe much faster out of the box, at the cost of less realistic reflections.
- Lowered the default maximum directional shadow distance (200 → 100).
- This makes directional shadow rendering consistent between the editor and running project when using the default Camera node settings.
- Tweaked the default depth fog maximum distance to be independent of the Camera's `far` value (0..100).
- This makes fog display consistent between the editor and a running project.
- Tweaked the default height fog values to be more logical (0..100 → 10..0).
- This means height fog will be drawn from top-to-bottom, instead of being drawn from bottom-to-top.
- Significantly improved SSAO performance by using a lower sample count.
- SSAO now uses 3×3 blurring by default, resulting in less visible noise patterns.
- When "Keep 3D Linear" is enabled, colors are no longer clamped to [0, 1] when using Linear tonemapping.
- This allows rendering HDR values in floating-point texture targets for further processing or saving HDR data into files.
- The lightmap baker now calculates lightmap sizes dynamically based on surface area.
- Improved 3D KinematicBody performance and reliability.
- Orbiting in the 3D editor can now be done while holding <kbd>Alt</kbd>, for better compatibility with graphics tablets.
- Keys and actions are now released when the window loses focus.
- Tweens can now have a duration of 0.
- Particles and CPUParticles' Sphere emission shape now uses an uniform density sphere.
-`Viewport.size_override_stretch` is now exposed as a property (rather than just setter/getter methods).
- One-click deploy to Android now requires just one click if only one device is connected.
- The Project Manager will now infer a project name from the project path if the name was left to the default value.
- The WebSockets implementation now uses the smaller [wslay](https://tatsuhiro-t.github.io/wslay/) library instead of libwebsockets.
- Box selections in the editor now use a subtle outline for better visibility.
- Most 2D lines are now antialiased in the editor.
- CheckButtons now use a simpler design in the editor.
- Messages originating from the editor are now faded in the editor log.
- This makes messages printed by the project stand out more.
- Folding arrows in the editor inspector are now displayed at the left for consistency with other foldable elements.
- Hovering or dragging guides in the 2D editor will now turn the cursor into a "resizing" shape.
- The editor update spinner is now hidden by default.
- It can be enabled again in the Editor Settings.
- The "Update Always" option is now editor-wide instead of being project-specific.
- ColorPicker, OptionButton and MenuButton now use toggle mode, making them appear pressed when clicked.
- The ColorPicker preview was moved below the picker area to be closer to the sliders.
- Increased the Light2D height range from -100..100 to -2048..2048.
- Lower and higher values can be entered manually too.
- Decreased the `rotation_degrees` range in various nodes to -360..360 to be easier to adjust using the slider.
- Lower and higher values can still be entered manually, which is useful for animation purposes.
- The default RichTextLabel color is now `#ffffff`, matching the default Label color for better consistency.
- SpinBoxes now calculate the entered value using the Expression class.
- For example, writing `2 + 2` in a SpinBox then pressing Enter will result in `4`.
- Saved resources no longer contain dependency indices and metadata such as node folding, resulting in more VCS-friendly files.
- The script editor's line length guideline is now enabled by default.
- The script editor state (such as breakpoints or the current line) is now preserved across editor sessions.
- The script editor's "Auto Brace Complete" setting is now enabled by default.
- The scripts panel toggle button is now located at the bottom-left of the script editor (instead of the File menu).
- Editor plugins can now be enabled without having an init script defined.
- Custom nodes added by plugins now have a translucent script icon in the scene tree dock.
-`EditorInterface.get_current_path()` to get the full path currently displayed in the FileSystem dock in an editor plugin.
- Copy constructors are now allowed for built-in types in GDScript.
- This allows constructs such as `Vector2(Vector2(12, 34))`, which may be useful to simplify code in some cases.
-`weakref(null)` is now allowed in GDScript.
- This makes checking for a valid reference more concise, as `if my_ref.get_ref()` is now sufficient (no need for `if my_ref and my_ref.get_ref()`).
- The number of signal connections and groups is now displayed in a tooltip when hovering the associated buttons in the scene tree dock.
- The right mouse button can now be used to pan in the 2D editor.
- This is to improve usability when using a touchpad.
- The middle mouse button can still be used to pan in the 2D editor.
