Godot Daily: WebXR Drops Layers Requirement, GI and Physics Fixes
WebXR no longer requires the Layers API, widening browser and headset support. Related runtime fixes correct orthographic global illumination and align Jolt soft-body behavior, alongside editor polish and docs clarity.
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- Show: Godot Daily
- Published: 2026-09-20T06:03:38Z
- Audio duration: PT2M15S
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Good morning, you're listening to Godot Daily for Sunday, September 20th, 2026.
The biggest signal today is broader compatibility with fewer workarounds, led by Web X R dropping its hard dependency on the Layers API, alongside a fix for orthographic lighting errors in global illumination.
First, platform reach. Pull request 123642 removes the requirement for the Web X R Layers API, which never arrived on many browsers and is broken on some, including the Pico browser. Previously developers were told to ship a polyfill. Now that fallback is no longer mandatory, which should mean fewer headset-specific…
Second, core runtime behavior with practical migration notes. Pull request 123628 enables bend constraints for soft bodies in the Jolt physics integration, matching Godot Physics behavior. The result simulates stiffer, so existing content may need stiffness parameters retuned. In scripting, pull request 123627 moves…
Third, editor polish and documentation. Fixes cover text overrun in tree checkbox cells, translation updates in the feature profile manager, file system dock initialization, and node-name casing before validation. Two documentation updates clarify that the resource loader…
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