Support for SVG vector graphics in Godot

Tomcat

Several questions have been asked on this site about support for vector graphics in SVG format.

Those who follow the Godot developers' blog already know that DPITexture (originally called SVGTexture) was introduced in version 4.5.

I couldn't figure it out. But I found the SVG Rasterization Plugin, which works great in Godot_v4.4.1-stable and v4.5-beta7. It even supports animation. Of course, this is not vector rendering, but rasterization when the sprite size changes, so it can be expensive when the entire scene consists of vector images. But if there are only a few vector elements (such as icons in the control panel), performance is perfectly normal.

xyz

I don't understand why they added this in 4.5. There are so few obscure use cases for this that it's not worth any effort.

Tomcat

xyz Apparently, there were enough requests for this. One possible use is for interface elements that scale along with the game window (as I am trying to do).

Why it was introduced now — on this topic — there are only conspiracy theories. Perhaps the developers wanted to test the viability of the idea itself in widespread use.

Of course, it's still in a very rough state at the moment.

Tomcat

I figured out how to assign DPITexture. But I can't scale it yet. It seems like there is no access to the base_scale property.