- Zooming is now allowed while panning in the 2D editor.
- When the "Scroll To Pan" editor setting is enabled, the 2D editor can now be zoomed in by holding <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> and scrolling the mouse wheel.
- Zoom percentages in the 2D editor are now relative to the editor scale if the editor scale is higher than 100%.
- The 2D editor now displays the current zoom percentage.
- The zoom percentage can be clicked to reset the zoom level to 100%.
- Improved sorting options in the Asset Library.
- Images now load faster in the Asset Library.
- A loading placeholder is now displayed while icons are loading in the Asset Library.
- Images failing to load in the Asset Library display a "broken file" icon.
- Improved the Asset Library page loading transitions.
- Tweaked the Asset Library detail page layout for better readability.
- Audio mixer faders now use a non-linear algorithm to better fit human hearing.
- Tooltips now appear faster when hovering elements in the editor (0.7 seconds → 0.5 seconds).
- Increased the low-processor usage mode's default maximum refresh rate (125 FPS → 144 FPS).
- This makes the editor feel slightly smoother on 144 Hz displays.
- Tree scrolling when dragging now uses a larger drag margin, making drag-and-drop more convenient.
- Holding <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> now toggles snapping in GraphEdit.
- Improved the timeline's appearance in the animation editor.
- Improved snapping in the animation editor.
- Snapping can be toggled temporarily by holding the <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> key.
- Snapping can be made more precise by holding the <kbd>Shift</kbd> key.
- Timeline snapping is now toggled by the Snap setting (like when moving keyframes).
- Keyframes are now easier to select in the animation editor.
- Selected keyframes now appear slightly larger in the animation editor.
- Boolean and color keyframe icons are now aligned to other keyframes in the animation editor.
- The Animation editor's line widths are now resized to match the editor scale.
- BPTC compression is now available for all HDR image formats.
-`Image.save_exr()` to save an image in EXR format, which supports high bit depths.
- Improved path and polygon editors.
- New handle icons for path and polygon points.
- Smooth path point and curve tangents now use different icons to be distinguished from sharp points.
- Tangent lines are now gray in the Path2D and Path editors.
- Path2D lines are now antialiased.
- Increased the TileSet and polygon UV editor's maximum zoom levels (400% → 1600%).
- Decreased the maximum allowed StyleBoxFlat corner detail (128 → 20).
- This prevents slowness and glitches caused by using overly detailed corners.
- 3D collision shapes and RayCasts are now drawn in gray when disabled.
- Improved RayCast2D and one-way collision drawing.
- Disabled RayCast2Ds are now displayed in gray.
- One-way collision arrows are now orange by default, making them easier to distinguish them from RayCast2Ds.
- Tweaked RayCast2D and one-way collision line shapes to look more like arrows.
- Improved rendering in the curve editor.
- The grid is now rendered correctly when using a light theme.
- The main line and edge line colors have been swapped for better visibility.
- Tangent line widths are now resized to match the editor scale.
- Improved rendering in the performance monitor.
- Dark colors are now used on light backgrounds for better visibility.
- Graph lines are now thinner and opaque.
- Graph line widths are now resized to match the editor scale.
- Rounded values now display trailing zeroes to make their precision clearer.
- TileMap support for transform operations on cell textures bigger than the cell size has been reworked to properly support isometric tiles.
- Breaks compatibility with some TileMaps from previous Godot versions. An opt-in `compatibility_mode` property can be used to restore the previous behavior.
- Some TileMap editor options were moved to the toolbar.
- The TileMap editor now displays coordinate information in the 2D viewport's bottom-left corner.
- This fixes the TileMap editor width changing when hovering tiles in a small window.
- Brackets are now only inserted when necessary when autocompleting methods in the script editor.
- Improved dialogs when saving or removing an editor layout.
- Whitespace-only selections no longer cause the script editor to highlight all occurrences.
- Saving a script will now add a newline at the end of file if none was present already.
- Reorganized sections in the editor help to be in a more logical order.
- The editor help now uses horizontal margins if the screen is wide enough.
- This makes sure lines keep a reasonable length for better readability.
- Increased line spacing in the editor help and asset library descriptions.
- The editor help now displays bold text using a bold font (instead of using a monospace font).
