Upgrading from Godot 4.4 to Godot 4.5^{Free Courses}

For most games and apps made with 4.4 it should be relatively safe to migrate to 4.5. This page intends to cover everything you need to pay attention to when migrating your project.

Breaking changes

If you are migrating from 4.4 to 4.5, the breaking changes listed here might affect you. Changes are grouped by areas/systems.

Warning

In order to support new Google Play requirements Android now requires targeting .NET 9 when exporting C# projects to Android, other platforms continue to use .NET 8 as the minimum required version but newer versions are supported and encouraged.

If you are using C# in your project and want to export to Android, you will need to upgrade your project to .NET 9 (see Upgrading to a new .NET version for instructions).

This article indicates whether each breaking change affects GDScript and whether the C# breaking change is binary compatible or source compatible:

• Binary compatible - Existing binaries will load and execute successfully without recompilation, and the run-time behavior won't change.

• Source compatible - Source code will compile successfully without changes when upgrading Godot.

Core

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
JSONRPC
Method set_scope replaced by set_method optional parameter	❌	✔️	✔️	GH-104890
Node
Method get_rpc_config renamed to get_node_rpc_config	❌	✔️	✔️	GH-106848
Method set_name changes name parameter type from String to StringName	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-76560

Rendering

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
DisplayServer
Method file_dialog_show adds a new parent_window_id optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-98194
Method file_dialog_with_options_show adds a new parent_window_id optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-98194
RenderingDevice
Method texture_create_from_extension adds a new mipmaps optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-105570
RenderingServer
Method instance_reset_physics_interpolation removed	❌	✔️	✔️	GH-104269
Method instance_set_interpolated removed	❌	✔️	✔️	GH-104269

Note

In C#, the enum RenderingDevice.Features breaks compatibility because of the way the bindings generator detects the enum prefix. New members where added to the enum in GH-103941 that caused the enum member Address to be renamed to BufferDeviceAddress.

GLTF

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
GLTFAccessor
Property byte_offset changes type metadata from int32 to int64	✔️	❌	❌	GH-106220
Property component_type changes type from int to GLTFAccessor::GLTFComponentType	✔️	❌	❌	GH-106220
Property count changes type metadata from int32 to int64	✔️	❌	❌	GH-106220
Property sparse_count changes type metadata from int32 to int64	✔️	❌	❌	GH-106220
Property sparse_indices_byte_offset changes type metadata from int32 to int64	✔️	❌	❌	GH-106220
Property sparse_indices_component_type changes type from int to GLTFAccessor::GLTFComponentType	✔️	❌	❌	GH-106220
Property sparse_values_byte_offset changes type metadata from int32 to int64	✔️	❌	❌	GH-106220
GLTFBufferView
Property byte_length changes type metadata from int32 to int64	✔️	❌	❌	GH-106220
Property byte_offset changes type metadata from int32 to int64	✔️	❌	❌	GH-106220
Property byte_stride changes type metadata from int32 to int64	✔️	❌	❌	GH-106220

Note

As a result of changing the type metadata, the C# bindings changed the type from int (32-bytes) to long (64-bytes).

Text

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
CanvasItem
Method draw_char adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_char_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_multiline_string adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_multiline_string_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_string adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_string_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Font
Method draw_char adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_char_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_multiline_string adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_multiline_string_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_string adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_string_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
RichTextLabel
Method add_image adds a new alt_text optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-76829
Method add_image replaced size_in_percent parameter by width_in_percent and height_in_percent	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-107347
Method push_strikethrough adds optional color parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-106300
Method push_table adds a new name optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-76829
Method push_underline adds optional color parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-106300
Method update_image replaced size_in_percent parameter by width_in_percent and height_in_percent	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-107347
TextLine
Method draw adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
TextParagraph
Method draw adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_dropcap adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_dropcap_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_line adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_line_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method draw_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
TextServer
Method font_draw_glyph adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method font_draw_glyph_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method shaped_text_draw adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
Method shaped_text_draw_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104872
TreeItem
Method add_button adds a new alt_text optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-76829
TextServerExtension
Method _font_draw_glyph adds a new oversampling optional parameter	❌	❌	❌	GH-104872
Method _font_draw_glyph_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	❌	❌	❌	GH-104872
Method _shaped_text_draw adds a new oversampling optional parameter	❌	❌	❌	GH-104872
Method _shaped_text_draw_outline adds a new oversampling optional parameter	❌	❌	❌	GH-104872

