Godot 4.5 dev 3: Script Backtracing, Inspector Section Toggles, and More

If the previous snapshot is any indication, you might think that the development updates do not slow down anytime soon. And … you'll be right! In fact, the development is emerging, and the value of new features added even compared to the previous release is exhausting; Curating this choice is especially difficult. As usual, new features mean new bugs that require adjustment, so we encourage everyone who is interested in getting feedback and bug reports as early as possible.

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Highlights

If you ever missed them, see the 4.5 Dev 1 and 4.5 Dev 2 Release the notes for a general meal of some basic features already in that snapshot, and therefore still available for testing in Dev 3.

Screen Reader Support

Access should be the top priority of every developer, full stop. A person who is not included from an experience for reasons outside of their control is a place where video games and applications have the potential to rotate completely. However, it took a solid framework to allow such dwellings to be formed. To be able to take this process for everyone – players and developers are alike – our Guru tech resident Bruvzg has taken on the full work of Herculean's integration of accesskit with Godot as a whole.

The GH-76829 was a project that began two years ago, which advanced to the explosions next to the accesskit plot. For the release of 4.5, we made it a priority to finish, and so we now combine this basic feature 32,000 Code lines, after the road -a feedback/test feedback. Users are encouraged to view the pull request for more information, as there is no way we can properly summarize these changes.

Not surprisingly, it is In the distance The change has the most ramifications of the whole snapshot, so many arrangements have seen to meet regression (even a right when this snapshot is proven), but it is worth it. After all, accessing our top priority!

This is the only first but huge step towards making Godot easier to access. In particular for the editor, more work will be needed to make it really available, as well as combine with accessworks access to mobile or web platforms.

Backtracing of the script

With any other snapshots, this will be the main highlight, as the addition of backtracing to GDScript is among the most demanding features from our users for years. Two brave souls, Mikael Hermesson (Godot-Jolt) and Juan Linietsky (UP-and-Coming Developer), possessed this work and this process made the GH-91006.

This will make it easier for users to find the cause of warnings/errors that have previously been required to hunt bugs. Stack traces are now available on projects exported to release mode as well if the Debug> Settings> GDScript> Always keep track of call stacks Project setting is enabled. This can make it easier for users to report issues in a way that developers can monitor.

Toggles of the inspector section

Another long-awaited feature, toggles of the inspector section, is now part of the machine like the GH-105272. Lodetrick has expanded the editor's function to what you see below: the sections with their own dedicated checkbox to indicate if they have enabled.

And more!

There are many Kapana -exciting changes to list everything here, but here's a curated choice:

• 3D: Set the correct position of the node with Align Transform with View In the orthographic view (GH-99099).
• Audio: Fix the AudistreamPlayer3D stereo panning issue (GH-104853).
• Buildsystem: Fix .sln The logic of the project generation for the rider to support all OS and all C ++ tools (GH-103405).
• Buildsystem: Update Android NDK to the latest version of LTS (R27C) (GH-105611).
• C#: Avoid unnecessary stringnames in non -implemented virtual _Get and _Set Call method (GH-104689).
• Core: Add create_id_for_path() to resource (GH-99543).
• Core: Add a negative index to Array.remove_at and Array.insert (GH-83027).
• Core: Add thread safety to object signals (GH-105453).
• Editor: AutoCompletion: Do not add parentheses if Callable is expected (GH-96375).
• Editor: Adjust the exported node/variable resources that reset when expanding the script to the scenetreedock (GH-105148).
• Editor: Project Manager: Add Backup project option when it can be changed (GH-104624).
• Editor: Support custom features in the project settings dialog (GH-105307).
• Export: Use project settings override with target preset features instead of platform features (GH-71542).
• Gdextension: Optimize GDVirtual function layout (GH-104264).
• Gui: Add FoldableContainer (GH-102346).
• Gui: Add Boolean Toggle for Middle-Click Fire tab_close_pressed Signal (GH-103024).
• GUI: Add separate minimize_disabled and maximize_disabled Window flag (GH-105107).
• GUI: Add support for OEM alt codes input (GH-93466).
• GUI: Implement SVGTexture Auto-scalable with font oversampling (GH-105375).
• GUI: Make a gem of floating respecting the window Always On Top Configuring (GH-103731).
• GUI: Replace global oversampling with overrideable per-viewport oversampling (GH-104872).
• Input: Add adjustment option to disable Scroll Deadzone on Android (GH-96139).
• Input: Allow all tool modes to select (GH-87756).
• Plugin: Add Maven Publishing adjustment for Godot Tools (GH-104819).
• Porting: Android: Add new actions and enhances to TouchActionsPanel (GH-105140).
• Porting: Android: Embedified TouchActionsPanel directly to editor UI (GH-105518).
• Rendering: See more pipeline settings at load time to avoid pipeline stutters (GH-105175).
• Rendering: Renderer: Reduce the range of Mutex locks to prevent standard deadlocks (GH-105138).
• XR: OPENXR: Request a XR_KHR_loader_init Extension (GH-105445).

Changelog

115 contributing submitted 253 repair For this release. See our Interactive Changelog For the complete list of changes since the past 4.5-dev2 snapshot.

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Downloads

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.Net build (marked as mono) includes support for C#, as well as GDScript and Gdextension.

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Known issues

There are currently no known issues introduced by this release.

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