- The editor help now displays code using a slightly different color to be easier to distinguish.
- The editor help now displays types after parameter names to follow the GDScript static typing syntax.
- Editor help is now accessed using <kbd>Shift + F1</kbd>, for consistency with other applications.
- Contextural help is now accessed using <kbd>Alt + F1</kbd> to accommodate for this change.
- The script editor's Find in Files dialog is now always available, even when no script is opened.
- Pressing <kbd>Shift + Enter</kbd> in the script editor Find dialog will now go to the previous match.
- Improved the node deletion confirmation message.
- If there is only one node to delete, its name is displayed in the message.
- If there is more than one node to delete, the number of nodes to delete is displayed.
- Improved the "Snap Object to Floor" functionality in the 3D editor.
- An error message is now displayed if no nodes could be snapped.
- Increased the maximum snapping height (10 → 20).
- Increased the maximum snapping tolerance (0.1 → 0.2).
- 2D/3D selections, rotations and selected texts are now highlighted with the editor theme's accent color.
- 3D light gizmos are now tinted using the light's color, making navigation easier while using the unshaded display mode.
- Improved the 3D light and AudioStreamPlayer3D gizmos to better represent their depth in the 3D world.
- Tweaked the 3D manipulator gizmo's colors for better visibility.
- Tweaked the 2D and 3D axis colors for consistency with gizmo colors.
- Increased the default 3D manipulator gizmo opacity (0.2 → 0.4).
- The multiline text editor popup dialog's width is now capped on large displays.
- This prevents lines from becoming very long, which could hamper text readability.
- Non-printable escape characters are now stripped when pasting text into a LineEdit.
- The TextEdit caret color now matches the default font color, making it easier to see.
- Empty exported NodePath properties now return `null` instead of `self`.
- Built-in scripts are no longer allowed to use `class_name` as it wasn't working properly.
- The second parameter of `substr()` is now optional and defaults to `-1`.
- More editor actions can now have shortcuts assigned (such as Revert Scene or Export).
- The project export path may now be written in a relative path.
- Directories will be created recursively if the target directory doesn't exist.
- Items in the FileSystem dock can now be deselected by clicking empty space.
- "Set as Main Scene" context option for scenes in the FileSystem dock.
- The unused class variable GDScript warning is now disabled by default due to false positives.
- Warning-ignore comments now allow whitespace after the `#` character.
- Improved error reporting in the Particles emission point creation dialog.
- The number of warnings and errors that can be received in the remote debugger is now capped per second rather than per frame.
- The default limit is 100 errors and 100 warnings per second, making it possible for the script editor to report up to 100 warnings before having messages hidden.
- UTF-8 characters are now supported in input action names.
- All platforms now use the `custom_template` property in each export preset to store the path to the custom export template (instead of `custom_package` for some platforms).
- Tween methods' `trans_type` and `ease_type` arguments are now optional, defaulting to `TRANS_LINEAR` and `EASE_IN_OUT` respectively.
-`PCKPacker.pck_start()` and `PCKPacker.flush()`'s `alignment` and `verbose` arguments (respectively) are now optional, defaulting to `0` and `false`.
- Exported PCK files now contain the Godot patch version in their header.
- This can be used by external tools to detect the Godot version more accurately.
- Exporting a project PCK or ZIP from the command line must now be done with the new `--export-pack` command-line argument.
- This was done to remove the ambiguity when exporting a project to macOS from the command line.
- Updated FreeType to 2.10, which changes how font metrics are calculated.
- This may affect the appearance of some Controls, see [this issue](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/28335) for details.
- The SCons build system now automatically detects the host platform.
-`platform=<platform>` is no longer required when compiling for the host platform.
-`platform=list` can be used to list the supported target platforms.
- **Windows:** Drive letters in file paths are now capitalized.
- **macOS:** <kbd>Control + H</kbd> and <kbd>Control + D</kbd> in TextEdit now delete the character at the left and right of the cursor (respectively).
- **macOS:** <kbd>Command + Left</kbd> in TextEdit now moves the cursor to the first non-whitespace character.
- **macOS:** Non-resizable windows are now allowed to enter fullscreen mode.
