Voxel Tools for Godot

A C++ module for creating volumetric worlds in Godot Engine.

Features

• Realtime editable, 3D based terrain (Unlike a heightmap based terrain, this allows for overhangs, tunnels, and user creation/destruction)
• Physics based collision and raycast support
• Infinite terrains made by paging sections in and out
• Voxel data is streamed from a variety of sources, which includes the ability to write your own generators
• Minecraft-style blocky voxel terrain, with multiple materials and baked ambient occlusion
• Smooth terrain using Transvoxel
• Levels of detail for smooth terrain
• Voxel storage using 8-bit channels for any general purpose

What This Module Doesn't Provide

• Levels of detail for blocky terrain
• Game specific features such as cave generation or procedural trees (though it might include tools to help doing them)
• Editor tools (only a few things are exposed)
• Import and export of voxel formats

How To Install And Use

Voxel Tools is a custom C++ module for Godot 3.1+. It must be compiled into the engine to work.

Prebuilt binaries

Ready-to-use versions of Godot including the module exist, though they might not be 100% up to date.

• Tokisan Games

  • Tokisan Games binaries

• Zylann

  • Godot 3.2.2 editor for Windows 64 bits (TBD)

Compiling

Compiling yourself is the best way to get the very last version. Please see the Getting Started Guide for instructions.

Examples

• Documentation: Getting Started Guide
• Zylann's demos: Zylann's demos
• TinmanJuggernaut's demos: TinmanJuggernaut's demo

Roadmap

These are some ideas that may or may not be implemented in the future:

• Texturing on smooth terrain
• Editor preview and authoring
• Improving LOD performance
• Other meshing algorithms (e.g. dual contouring)
• GPU offloading (Maybe when Godot 4+ supports compute shaders)