When Godot 4.0 comes out, will any of its features be in 3.x?

TheDiavolo

This is a question that I have had for quite some time, and when 4.0 comes out (I'm not very sure but I know it's still missing) I won't be able to test it, since my PC is not compatible with Vulkan and I won't be able to buy a better PC for a long time. And I'm concerned if some enhancements and features in GDscript, Navigation, or TileMap (to say a few) will also be in 3.x, or will be exclusive to 4.0.

Megalomaniak

some of the features were back ported to 3.3

Calinou

@TheDiavolo said: I won't be able to test it, since my PC is not compatible with Vulkan and I won't be able to buy a better PC for a long time

The goal is to feature an OpenGL renderer alongside the Vulkan renderer, so most hardware will still be able to run Godot 4.0.

Many backwards-compatible improvements were already backported to 3.x, but backwards-incompatible features such as the new TileMap editor won't. Otherwise, compatibility with existing projects would be broken.

cybereality

That is good to hear @Calinou . I wasn't sure if Godot 4.0 would be Vulkan only, as that could cut out a lot of the customers on older hardware.

ksubox

Could you, please, estimate timeframe when OpenGL render will be available ? I understand Godot 4 with Vulkan will be stabilized within couple of months.

Calinou

@ksubox said: Could you, please, estimate timeframe when OpenGL render will be available ? I understand Godot 4 with Vulkan will be stabilized within couple of months.

Sorry, I have no ETA for the OpenGL renderer as I'm not working on it.