In both glTF and X3D we implement now a feature to “emphasize / deemphasize normal map”. In glTF this is in material.normalTextureInfo.scale, in X3D this is in normalScale parameter of Material or PhysicalMaterial. The intuitive meaning of it is: value = 1 is the default, regular bump mapping behavior. values < 1 make normal map …

I was playing with latest FreeBSD (after listening to an excellent talk about the troubles with FreeBSD which nicely discusses non-technical problems in large open-source volunteer-led project). Naturally, I tested Castle Game Engine on FreeBSD and it works flawlessly 🙂 I made a release of current CGE for FreeBSD. This was done just by cd …

We’re continuing on our fortnightly release schedule for alpha snapshots of Godot 4.0 – this time with 4.0 alpha 6. See past alpha releases for details (alpha 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete…

A recording of my presentation last Tuesday about X3D 4, PBR, glTF, and CGE is available. Watch it here: The plan of the presentation, along with various links that I mention in the talk, is here. This the 3rd YouTube movie from me this week. Do you think I can finally become an Influencer? 🙂 …

Enjoy a new video that demonstrates how to set up background (skybox etc.) in CGE editor: Also, I uploaded our last 2 movies to the Castle Game Engine page on Vimeo. Should we use both YouTube and Vimeo? I will let you decide using the likes and comments 🙂 Here’s the embedded version of the …

We’re proud to announce a big new feature in Castle Game Engine: new light components that allow to easily manipulate lights (from the editor and from Pascal code) and a number of related improvements. I’ve made a video presentation that describes everything, enjoy! And read below the movie for more information. New features details: New …