We released Godot 4.4 last week and we are delighted to see the reception, with so many users upgrading to it on day 1 and sharing their favorite new changes on social media! If you haven’t seen the 4.4 release page, it’s well worth a read! Godot 4.4 4.4 release page 4.4 release page Since then, we’ve started the development phase for Godot 4.5 at full speed, but we also put our main focus on fixing remaining and newly reported regressions that affect users who upgraded to 4.4. A few of these issues can be showstoppers for affected users, so we decided to release a 4.4.1 maintenance release as soon as possible. So here’s a release candidate to validate this series of fixes and help ensure that Godot 4.4 is fully suitable for everyone. Please test it if you can and report any new issue that was not present in 4.4-stable, as we want to ensure we don’t introduce new regressions in this hotfix release. Maintenance releases are expected to be safe for an upgrade, but we recommend to always make backups, or use a version control system such as Git, to preserve your projects in case of corruption or data loss. Please, consider supporting the project financially, if you are able. Godot is maintained by the efforts of volunteers and a small team of paid contributors. Your donations go towards sponsoring their work and ensuring they can dedicate their undivided attention to the needs of the project. supporting the project financially Jump to the Downloads section, and give it a spin right now, or continue reading to learn more about improvements in this release. You can also try the Web editor or the Android editor for this release. If you are interested in the latter, please request to join our testing group to get access to pre-release builds. Jump to the Downloads Downloads section try the Web editor Web editor Android editor our testing group The original illustration picture for this article comes from Book Bound, a cozy bookshop simulator game by Bit66 Games, which was recently released on Steam. You can follow the developer on Bluesky, and wishlist their other upcoming game Bots & Mods. The original illustration picture for this article comes from Book Bound Book Bound a cozy bookshop simulator game by Bit66 Games, which was recently released on Steam. You can follow the developer on Bluesky, and wishlist their other upcoming game Bots & Mods. on Steam on Bluesky Bots & Mods What’s new 48 contributors submitted around 76 improvements for this release. See our interactive changelog for the complete list of changes since the 4.4-stable release. Below are the most notable changes (with critical fixes highlighted in bold): 48 contributors 76 improvements interactive changelog interactive changelog 2D: Fix wrong canvas camera override panning in the runtime debugger (GH-103489).
3D: Unify CSGPolygon3D gizmos with the other geometries (GH-103301).
Animation: Fix missing process_state error in blend spaces (GH-104018).
Audio: Set interactive music streams as meta streams (GH-104054).
Audio: Fix AudioEffectPitchShift issues when pitch_scale is set to 1 (GH-104090).
Buildsystem: Android: Fix build with disable_3d (GH-103523).
C#: Use ObjectID when converting Variant to GodotObject (GH-98034).
C#: Skip re-saving .csproj when TFM is unchanged (GH-103714).
Core: Fix crash when calling get_argument_count() on Callable with freed object (GH-103465).
Core: Fix Invalid Task ID errors in ResourceLoader (GH-104060).
Core: Fix missing binding for NOTIFICATION_WM_POSITION_CHANGED (GH-104083).
Editor: Fix copying a Node with a signal potentially resulting in an editor crash (GH-96372).
Editor: Fix TextEdit scrolls wrong on text selection (GH-103410).
Editor: Update script modified times when saved in EditorNode (GH-103695).
Editor: Fix ownership when pasting non root with child nodes in new scene (GH-103769).
Export: iOS: Restore one-click deploy device enumeration using Xcode (GH-103590).
GDExtension: Correctly register editor-only OpenXR* classes’ api_type (GH-103869).
GUI: Fix changed signal emission in Curve::set_point_offset (GH-96296).
GUI: Fix spinbox decimal issues when update_on_text_changed = true (GH-100684).
GUI: Fix Tree keyboard navigation in RTL direction (GH-102865).
GUI: VideoStreamPlayer: Stop video on exit tree (GH-103396).
GUI: Use Viewport’s default texture filter/repeat in GUI tooltips (GH-103636).
Import: Fix headless import always emits errors (GH-103403).
Import: BasisUniversal: Ensure ASTC’s HDR variant is supported when transcoding (GH-103766).
Import: ResourceLoader: Do not wait for the main thread during initial reimport (GH-104013).
Input: Fix Android mouse capture issues (GH-103413).
Navigation: Make NavigationLink3D properly update on visibility change (GH-103588).
