4.9.0

Highlights

• Added RWReference and RWResource classes.
  It's a Reference and Resource class that contains an RWLock.
• Implement code completion for gdscript enums.
• Backported the CameraServer from godot 4. Changes:
  • It's 2 modules: camera_server, camera_drivers.
  • It uses Image-s instead of textures in the rendering server.
  • Other api cleanups.

Breaking Changes

• Removed to_json() member methods instead of deprecating them.
  • This is because gdscript has the built-in to_json method. So to_json()
    member methods cannot really be created. (They technically can be done,
    but then the global to_json() cannot be called.).
  • Only 3 classes are affected (TOTP, User, HTTPSession).
  • Also these methods were likely never used, other than from the c++
    side.
  • If they were, a project wide search and replaces should fix all
    issues: .to_json() -> .as_json()

Core

• Added RWReference and RWResource classes.
  It's a Reference and Resource class that contains an RWLock.
• Added missing conversions for can_convert.
• Handle StringNames in Expression's funcrefs.

Editor

• Fix editor theme names.
• Added back Godot 3 theme.
• Cleanups to create_editor_theme().
• Rename GODOT_LICENSE_TEXT constant to PANDEMONIUM_LICENSE_TEXT.
• Update docs for Engine's get_author_info().
• Fix the encoding of Engine::get_license_text().
• Respect the scene name casing setting in the script create dialog.
  Maybe this setting could be renamed eventually.

Modules

User

• Now User and UserModule inherits from RWResource.

GDscript

• Implement code completion for gdscript enums.

Platforms

Javascript

• Disallow audio driver muting on emscripten.
• Remove remaining (now unneeded) emscripten related ifndef-s from AusioServer.

Other

• Removed to_json() member methods instead of deprecating them.
  • This is because gdscript has the built-in to_json method. So to_json()
    member methods cannot really be created. (They technically can be done,
    but then the global to_json() cannot be called.).
  • Only 3 classes are affected (TOTP, User, HTTPSession).
  • Also these methods were likely never used, other than from the c++
    side.
  • If they were, a project wide search and replaces should fix all
    issues: .to_json() -> .as_json()
• Added more comments to the sample module_config.py.
• Added rt shorthand for the project setups scripts for the repository_type command.
• Define slim_args_editor in the sample module_config.py, and use that to fill slim_args instead of the other way around.
  It's more convenient this way, as a slim editor build will usually need
  more modules to be enabled.
• Update the sample module_config.py module list.
• Update the http server module list workflow.
• Update the http server's build container module list.

Backports

Backported everything up to and including godotengine/godot@9eae653
merge commit: godotengine/godot@a117d51

Godot 3.x

• Fix Open Editor Data/Settings Folder menu in self-contained mode
• Address API 35 UI changes
• DDS: Backport fixes from 4.x branch
• mbedTLS: Update to mbedTLS 3.6.4
  mbedTLS 2.28 is now EOL, and will no longer receive security updates.
  This commit backports from Godot 4 the changes needed to update to
  mbedTLS 3.6 (new LTS), including TLSv1.3 support.
• Fix build on macOS 26 by removing AGL framework link
  Previously, a link error occurred as we'd be trying to link
  against a nonexistent framework. AGL was removed in macOS Tahoe
  since the first beta.
• Backported parts of Fast child iteration in Node, Spatial, CanvasItem
• Switch window creation to UIScene.
• Fix mbedtls readme duplicated text
• FTI - Fix SceneTreeFTI depth limit behaviour
  Fixes off by one bug, and increases the limit slightly.
• Add blob shadows feature
  BlobShadow node (sphere or capsule)
  BlobFocus
  Backends for GLES2 and GLES3
• Add proper flags when using external recast
• Export: Modify Windows template without rcedit
  Co-Authored-By: Pawel Kowal pkowal1982@gmail.com
• Linux/TTS: Fix speechd deadlock
  Backport of #73671
  Co-authored-by: bruvzg 7645683+bruvzg@users.noreply.github.com
• Disallow muting on Android
• Rename constant.
• mbedTLS: Update to version 3.6.5
  (cherry picked from commit 9de2837cd521f92ad3f18bbe1f1e7d33f10d893e)
• BlobShadows - Fix GLES3 shader builtin
  The BLOB_SHADOW builtin wasn't registered with the shader compiler for GLES3.

Godot 4

• Backported the CameraServer from godot 4. Changes:
  • It's 2 modules: camera_server, camera_drivers.
  • It uses Image-s instead of textures in the rendering server.
  • Other api cleanups.