Redot 4.4 Alpha 2

Release Notes for Redot 4.4 Alpha 2

We're excited to announce the release of our latest version, featuring a host of enhancements and fixes. Here's what's new:

Enhancements & Features

• Add markers to animation by @Norrox in #6
• Add status_version to versioning by @Spartan322 in #682
• Remove (Official) from asset library button by @Spartan322 in #727
• Add One Pixel Snap Button to the Tile Data Editor by @valkyrienyanko in #726
• Expose ColorPicker.old_color as a property by @Spartan322 in #796
• Add wheel_picker_cursor theme icon to ColorPicker by @Spartan322 in #810
• Add rotation to the ColorPicker.wheel_picker_cursor icon by @Spartan322 in #826
• Optimize Node.find_children by @Spartan322 in #773
• Add donation button back by @Spartan322 in #901
• Add Redot codespell documentation correction by @Spartan322 in #904
• Add sigmoid(), sigmoid_approx(), sigmoid_affine() and sigmoid_affine_approx() functions by @NickUfer in #148
• CI: Add redot-cpp testing action by @Spartan322 in #982
• Add get_redot_version to GDExtension interface by @Spartan322 in #983
• Add godot compatibility header to GDExtension API dump by @Spartan322 in #1006
• Add Redot as a project feature to protect Redot projects by @Spartan322 in #1025

Bug Fixes

• Update ISSUE__TEMPLATES to point to Redot-Engine repo instead of Godot repo by @SympleSynz in #151
• [macOS] Update Vulkan SDK install script by @trashguy in #626
• Fixed TitleBarLogo not rendering text by @RadenTheFolf in #662
• Fix release.yml causing failing CI by @Spartan322 in #676
• Fix readme typo "Keatram" to "Kaetram" by @Majoramari in #714
• Recolor icon.svg to fit project rebranding by @Majoramari in #707
• Replace 'Godot' with 'Redot' in Documentation by @Majoramari in #708
• Updated CONTRIBUTING.md w/ PR Guideline and Redot Docs links by @SkogiB in #729
• Remove CI jobs that do not match Godot by @Spartan322 in #731
• Update logo license and copyright file by @RadenTheFolf in #749
• Fixed the visual studio project creation for debugging by @tokengamedev in #756
• Update Logo Font and Enhance Visibility (Brandkit 1.1) by @Majoramari in #762
• Fix solution build failure when using Visual Studio IDE by @robin88chen in #766
• Rebrand extension API validation by @Spartan322 in #768
• Rebrand macos exports to Redot by @Spartan322 in #774
• Fix Projection::invert on orthogonal projections and others by @Spartan322 in #769
• Fix Snap icon removal introduced in e8e8a88 by @Spartan322 in #825
• Fix Twitter link in readme by @svin24 in #882

Cherry-picks

• Cherry-picks for the master (4.4) branch - 1st batch by @Spartan322 in #787
• Cherry-picks for the master (4.4) branch - 2nd batch by @Spartan322 in #804
• Cherry-picks for the 4.4 branch - 1st jolt batch by @Spartan322 in #1008

Godot Syncs

• Merge commit godotengine/godot@92e51fc by @Spartan322 in #701
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@af77100 by @Spartan322 in #723
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@80f0b33 by @Spartan322 in #759
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@b3bcb2d by @Spartan322 in #771
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@1015a48 by @Spartan322 in #801
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@61accf0 by @Spartan322 in #814
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@8004c75 by @Spartan322 in #823
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@c6c464c by @Spartan322 in #834
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@87318a2 by @Spartan322 in #843
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@0f5f3bc by @Spartan322 in #853
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@cb411fa by @Spartan322 in #855
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@6c05ec3 by @Spartan322 in #864
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@fd4c29a by @Spartan322 in #873
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@9e60984 by @Spartan322 in #875
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@d09d82d by @Spartan322 in #885
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@f128f38 by @Spartan322 in #886
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@1f47e4c by @Spartan322 in #891
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@a372214 by @Spartan322 in #893
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@b9437c3 by @Spartan322 in #897
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@a7a2a12 by @Spartan322 in #899
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@75ce426 by @Spartan322 in #910
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@bdf625b by @Spartan322 in #916
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@d2ada64 by @Spartan322 in #917
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@5b52b4b by @Spartan322 in #922
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@d33da79 by @Spartan322 in #927
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@9630d4e by @Spartan322 in #930
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@a7146ef by @Spartan322 in #941
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@b15b24b by @Spartan322 in #951
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@0b6a717 by @Spartan322 in #955
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@ad9abe8 by @Spartan322 in #960
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@394508d by @Spartan322 in #970
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@4c311cb by @Spartan322 in #974
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@4d7c448 by @Spartan322 in #997
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@841596c by @Spartan322 in #1021
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@07e4185 by @Spartan322 in #1027
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@f2ee8d4 by @Spartan322 in #1032
• Merge commit godotengine/godot@e531f3e by @Spartan322 in #1035

New Contributors

• @SympleSynz made their first contribution in #151
• @tokengamedev made their first contribution in #756
• @robin88chen made their first contribution in #766
• @valkyrienyanko made their first contribution in #726
• @svin24 made their first contribution in #882
• @NickUfer made their first contribution in #148

Full Changelog: redot-4.3.1-stable...redot-4.4-alpha.2

Since Godot 4.4.1

Enhancements & Features

• Add status_version to versioning by @Spartan322 in #682
• Add One Pixel Snap Button to the Tile Data Editor by @valkyrienyanko in #726
• Expose ColorPicker.old_color as a property by @Spartan322 in #796
• Add wheel_picker_cursor theme icon to ColorPicker by @Spartan322 in #810
• Add rotation to the ColorPicker.wheel_picker_cursor icon by @Spartan322 in #826
• Optimize Node.find_children by @Spartan322 in #773
• Add sigmoid(), sigmoid_approx(), sigmoid_affine() and sigmoid_affine_approx() functions by @NickUfer in #148
• CI: Add redot-cpp testing action by @Spartan322 in #982
• Add get_redot_version to GDExtension interface by @Spartan322 in #983
• Add godot compatibility header to GDExtension API dump by @Spartan322 in #1006
• Add Redot as a project feature to protect Redot projects by @Spartan322 in #1025

Bug Fixes

• Fix Projection::invert on orthogonal projections and others by @Spartan322 in #769
• Change the default theme to dark scheme from minimal-theme by @decryptedchaos in #918
• Change default theme to use config.default_contrast by @Spartan322 in #950

Cherry-picks

• Cherry-picks for the 4.4 branch - 1st jolt batch by @Spartan322 in #1008

Full Changelog: godot-4.4.1-stable...redot-4.4-alpha.2