Godot 4.0 Alpha 8 Game Engine Released With Some Nice Improvements

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Godot 4.0 Alpha 8 Game Engine Released With Some Nice Improvements

Godot 4.0 continues working its way towards release as the most acclaimed open-source game engine. Godot 4.0 brings Vulkan rendering, OpenXR support, and a ton of other features covered in the past few years for making it more competitive with commercial game engines. Out this morning is Godot 4.0 Alpha 8 with a few more improvements worth noting...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Godot-4.0-Alpha-8

[darkbasic]

> continues work-in-progress code on OpenGL 3.x rendering support

Why 3.x instead of 4.6?

[grigi]

Because GLES 3 is the latest supported by browsers and phones.

[Calinou]

The GL3 rendering support isn't yet usable but is an alternative to the Vulkan API usage and OpenGL ES.

The "OpenGL 3" renderer is actually OpenGL ES 3.0, so it's not an alternative to OpenGL ES

Godot does not intend to have a desktop-only OpenGL renderer, so that it can run on mobile devices and WebGL 2.0. This is also why it's OpenGL 3.3 Core Profile, and not anything newer.

[Vistaus]

inb4 uid313's usual question regarding good games made with Godot