Particles: Fix particle jitter when scene tree is paused (GH-95912).
Particles: Fix GPU particles not emitting at some configured rates when scale curve is zero (GH-103121).
Physics: Fix broken negative scaling when using Jolt Physics (GH-103440).
Plugin: JavaClassWrapper: Improve handling of typed array arguments (GH-102817).
Plugin: JavaClassWrapper: Fix converting returned arrays to Godot types (GH-103375).
Plugin: JavaClassWrapper: Fix conversion to/from org.godotengine.godot.Dictionary that regressed (GH-103733).
Porting: Android: Fix editor crash after changing device language (GH-103419).
Porting: X11: Fix check for is_maximized to require both horizontal and vertical (GH-103526).
Porting: Linux: Offload RenderingDevice creation test to subprocess (GH-103560).
Porting: Windows: Fix get_modified_time on locked files (GH-103622).
Porting: macOS: Swap Nintendo face buttons (GH-103661).
Porting: Windows: Use more efficient sleep approach when low-processor mode is enabled (GH-103773).
Rendering: Add ASTC HDR format variants (GH-102777).
Rendering: Fix voxelizer normals (GH-102893).
Rendering: Fix 2D quad primitive missing lighting data in GLES3 renderer (GH-102908).
Rendering: Fix uninitialized value in Tonemap (GH-103092).
Rendering: Use separate WorkThreadPool for shader compiler (GH-103506).
Rendering: Fix incorrect parameters passed to VMA (GH-103730).
Rendering: MetalFX: Change fallback behavior (GH-103792).
Rendering: Fix GLES3 gaussian_blur mipmap setup (GH-103878).
Rendering: CPUParticles2D: Fix physics interpolation after entering tree with emitting = false (GH-103966).
Shaders: Fix 2D instance params crashing using outside of main() (GH-103348).
Shaders: Fix “unused varying” incorrect warning in shaders (GH-103434).
Shaders: 2D: Fix light shader accessing TEXTURE_PIXEL_SIZE (GH-103617).
Thirdparty: Theora: Fix YUV422/444 to RGB conversion (GH-102859).
Thirdparty: Update to latest version of Swappy (GH-103409). 2D: Fix wrong canvas camera override panning in the runtime debugger (GH-103489). GH-103489 3D: Unify CSGPolygon3D gizmos with the other geometries (GH-103301). GH-103301 Animation: Fix missing process_state error in blend spaces (GH-104018). process_state GH-104018 Audio: Set interactive music streams as meta streams (GH-104054). Audio: Set interactive music streams as meta streams (GH-104054). GH-104054 Audio: Fix AudioEffectPitchShift issues when pitch_scale is set to 1 (GH-104090). pitch_scale GH-104090 Buildsystem: Android: Fix build with disable_3d (GH-103523). disable_3d GH-103523 C#: Use ObjectID when converting Variant to GodotObject (GH-98034). ObjectID Variant GodotObject GH-98034 C#: Skip re-saving .csproj when TFM is unchanged (GH-103714). .csproj GH-103714 Core: Fix crash when calling get_argument_count() on Callable with freed object (GH-103465). get_argument_count() GH-103465 Core: Fix Invalid Task ID errors in ResourceLoader (GH-104060). Invalid Task ID ResourceLoader GH-104060 Core: Fix missing binding for NOTIFICATION_WM_POSITION_CHANGED (GH-104083). NOTIFICATION_WM_POSITION_CHANGED GH-104083 Editor: Fix copying a Node with a signal potentially resulting in an editor crash (GH-96372). GH-96372 Editor: Fix TextEdit scrolls wrong on text selection (GH-103410). GH-103410 Editor: Update script modified times when saved in EditorNode (GH-103695). Editor: Update script modified times when saved in EditorNode (GH-103695). GH-103695 Editor: Fix ownership when pasting non root with child nodes in new scene (GH-103769). GH-103769 Export: iOS: Restore one-click deploy device enumeration using Xcode (GH-103590). GH-103590 GDExtension: Correctly register editor-only OpenXR* classes’ api_type (GH-103869). GDExtension: Correctly register editor-only OpenXR* api_type GH-103869 GUI: Fix changed signal emission in Curve::set_point_offset (GH-96296). changed Curve::set_point_offset GH-96296 GUI: Fix spinbox decimal issues when update_on_text_changed = true (GH-100684). update_on_text_changed GH-100684 GUI: Fix Tree keyboard navigation in RTL direction (GH-102865). GH-102865 GUI: VideoStreamPlayer: Stop video on exit tree (GH-103396). GH-103396 GUI: Use Viewport’s default texture filter/repeat in GUI tooltips (GH-103636). Viewport