UPBGE

New features:

• UPBGE 0.44 integrates Blender's experimental Vulkan backend, introduced in Blender 4.1 and enhanced in 4.4.
• EEVEE has undergone a significant overhaul in Blender 4.2, now referred to as EEVEE Next.
• Dynamic Label Fixes: Resolved issues with dynamic labels in Logic Nodes to ensure accurate and real-time updates during gameplay and development.
• Version Compatibility: Adjusted internals to maintain full compatibility with Blender 4.5, preserving functionality across recent UPBGE builds.
• Raycast Node Update: Added a caster input to the Raycast node, allowing precise control over which object performs the raycast, improving accuracy in interaction and detection systems.
• Group Instances Fix: Fixed bugs related to the groupInstances property in collections, ensuring that object instancing behaves consistently within grouped assets.
• Action Frame Range Restart: Implemented logic to restart actions when setting a new frame range. This change ensures that animations behave consistently even when dynamically modified.
• Video Playback Fix: Solved an issue where videos would stop playing if no audio track was present, ensuring uninterrupted playback in all cases.
• Buffer Management Optimization: Removed unnecessary buffer freeing in video playback code, reducing the risk of lags or visual artifacts during runtime.
• Blender 4.4 introduces "Slotted Actions," allowing a single Action data-block to store multiple animation types (e.g., object transforms, materials, shape keys).
• The Pose Library now supports exporting poses as external libraries, promoting reuse across projects and streamlining character animation workflows.
• Introduced in Blender 3.6, Simulation Nodes expand Geometry Nodes to support simulations.
• Blender 4.0 adds "Node Tools," allowing users to create custom tools using Geometry Nodes without scripting.
• The new GPU accelerated compositor introduced in Blender 3.5, currently used for viewport compositing.
• Blender 4.4 introduces a rewritten CPU compositor.

New features:

• Most of new features comes from Blender development itself.
• Convert DupliGroups/Instance collections at bge runtime.
• BGUI library added to python modules folder.
• Easy Online addon included.
• Enable support of SoftBody volumes when we uncheck Shape Match.
• Added the ability to play NLA tracks with Action actuator.
• Added the possibility to convert actions at runtime.
• Remove hardcoded limit for objects linked in logic bricks editor.
• Allow antialiasing for ImageRender if nothing is moving.
• Allow full rendered passes in ImageRender.
• Added number of render passes per frame option.
• Added an option for AddObject to duplicate object data.
• Added an option to update LOD physics.
• Allow hidden lodlevels to be evaluated by depsgraph.
• Added experimental support for openXR.
• Allow activity culling for all object types.
• Blender realtime compositor in viewport works in game engine now.
• Option for Show Profile and Debug Properties in bigger size for High Dpi Screens.
• Added a "Soft Shadow Override" per light switch.
• 4 extra buttons added for Mouse.
• Support for Grease Pencil modifiers animation added.
• Use the up-to-date dshow format instead of death vfwcap format for camera capture.
• New video play and video capture component template.