Add importance tag and add more content

adamscott · adamscott · commit f364fcf1a6c2 · 2025-02-17T08:43:59.000-05:00
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-core-00-optimizations.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-core-00-optimizations.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: general
+subsection: core
+rank: 0
+importance: 3
+anchor: "optimizations"
+title: "Optimizations"
+blockquote: "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"
+text: |
+  Now that the core feature set of Godot 4 feels stable, our contributors shifted their efforts towards optmizing them across the board.
+
+  While many of the linked PRs were finished and tested before the 4.3 release, they did not make the merge deadline, resulting in a big batch for you to enjoy now.
+contributors:
+  - name: Stuart Carnie
+    github: stuartcarnie
+  - name: Aaron Pagano
+    github: aaronp64
+  - name: A Thousand Ships
+    github: AThousandShips
+  - name: Arseny Kapoulkine
+    github: zeux
+  - name: lawnjelly
+    github: lawnjelly
+  - name: Tomasz Chabora
+    github: KoBeWi
+  - name: Clay John
+    github: clayjohn
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues?q=is%3Apr%20state%3Amerged%2094558%2094353%2092555%2092550%2092546%2093727%2092734%2095704%2094241%2092213
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-06-error-less-first-project-import.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-general-editor-06-error-less-first-project-import.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: general
+subsection: editor
+rank: 6
+importance: 4
+anchor: error-less-first-project-import
+title: Error-less first project import
+blockquote: Much less intimidating
+text: |
+  No one wants to be met with a wall of errors after freshly importing their project from a version control system.
+
+  This used to happen because it is not necessary to push the .godot folder into your repositories, since it auto-generates upon opening your project for the first time. After that, you had to restart the editor to get rid of all the errors caused by broken references — not anymore!
+contributors:
+  - name: Hilderin
+    github: Hilderin
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues?q=is%3Apr%20state%3Amerged%2092303%2093972%2092667%2093064
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-00-3d-physics-interpolation copy.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-00-3d-physics-interpolation copy.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 type: entry
 section: highlights
 rank: 0
+importance: 1
 anchor: "_3d-physics-interpolation"
 title: "3D physics interpolation"
 blockquote: "Do you get the jitters?"
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-01-typed-dictionaries.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-01-typed-dictionaries.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 type: entry
 section: highlights
 rank: 1
+importance: 1
 anchor: "typed-dictionaries"
 title: "Typed dictionaries"
 blockquote: "Keys required"
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-02-initial-android-editor-support-for-XR-devices.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-02-initial-android-editor-support-for-XR-devices.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 type: entry
 section: highlights
 rank: 2
+importance: 1
 anchor: "initial-android-editor-support-for-XR-devices"
 title: "Initial Android editor support for XR devices"
 blockquote: "Make games in VR!"
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-03-interactive-in-game-editing.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-03-interactive-in-game-editing.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 type: entry
 section: highlights
 rank: 3
+importance: 1
 anchor: "interactive-in-game-editing"
 title: "Interactive in-game editing"
 blockquote: "Step into your projects"
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-04-ubershaders.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-04-ubershaders.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 type: entry
 section: highlights
 rank: 4
+importance: 1
 anchor: "ubershaders"
 title: "Ubershaders"
 blockquote: "uber-exciting!"
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-05-jolt-physics-module copy.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-05-jolt-physics-module copy.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 type: entry
 section: highlights
 rank: 5
+importance: 1
 anchor: "jolt-physics-module"
 title: "Jolt physics module"
 blockquote: "Jolt into action"
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-06-embedded-game-window.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-06-embedded-game-window.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+type: entry
+section: highlights
+rank: 6
+importance: 1
+anchor: "embedded-game-window"
+title: "Embedded game window"
+blockquote: "Window management magic"
+text: |
+  Godot runs the game as a seperate process from the editor for two reasons:
+  - avoid having to share resources as much as possible
+  - in case of a game crash, the editor keeps running (to avoid data loss)
+
+  However, this design choice previously prevented embedding the game window into the editor. Which is something that users with limited screenspace, like on single-monitor setups or laptops, are looking for.
+
+  Thanks to some window management tricks, it is now possible to embed the game seemlessly and interact with the rest of the editor, while still keeping the processes seperate in the background.
+
+  Note that this only works on Linux, Windows, and Android for now. Support for macOS and iOS will require a different approach for technical reasons.
+
+contributors:
+  - name: Hilderin
+    github: Hilderin
+  - name: Fredia Huya-Kouadio
+    github: m4gr3d
+read_more: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/99010
+---
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-06-game-window-embedding.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-highlights-06-game-window-embedding.md
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-platforms-macos-and-ios-00-metal.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-platforms-macos-and-ios-00-metal.md
@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@ type: entry
 section: platforms
 subsection: macos-and-ios
 rank: 0
+importance: 2
 anchor: "metal-rendering-backend"
 title: "Metal rendering backend"
-blockquote: "For macOS and iOS"
+blockquote: "Melting the workarounds"
 text: |
   Metal is a low-level graphics API similar to Vulkan or D3D12, which are both supported by Godot but not available on macOS and iOS. Until now Godot used a library called MoltenVK to run Vulkan over Metal.
 
   This direct implementation is more efficient and allows greater control over features and performance trade-offs in the future. Early results have shown that this backend is at least as fast as Vulkan and in many cases much faster on Apple hardware.
 
+  In relation to this new backend, you now have the option to use MetalFX upscaling as an alternative to the existing upscaler.
+
   Note that Metal support is currently limited to Apple Silicon (ARM) devices.
 contributors:
   - name: Stuart Carnie
diff --git a/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-rendering-00-lightmaps-bicubic.md b/collections/_release_4_4/entry-systems-rendering-00-lightmaps-bicubic.md
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ type: entry
 section: systems
 subsection: rendering
 rank: 0
-anchor: "lightmaps-bicubic-sampling-transparency"
+importance: 2
+anchor: "lightmaps-bicubic"
 title: "Lightmaps: bicubic sampling & transparency"
 blockquote: "Blend into the shadows"
 text: |
   Thanks to bicubic sampling (and new antialiasing for direct light samples) your low resolution static shadows will now look better than ever.
 
   This method for reading from lightmaps smoothes out sharp edges, but requires a small run-time performance cost. You can disable it in the project settings if needed.
+
+  Additionally, lightmaps now support baking transparent objects and correlatedly: tinted shadows.
 contributors:
   - name: BlueCube3310
     github: BlueCube3310
diff --git a/pages/releases/_includes/feature.html b/pages/releases/_includes/feature.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {% assign feature = include.feature %}
 
+{% assign importance = feature.importance | default: "4" | plus: 0 %}
 {% assign has_media = false %}
 {% assign is_video = false %}
 {% assign is_image = false %}
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ <h4 class="c-title">
 				</h4>
 
 				<!-- .c-blockquote -->
-				{% if feature.blockquote != null %}
+				{% if feature.blockquote != null and importance < 4 %}
 					<div class="c-blockquote">
 						{{ feature.blockquote | markdownify }}
 					</div>
