Added inventory saving and loading to the main tour
Bug fixes:
The drag-and-drop state is shared via static property
Inventory controller filtering no longer accesses item index out-of-bounds
Inventory serialization strategy order of operations for slightly improved performance
Prevent the GGInventoryController from using empty slots
Miscellaneous static typing corrections
The Inventory System Deep Dive and Architecture Guide helps game developers implement advanced multiplayer inventories using Godot Engine. The PDF Guide contains over 500 pages of code walkthroughs, diagrams, and explains concepts related to inventories, items, and more.
The latest inventory system is now available and it focuses on multiplayer permissions. The new Access Manager component validates client requests to ensure players can’t cheat and interact with inventories they’re not supposed to be able to have access to. New features: Bug fixes:
Just a couple of days ago, Godot 4.0 alpha 17 was announced. Today, Godot Engine 4.0 beta 1 was released. Be sure to check out the announcement. There are lots of improvements across the board; rendering, lighting, physics and navigation, animation, and scripting.
One of the benefits of working with Godot Engine is that GDScript allows one to operate high level. GDScript is dynamically typed, so not even variable types have to be specified, but I would strongly recommend using static typing wherever possible. It can help with performance but primarily adds clarity when trying to follow the …
Inventory System v1.7 available
A couple of corrections and a new feature:
Bug fixes:
The Inventory System Deep Dive and Architecture Guide helps game developers implement advanced multiplayer inventories using Godot Engine. The PDF Guide contains over 500 pages of code walkthroughs, diagrams, and explains concepts related to inventories, items, and more.
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