- **macOS:** The editor's title bar now uses dark mode on Mojave.
- **X11:** `OS.set_window_postion()` now takes window decorations into account.
### Removed
- Unused Panel `panelf` and `panelnc` styles.
- thekla_atlas dependency, as light baking now relies on [xatlas](https://github.com/jpcy/xatlas) for UV unwrapping.
- Rating icons in the Asset Library, as this feature isn't implemented in the backend.
- Some editor languages are no longer available due to missing support for RTL and text shaping in Godot:
- Affected languages are Arabic, Bengali, Persian, Hebrew, Hindi, Malayalam, Sinhalese, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
- These languages will be re-added once Godot supports RTL and text shaping.
- **Android:** ARMv6 support.
- **iOS:** ARMv7 support.
- ARMv7 export templates can still be compiled from source to support the iPhone 5 and older.
### Fixed
- The Project Manager now remembers the sorting option that was previously set.
- The editor and project manager now have a minimum window size defined.
- This prevents controls from overlapping each other by resizing the window to a very small size.
- Fixed radiance map generation, resulting in improved 3D performance and visual quality.
- Fixed issues with PBR environment mapping.
- Materials should now look closer to what they look like in Substance Designer/Painter.
- Depth of field now affects transparent objects.
- Radiance is now generated when using a clear color sky.
- Contact shadows no longer display when shadow casting is disabled.
- Larger data types can now be constructed by swizzling in the shader language.
- For instance, `vec2 test2 = vec2(0.0, 1.0); vec3 test3 = test2.xxx;` now works as in GLSL.
- The `AMBIENT_LIGHT_DISABLED` and `SHADOWS_DISABLED` flags now work when using the GLES2 renderer.
- The Keep background mode now works when using the GLES2 renderer.
- Several fixes to the GLES2 renderer:
- Fixed transparency order.
- Fixed vertex lighting being too bright.
- Fixed occasional light flickering.
- Fixed shadows cast from transparent materials.
- Fog is no longer computed on unshaded materials.
- This matches the GLES3 renderer's behavior.
- GLES2 shader uniforms now use `highp` precision by default.
- This prevents linking issues on some Android devices.
- Negative OmniLights and SpotLights now work as expected.
- The 3D editor's View Information pane now displays statistics correctly when using the GLES2 renderer.
- Textures compressed with ETC now support transparency by falling back to RGBA4444 or LA8.
- Alternate display modes are now marked as disabled in the editor when using the GLES2 renderer, as these are only supported when using GLES3.
- Fixed several inconsistencies between Particles and CPUParticles.
- Fixed particles scale randomization.
- Particles are now set to emit correctly when restarting.
- CheckBox and CheckButton now use the `check_vadjust` custom constant to adjust the icon Y position as intended.
- Fixed various issues with tab-related icons.
- Fixed issues in WebM colorspace corrections, resulting in better color output.
- CSG is now taken into account when generating navigation meshes.
- Curve2D and Curve3D interpolated values now behave as expected.
- Numeric slider grabbers in the editor inspector now update when scrolling using the mouse wheel.
- Scene modifications are no longer lost when renaming a file in the FileSystem dock.
- "Show in FileSystem" now clears the current search, so that the selected item can be seen immediately.
- LineEdit and TextEdit's context menus no longer display editing options if they are read-only.
- SpinBox mouse events are now correctly triggered by its LineEdit part.
- Per-word navigation in LineEdit and TextEdit now handles UTF-8 characters correctly.
- LineEdit placeholders, Tabs' names and WindowDialog titles now react correctly to translation changes.
- Fixed UI navigation when using gamepad analog sticks.
- Buttons' state is now reset when they exit the scene tree.
- This prevents them from lingering in a "hovered" or "pressed" state.
- Tooltips now disappear when hiding the node they belong to.
- Encoded packet flags are no longer sent in the ENet multiplayer protocol, as ENet itself already sends that data.
- This saves 4 bytes per packet.
- Audio trimming is now less aggressive, cutting at -50 dB instead of -30 dB.
- Audio trimming now has a small fade-out period, preventing audible pops.
- Audio mix rate and output latency settings are now consistently applied on all platforms.
- Fixed multichannel panning for AudioStreamPlayer3D.