XR

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
OpenXRAPIExtension
Method register_composition_layer_provider changes extension parameter type from OpenXRExtensionWrapperExtension to OpenXRExtensionWrapper	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104087
Method register_projection_views_extension changes extension parameter type from OpenXRExtensionWrapperExtension to OpenXRExtensionWrapper	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104087
Method unregister_composition_layer_provider changes extension parameter type from OpenXRExtensionWrapperExtension to OpenXRExtensionWrapper	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104087
Method unregister_projection_views_extension changes extension parameter type from OpenXRExtensionWrapperExtension to OpenXRExtensionWrapper	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-104087
OpenXRBindingModifierEditor
Type OpenXRBindingModifierEditor changed API type from Core to Editor	❌	❌	❌	GH-103869
OpenXRInteractionProfileEditor
Type OpenXRInteractionProfileEditor changed API type from Core to Editor	❌	❌	❌	GH-103869
OpenXRInteractionProfileEditorBase
Type OpenXRInteractionProfileEditorBase changed API type from Core to Editor	❌	❌	❌	GH-103869

Note

Classes OpenXRBindingModifierEditor, OpenXRInteractionProfileEditor, and OpenXRInteractionProfileEditorBase are only available in the editor. Using them outside of the editor will result in a compilation error.

In C#, this means the types are moved from the GodotSharp assembly to the GodotSharpEditor assembly. Make sure to wrap code that uses these types in a #if TOOLS block to ensure they are not included in an exported game.

This change was also backported to 4.4.1.

Editor plugins

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
EditorExportPlatform
Method get_forced_export_files adds a new preset optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-71542
EditorUndoRedoManager
Method create_action adds a new mark_unsaved optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-106121
EditorExportPlatformExtension
Method _get_option_icon changes return type from ImageTexture to Texture2D	✔️	❌	❌	GH-108825

Behavior changes

In 4.5 some behavior changes have been introduced, which might require you to adjust your project.

3D Model Import

A fix has been made to the 3D model importers to correctly handle non-joint nodes within a skeleton hierarchy (GH-104184). To preserve compatibility, the default behavior is to import existing files with the same behavior as before (GH-107352). New .gltf, .glb, .blend, and .fbx files (without a corresponding .import file) will be imported with the new behavior. However, for existing files, if you want to use the new behavior, you must change the "Naming Version" option at the bottom of the Import dock:

Core

Note

In C#, StringExtensions.PathJoin now avoids adding an extra path separator when the original string is empty, or when the appended path starts with a path separator (GH-105281).

Note

In C#, StringExtensions.GetExtension now returns an empty string instead of the original string when the original string does not contain an extension (GH-108041).

Note

In C#, the Quaternion(Vector3, Vector3) constructor now correctly creates a quaternion representing the shortest arc between the two input vectors. Previously, it would return incorrect values for certain inputs (GH-107618).

Physics

Note

When the 3D physics engine is set to Jolt Physics, you will now always have overlaps between Area3D and static bodies reported by default, as the physics/jolt_physics_3d/simulation/areas_detect_static_bodies project setting has been removed (GH-105746). If you still want such overlaps to be ignored, you will need to change the collision mask or layer of either the Area3D or the static body instead.

Text

Note

In GDScript, calls to functions RichTextLabel::add_image and RichTextLabel::update_image will continue to work, but the size_in_percent argument will now be used as the value for width_in_percent and height_in_percent will default to false (GH-107347). To restore the previous behavior, you can explicitly set height_in_percent to the same value you were passing as size_in_percent.