"Raycast Normals" was introduced in 4.4 dev and defaulted to "false".
The limited testing results at the time suggested that raycasting
generally reduces normal quality compared to native simplifier results,
at the same time increasing vertex memory and import time.
To play it safe, we introduced a setting that defaulted to false, with
the goal of removing it later in 4.4 development cycle if no regressions
are noticed. Since we already had three dev snapshots and no reports,
this change removes the setting and associated code.
"Normal Split Angle" was only used when raycast normals were enabled;
this change removes it from the settings, but keeps it in the script
binding for compatibility.
Existing meshes import exactly the same after this change (unless they
chose to override raycasting which would be surprising).
split_normals helper was only used in this code path and is also removed
for simplicity; it is unlikely that this code will be useful as is, as
it can only regenerate normals without fixing tangents or updating
positions.
These properties look like they were intended to be internal but they were missing the `PROPERTY_USAGE_INTERNAL` flag.
- `PackedScene::_bundled`
- `PortableCompressedTexture2D::_data`
- `ImporterMesh::_data`
We don't use that info for anything, and it generates unnecessary diffs
every time we bump the minor version (and CI failures if we forget to
sync some files from opt-in modules (mono, text_server_fb).
- Removed empty paragraphs in XML.
- Consistently use bold style for "Example:", on a new line.
- Fix usage of `[code]` when hyperlinks could be used (`[member]`, `[constant]`).
- Fix invalid usage of backticks for inline code in BBCode.
- Fix some American/British English spelling inconsistencies.
- Other minor fixes spotted along the way, including typo fixes with codespell.
- Don't specify `@GlobalScope` for `enum` and `constant`.
Fix add_surface_from_arrays description in ImporterMesh.xml and ArrayMesh.xml to correctly describe sub-array length requirements.
Also add missing comma in MeshInstance3D.xml, reword slightly.
Fix mistake making `set_custom_format` impossible to use.
Automatically forward custom flags in `SurfaceTool.commit`.
Add documentation in `SurfaceTool` and `Mesh` for custom channels.
Deprecate `SurfaceTool.generate_lod` and expose `ImporterMesh.generate_lods`.
This makes it easier to spot syntax errors when editing the
class reference. The schema is referenced locally so validation
can still work offline.
Each class XML's schema conformance is also checked on GitHub Actions.
Convert GLTF Document to use ImporterMeshInstance3D.
Add a GLTFDocument extension list and an extension for converting the importer mesh instance 3d to mesh instance 3d.
Use GLTF module when the editor tools are disabled.
Modified the render server to be less restrictive on matching blend arrays and have more logging.
Misc bugs with multimesh.
Always index the meshes.
