Godot 4.5 Beta Out Now! - Awesome New Features Hands-On

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Published on June 21, 2025 3:08:20 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us6uSZVTWJQ

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The wait for Godot just got one step closer with the release of Godot 4.5 Beta. In this video we check out all the great new features added in Godot 4.5 beta and and Dev1 thru Dev5 releases leading up to it.

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TIMELINE
0:00 Introduction to Godot 4.5 Beta 1
0:14 Recap of Godot 4.5 Dev1 thru Dev5 release features
2:24 Hands-On Godot 4.5 Beta
2:55 New Stencil Support in StandardMaterial3D
3:46 XRay Material Shader Demo
5:02 New Thumbnails in File System Window
5:51 Toggle visibility in Inspector Window
6:49 New Preview Translation support
7:22 Tilemap Improvements / New Collision polygon support
8:43 Label - Stackable Elements Shadows and Outlines
10:13 Release Notes Time
12:16 GDScript Improvements - Abstract classes and variadic parameters
14:50 Translation Preview Demonstration
15:25 New Android TouchActionsPanel
16:46 New Graphics and Rendering Features
18:12 Shader Baker
19:20 Conclusions

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