- Opening a recent built-in script will now load the associated scene automtaically since doing so is required to edit the script.
- Declaring a class with `class_name` that has the same name as a singleton will now display a clearer error message.
-`script` is no longer allowed as a member variable name in GDScript, as that conflicts with the internal `script` property used by Object.
- Assigning a variable with a function index will no longer evaluate the function twice.
- For instance, doing `a[function()] += 1` will no longer evaluate `function()` twice.
- If the function has side effects, this may change the resulting program behavior.
- GDScript type checks are now enabled in release export templates.
- The Label font shadow now draws the font outline as well (if the base font has one).
-`Font.draw_char()` now draws the font outline as well (if the base font has one).
- The editor no longer redraws continuously when selecting a Control in a Container.
- Added some missing feature tags to the Project Settings "Override For..." menu.
- The `low_processor_mode_sleep_usec` project setting no longer affects the editor.
- Typed arrays and dictionaries no longer have their values shared across instances.
-`self` and object types can now be indexed as a dictionary again (like in Godot 3.0 and prior).
- Fixed `to_lower()` conversion with Cyrillic characters.
- The Find in Files replace dialog now allows empty replacement texts.
- The bottom panel no longer disappears when opening the theme editor on small displays.
- The script editor's color picker now changes only one color if multiple colors are present on the same line.
- The script editor's line length guideline is now drawn behind text.
- The script editor's line length guideline is now drawn at the correct position when font hinting is disabled.
- The script editor now automatically indents a line if the previous one ends with `[` or `(`.
- This makes it possible to wrap arrays or function declarations/calls without pressing <kbd>Tab</kbd> every line.
- Fixed autocompletion in the script editor.
- The script editor can now autocomplete enum values.
- The script editor can now autocomplete node paths starting with `$"` or `$'`.
- Custom script editor templates can now use type hints.
- Shift operators with a number not between 0 and 63 (inclusive) will now result in a compile-time error in GDScript.
- Warnings no longer count towards the "Too many errors!" message.
- AnimationTrackEdit now displays invalid value keys again (as it did in 3.0).
- Fixed the display of function/audio/animation tracks in the blend tree animation filter.
- The editor shortcuts menu no longer displays all unassigned shortcuts when searching for a substring of "None".
- The editor's performance monitor now displays memory/file sizes larger than 2 GB correctly.
- The editor debugger now displays keyboard shortcuts when hovering the "Step Into", "Step Over", "Break" and "Continue" buttons.
- The editor debugger now always handles connections.
- Subsequent connections will be dropped immediately to avoid locking.
- Large rotation offset/snap values no longer appear to be cut off in the Configure Snap dialog.
- Documentation tooltips in the editor now wrap to multiple lines correctly.
- Locked 3D nodes are no longer selectable in the 3D viewport, matching the 2D editor's behavior.
- All 3D gizmos now notify changes correctly, which means the inspector now displays up-to-date properties after using them.
- The 3D manipulator gizmo's size is now capped at low viewport heights, preventing it from outgrowing the viewport's bounds.
- The editor filesystem now refreshes on file changes if the project is located on an exFAT filesystem.
- Fixed many cases of colors not changing correctly when switching the editor from a dark theme to a light theme (or vice versa) without restarting.
- The Show in File Manager context menu option now works with files marked as favorite.
- The random number generator's seed is now properly set up.
- Antialiased and rounded StyleBoxFlat corners now handle different border widths correctly.
- The StyleBox preview now accounts for shadows and content margins.
- This fixes the preview going out of bounds in the inspector.
- Text resources no longer contain an extraneous line break at the end of file.
- Transform's `FLIP_Y` and `FLIP_Z` constants now work as expected.
- Fixed importing BMP images.
- The positional command-line argument is now only considered to be a scene path if it ends with `.scn`, `.tscn` or `.escn`.
- This makes it possible to parse command-line arguments in a standard fashion (`--foo bar` now works, not just `--foo=bar`).
- This also makes it possible to use file associations or drag-and-drop and have the positional argument parsed by the project.
- The `--audio-driver` and `--video-driver` command-line arguments are now validated; an error message will be printed if an invalid value is passed.
- The `--check-only` command-line argument now returns a non-zero exit code if an invalid script is passed using `--script`.
