The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta, Release candidate stage now.

DaveTheCoder

We’re now just days away from the Release Candidate...

JusTiCe8

DaveTheCoder At this rate, Godot 5 will be released before Godot 4 ! 🙂
Thanks again to all people involved in the project.

DaveTheCoder

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 17

DaveTheCoder

Release candidate: Godot 4.0 RC 1

alfredbaudisch

DaveTheCoder oh I think it's still too early for RC. But any release is a good release. So, good news!

cybereality

Oh snap!!!

Megalomaniak

alfredbaudisch oh I think it's still too early for RC. But any release is a good release. So, good news!

Do expect follow up RC's. They probably want the testing momentum to increase. In other words those that wouldn't bother testing a 'beta' version to help test the RC then, cause if no issues are found, it'll go live as is.

DaveTheCoder

alfredbaudisch I think it's still too early for RC

According to this article, 4.0-stable won't really be "stable". That will come with later point releases:
https://godotengine.org/article/release-management-4-0-and-beyond/

We will release 4.0 when we believe it is ready to be used in production, not when it is perfect. It will not be perfect, and it doesn’t have to be. But it will lay down the foundation for all our future work, and with your help it might get a little bit closer to what we envision as the Godot 4.

Maybe that's necessary for making progress in a community-driven open source project, unlike a product made by a commercial organization where the management can force employees to meet desired goals.

alfredbaudisch

Megalomaniak yes, it's fine and normal to have dozens of RCs. The thing is, in some regards I still think it's in Alpha 😛 Like the physics engine - it's not about fixes, it's about needing rewrites, new features, etc.

cybereality

Yeah, I agree. I haven't got a chance to try the RC, but I tried Beta 17 and it's still kind of rough. I do understand they need people testing it but it still seems kind of rushed and/or forced. But whatever, it will probably end up leading to a faster stable release.

alfredbaudisch

cybereality it will probably end up leading to a faster stable release.

this!

Zireael

Updated my largest 3D project to Godot 4 rc1, except for some minor API changes I had to do very little (and the last beta I used was beta3). Runs and looks <3

Honestly I can't wait for the actual stable release (even if some features I've been waiting for are not making it in, e.g. mesh merging and animation retargeting)

alfredbaudisch

Zireael Nice to hear! Unfortunately my project broke in every possible aspect (worked fine until beta17).

Still upgrading it and also helped me find more Godot bugs 🙂

alfredbaudisch

DaveTheCoder Maybe that's necessary for making progress in a community-driven open source project,

Good point, I think that was also the motivation to move from alpha to beta, while clearly the "beta" was still treated like alpha, with many new features added during the beta cycle. But the community needed this push.

DaveTheCoder

Release candidate: Godot 4.0 RC 2

The Godot 4.0 release is mere days away!

DaveTheCoder

Release candidate: Godot 4.0 RC 3

DaveTheCoder

Release candidate: Godot 4.0 RC 4

davek

Should get a new thread going about the RCs

Megalomaniak

davek Should get a new thread going about the RCs

I don't particularly mind the idea, but I'm not sure that a new thread is strictly needed either. At the very least we can probably change the topic title to reflect that the beta is in RC stage now tho.

DaveTheCoder I made an earlier suggestion of having an RC tag, but the decision was that an RC is basically a Beta.

That shouldn't stop us from creating a new topic for RC's though, if we decide to go that way.

I'll just edit and update the topic title for now though. edit: I should add I think a new topic will be more meaningful if the 'stable' release comes about, IMO.

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