We rarely opt for Saturday releases for these snapshots, as the majority of the team are already enjoying their weekend (hopefully you are as well!). However, we had some exciting new regression fixes for the upcoming 4.6.3 maintenance release, so we didn’t feel right just sitting on them. As such, we’re dropping the next release candidate now, so users can get their hands on it even earlier than usual!

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What’s new

14 contributors submitted 21 improvements for this release. See our interactive changelog for the complete list of changes since 4.6.3 RC 1. You can also review all changes included in 4.6.3 compared to the previous 4.6.2 maintenance release.

This section covers all changes made since 4.6.3 RC 1, which are largely regression fixes:

  • 3D: Fix 3D viewport selection getting stuck when editing a GridMap (GH-117521).
  • 3D: Fix Marker3D editor gizmo being darker than intended for negative axis lines (GH-116995).
  • 3D: Fix mouse wheel zoom scrolling contents in the GridMap editor (GH-117378).
  • 3D: Fix problems with undoing selection and pasting in GridMap editor (GH-116814).
  • Animation: Fix compressed Pos3D track interpolation (GH-118159).
  • Editor: Avoid repeats in resource gather (GH-118926).
  • Editor: Fix and improve the editor layout dialog (GH-117846).
  • Editor: Fix blurry icons in the inspector dock’s object selector (GH-115222).
  • Editor: Fix FileSystem dock visual separation when docked at bottom (GH-115267).
  • Editor: Fix keying state not being updated for sub-inspectors (GH-117673).
  • Editor: Fix right clicking an item in filesystem ItemList draws focus (GH-114968).
  • Editor: Fix text alignment in check box inside EditorInspectorSections (GH-117683).
  • Editor: Update the notification for Auto-exposure (GH-114732).
  • GDScript: Fix GDScript LSP test link errors when websocket is disabled (GH-114951).
  • GDScript: Pattern guard warning fix (GH-110523).
  • GUI: Fix RichTextLabel not updating after change scroll_active field (GH-114467).
  • GUI: Fix TextEdit IME error on mouse over (GH-111859).
  • Platforms: Fix clipboard history not updating on subsequent copies in Wayland (GH-116648).
  • Platforms: Wayland: Unify clipboard sending code (GH-117873).
  • Rendering: Add project setting to disable new Volumetric fog blending behavior (GH-119414).
  • Rendering: Fix LightmapGI probe update speed setting not applying in Compatibility (GH-117771).

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