- Exporting a project via the command-line now returns a non-zero exit code if an error occurred during exporting.
- Console output is no longer colored when standard output isn't a TTY.
- This prevents Godot from writing ANSI escape codes when redirecting standard output or standard error to a file.
- **Android:** Gamepads are now correctly detected when the application starts.
- **Android:** Fix some keyboards being detected as gamepads and not working as a result.
- **Android:** The editor now detects if the device is connected using wireless `adb` and will debug using Wi-Fi in this case.
- **HTML5:** Fixed the pointer position on hiDPI displays.
- **HTML5:** `OS.get_system_time_msec()` now returns the correct value like on other platforms.
- **iOS:** On iOS 11 or later, gestures near screen edges are now handled by Godot instead of the OS.
- **Windows:** Line endings are now converted to CRLF when setting clipboard content.
- **Windows:** Getting the path to the Downloads directory using `OS.get_system_dir()` now works correctly.
- This fixes line endings being invisible when pasting into other applications.
- **macOS:** `OS.get_real_window_size()` and `OS.set_window_size()` are now handled correctly on hiDPI displays.
- **X11:** `OS.get_window_position()` now returns absolute coordinates.
- **X11:** Fixed audio playing on the wrong speakers when using PulseAudio on 5.1 setups.
- **X11:** `OS.set_window_maximized()` now gives up after 0.5 seconds.
- This makes the editor no longer freeze on startup when using fvwm.
- [GDScript keyword `class_name` to register scripts as classes.](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/getting_started/step_by_step/scripting_continued.html#register-scripts-as-classes)
- [Built-in vector types now use copy-on-write mode as originally intended](https://godotengine.org/article/why-we-broke-your-pr), resulting in increased engine performance.
- The [mbedtls](https://tls.mbed.org/) library is now used instead of OpenSSL.
- Allow attaching and clearing scripts on multiple nodes at once.
- Default values are no longer saved in scene and resource files.
- The selection rectangle of 2D nodes is now hidden when not pertinent (no more rectangle for collision shapes).
- SSE2 is now enabled in libsquish, resulting in improved S3TC encoding performance.
- Tangent and binormal coordinates are now more consistent across mesh types (primitive/imported), resulting in more predictable normal map and depth map appearance.
- Better defaults for 3D scenes.
- The default procedural sky now has a more neutral blue tone.
- The default SpatialMaterial now has a roughness value of 1 and metallic value of 0.
- The fallback material now uses the same values as the default SpatialMaterial.
- Text editor themes are now sorted alphabetically in the selection dropdown.
- The 3D manipulator gizmo now has a smoother, more detailed appearance.
- The 3D viewport menu button now has a background to make it easier to read.
- [`move_and_slide()` now behaves differently at low velocities](https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/21683), which makes it function as originally intended.
- AnimatedSprite2D's `animation_finished` signal is now triggered at the end of the animation, instead of as soon as the last frame displays.
- Audio buses can now be removed in the editor while they are used by AudioStreamPlayer2D/3D nodes.
- Do not show the project manager unless no project was found at all.
- The animation editor time offset indicator no longer "walks" when resizing the editor.
- Allow creation of a built-in GDScript file even if the filename suggested already exists.
- Show tooltips in the editor when physics object picking is disabled.
- Uses the Disney PBR model, with clearcoat, sheen and anisotropy parameters available.
- Uses a forward renderer, supporting multi-sample anti-aliasing (MSAA).
- Parallax occlusion mapping.
- Reflection probes.
- Screen-space reflections.
- Real-time global illumination using voxel cone tracing (GIProbe).
- Proximity fade and distance fade (useful for creating soft particles and various effects).
- [Lightmapper](https://godotengine.org/article/introducing-new-last-minute-lightmapper) for lower-end desktop and mobile platforms, as an alternative to GIProbe.
- New SpatialMaterial resource, replacing FixedMaterial.
- Multiple passes can now be specified (with an optional "grow" property), allowing for effects such as cel shading.
- Brand new 3D post-processing system.
- Depth of field (near and far).
- Fog, supporting light transmittance, sun-oriented fog, depth fog and height fog.
- Tonemapping and Auto-exposure.