GH-103636 Import: Fix headless import always emits errors (GH-103403). GH-103403 Import: BasisUniversal: Ensure ASTC’s HDR variant is supported when transcoding (GH-103766). GH-103766 Import: ResourceLoader: Do not wait for the main thread during initial reimport (GH-104013). Import: ResourceLoader: Do not wait for the main thread during initial reimport (GH-104013). GH-104013 Input: Fix Android mouse capture issues (GH-103413). GH-103413 Navigation: Make NavigationLink3D properly update on visibility change (GH-103588). GH-103588 Particles: Fix particle jitter when scene tree is paused (GH-95912). GH-95912 Particles: Fix GPU particles not emitting at some configured rates when scale curve is zero (GH-103121). GH-103121 Physics: Fix broken negative scaling when using Jolt Physics (GH-103440). GH-103440 Plugin: JavaClassWrapper: Improve handling of typed array arguments (GH-102817). GH-102817 Plugin: JavaClassWrapper: Fix converting returned arrays to Godot types (GH-103375). GH-103375 Plugin: JavaClassWrapper: Fix conversion to/from org.godotengine.godot.Dictionary that regressed (GH-103733). Plugin: JavaClassWrapper: Fix conversion to/from org.godotengine.godot.Dictionary GH-103733 Porting: Android: Fix editor crash after changing device language (GH-103419). GH-103419 Porting: X11: Fix check for is_maximized to require both horizontal and vertical (GH-103526). is_maximized GH-103526 Porting: Linux: Offload RenderingDevice creation test to subprocess (GH-103560). GH-103560 Porting: Windows: Fix get_modified_time on locked files (GH-103622). get_modified_time GH-103622 Porting: macOS: Swap Nintendo face buttons (GH-103661). GH-103661 Porting: Windows: Use more efficient sleep approach when low-processor mode is enabled (GH-103773). GH-103773 Rendering: Add ASTC HDR format variants (GH-102777). Rendering: Add ASTC HDR format variants (GH-102777). GH-102777 Rendering: Fix voxelizer normals (GH-102893). GH-102893 Rendering: Fix 2D quad primitive missing lighting data in GLES3 renderer (GH-102908). GH-102908 Rendering: Fix uninitialized value in Tonemap (GH-103092). GH-103092 Rendering: Use separate WorkThreadPool for shader compiler (GH-103506). Rendering: Use separate WorkThreadPool for shader compiler (GH-103506). GH-103506 Rendering: Fix incorrect parameters passed to VMA (GH-103730). GH-103730 Rendering: MetalFX: Change fallback behavior (GH-103792). GH-103792 Rendering: Fix GLES3 gaussian_blur mipmap setup (GH-103878). gaussian_blur GH-103878 Rendering: CPUParticles2D: Fix physics interpolation after entering tree with emitting = false (GH-103966). emitting = false GH-103966 Shaders: Fix 2D instance params crashing using outside of main() (GH-103348). main() GH-103348 Shaders: Fix “unused varying” incorrect warning in shaders (GH-103434). GH-103434 Shaders: 2D: Fix light shader accessing TEXTURE_PIXEL_SIZE (GH-103617). TEXTURE_PIXEL_SIZE GH-103617 Thirdparty: Theora: Fix YUV422/444 to RGB conversion (GH-102859). GH-102859 Thirdparty: Update to latest version of Swappy (GH-103409). GH-103409 This release is built from commit daa4b058e. daa4b058e Downloads Download Godot 4.4.1 rc1 Download Godot 4.4.1 rc1 Standard build includes support for GDScript and GDExtension. 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Please check the existing issues on GitHub first, using the search function with relevant keywords, to ensure that the bug you experience is not already known. open bug reports existing issues on GitHub In particular, any change that would cause a regression in your projects is very important to report (e.g. if something that worked fine in previous 4.x releases, but no longer works in this snapshot). Support Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, as well as a handful of part and full-time developers hired thanks to generous donations from the Godot community. A big thank you to everyone who has contributed their time or their financial support to the project! generous donations from the Godot community their time their financial support If you’d like to support the project financially and help us secure our future hires, you can do so using the Godot Development Fund. 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