- Screen-space ambient occlusion.
- Multi-stage glow and bloom, supporting optional bicubic upscaling for better quality.
- Color grading and various adjustments.
- Rewritten audio engine from scratch.
- Supports audio routing with arbitrary number of channels, including Area-based audio redirection ([video](https://youtu.be/K2XOBaJ5OQ0)).
- [Feature tags](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/getting_started/workflow/export/feature_tags.html) in the Project Settings, for custom per-platform settings.
- Full support for the [glTF 2.0](https://www.khronos.org/gltf/) 3D interchange format.
- Freelook and fly navigation to the 3D editor.
- Built-in editor logging (logging standard output to a file), disabled by default.
- Improved, more intuitive file chooser in the editor.
- Smoothed out 3D editor zooming, panning and movement.
- Toggleable rendering information box in the 3D editor viewport.
- FPS display can also be enabled in the editor viewport.
- Ability to render the 3D editor viewport at half resolution to achieve better performance.
- GDNative for binding languages like C++ to Godot as dynamic libraries.
- Community bindings for [D](https://github.com/GodotNativeTools/godot-d), [Nim](https://github.com/pragmagic/godot-nim) and [Python](https://github.com/touilleMan/godot-python) are available.
- Editor settings and export templates are now versioned, making it easier to use several Godot versions on the same system.
- Optional soft shadows for 2D rendering.
- HDR sky support.
- Ability to toggle V-Sync while the project is running.
- Panorama sky support (sphere maps).
- Support for WebM videos (VP8/VP9 with Vorbis/Opus).
- Exporting to HTML5 using WebAssembly.
- C# support using Mono.
- The Mono module is disabled by default, and needs to be compiled in at build-time.
- The latest Mono version (5.4) can be used, fully supporting C# 7.0.
- Support for rasterizing SVG to images on-the-fly, using the nanosvg library.
- Editor icons are now in SVG format, making them better-looking at non-integer scales.
- Due to the library used, only simpler SVGs are well-supported, more complex SVGs may not render correctly.
- Support for oversampling DynamicFonts, keeping them sharp when scaled to high resolutions.
- Improved StyleBoxFlat.
- Border widths can now be set per-corner.
- Support for anti-aliased rounded and beveled corners.
- Support for soft drop shadows.
- VeryLoDPI (75%) and MiDPI (150%) scaling modes for the editor.
- Improved internationalization support for projects.
- Language changes are now effective without reloading the current scene.
- Implemented missing features in the HTML5 platform.
- Cursor style changes.
- Cursor capturing and hiding.
- Improved styling and presentation of HTML5 exports.
- A spinner is now displayed during loading.
- Rewritten the 2D and 3D particle systems.
- Particles are now GPU-based, allowing their use in much higher quantities than before.
- Meshes can now be used as particles.
- Particles can now be emitted from a mesh's shape.
- Properties can now be modified over time using an editable curve.
- Custom particle shaders can now be used.
- New editor theme, with customizable base color, highlight color and contrast.
- A light editor theme option is now available, with icons suited to light backgrounds.
- Alternative dark gray and Arc colors are available out of the box.
- New adaptive text editor theme, adjusting automatically based on the editor colors.
- Support for macOS trackpad gestures in the editor.
- Exporting to macOS now creates a `.dmg` disk image if exporting from an editor running on macOS.
- Signing the macOS export now is possible if running macOS (requires a valid code signing certificate).
- Exporting to Windows now changes the exported project's icon using `rcedit` (requires WINE if exporting from Linux or macOS).
- Changed the SCons build flag for simple logs (`colored=yes` → `verbose=no`).
- The HTML5 platform now uses WebGL 2.0 (instead of 1.0).
- Redesigned the Godot logo to be more legible at small sizes.
### Deprecated
-`opacity` and `self_opacity` are replaced by `modulate` and `self_modulate` in all 2D nodes, allowing for full color changes in addition to opacity changes.
### Removed
- Skybox support.
- Replaced with panorama skies, which are easier to import.
- Opus audio codec support.
- This is due to the way the new audio engine is designed.
- HTML5 export using asm.js.
- Only WebAssembly is supported now, since all browsers supporting WebGL 2.0 also support WebAssembly.
