2021 Update: These are a bit out of date, but still fine to try out an old version of voxel tools and see if it’s worth building the engine yourself with the newest version. I’m currently working on Out of the Ashes, so don’t plan to update a new version until that is released.
This page has my custom binaries for Godot Engine built with the modules I use and develop on. All binaries have been built with the official Godot build environment, except for Windows which were built with MSVC.
These binaries allow you to use these modules without compiling them yourself.
Sections
Below the downloads, you’ll also find my voxel demo and tutorials for use with these binaries.
Modules included
- Voxel Tools for infinitely paged blocky and smooth voxel terrains.
- FastNoise library wrapper for many more noise options. See the FastNoise library.
- FastNoiseSIMD library wrapper for hardware-accelerated noise generation. See the FastNoiseSIMD library. Note, the Simplex noise algorithm is enabled, which is encumbered by patents. Use it at your own risk, or use one of the other many options.
- VoxelGeneratorFastNoiseSIMD for Voxel Tools that takes advantage of FastNoiseSIMD.
Godot Downloads
Click a version to expand the section.
>> Version 3.2.2rc – March, 2020
| 3.2.2rc+cd8d43 | Notes | Date | Download |
| Windows/64 | 3/28/2020 | 25mb | |
| Windows/32 | 3/28/2020 | 24mb | |
| Linux/64 | 3/27/2020 | 30mb | |
| Linux/32 | 3/27/2020 | 31mb | |
| OSX/64 | 3/27/2020 | 30mb | |
| Export templates | Win/Linux/OSX/HTML5/Android/IOS | 3/28/2020 | 375mb |
| Mono/C# | |||
| Windows/64 | 3/28/2020 | 51mb | |
| Windows/32 | 3/28/2020 | 49mb | |
| Linux/64 | 3/27/2020 | 62mb | |
| Linux/32 | 3/27/2020 | 63mb | |
| OSX/64 | 3/28/2020 | 56mb | |
| Export templates | Win/Linux/OSX/HTML5/Android | 3/28/2020 | 458mb |
Build notes:
- Only Windows and Linux have been tested. Let me know if the other builds or export templates work or not.
- Mono + IOS or UWP are not supported by Godot. I haven’t built the regular UWP template yet.
- Voxel Tools does not work on HTML5 (due to lack of threading support).
- FastNoiseSIMD does not work with: HTML5, Android x86/x86-64 (ARM7/8 OK). IOS does not build with the NEON instruction set. It’s unknown if it works with any of the other SIMD levels. Compare against regular FastNoise and see if it’s any faster, or call get_simd_level() and see if you get a number higher than 0.
>> Version: 3.2 Alpha – November, 2019
| 3.2.alpha+4569f5ec8 | Notes | Date | Download |
| Windows/64 | 11/6/2019 | 26mb | |
| Windows/32 | 11/6/2019 | 26mb | |
| Linux/64 | 11/13/2019 | 28mb | |
| Linux/32 | 11/13/2019 | 29mb | |
| OSX/64 | 11/6/2019 | 30mb | |
| Export templates | Win/Linux/OSX/HTML5* | 11/13/2019 | 147mb |
| Mono/C# | |||
| Windows/64 | 11/13/2019 | 51mb | |
| Windows/32** | 11/13/2019 | 51mb | |
| Linux/64 | 11/13/2019 | 58mb | |
| Linux/32 | 11/13/2019 | 59mb | |
| OSX/64 | pending | ||
| Export templates | Win/Linux | 11/13/2019 | 148mb |
Build Notes:
- *Voxel Tools doesn’t work with HTML5.
- **Win32 + mono does not work with Win64.
Voxel Demo
To make voxel games with these binaries, I recommend these steps:
- Download the newest appropriate binary above.
- Download my demo. Due to the continually changing nature of development code the master branch may or may not work with these binaries. The versions below are known to work. Click the commit below, then clone from there:
- Watch the tutorial video below.
- Read through the written documentation (the version accurate for these binaries) or the newest version for the master branch (which has newer features not in these binaries).
- Review the troubleshooting section below.
Voxel Tutorials
How To Use Voxel Tools
Voxel Troubleshooting
Godot has reached the end of the scene file
This occurs because the build of Godot you are using does not recognize the objects named in the scene file. The .tscn is just a text file, so you can open it in notepad.
If you open a VoxelTools scene in a regular build of Godot you’ll get this error because Godot doesn’t recognize the “VoxelTerrain” or “VoxelLodTerrain” classes.
You might be using the old binaries with the new demo, and classes have been renamed. You can try manually renaming the classes in the text file. In Godot, press SHIFT+F1 for help and you can search for class names built into that binary.
For instance, at one point the class VoxelStreamNoise was renamed to VoxelGeneratorNoise. The scene file wouldn’t open, but by opening the scene file in notepad and manually changing the name, we were able to open the file.
I don’t see any voxels
This is almost always because of a mismatch of settings. Work has been done to eliminate or at least warn when settings won’t produce any results.
For blocky, you need a Voxel Library. Your stream needs to be set to a channel of TYPE.
For smooth voxels, your channel must be set to SDF.
If you haven’t done so already then watch the tutorial video above which shows you exactly how to use it. Also, review the written documentation.
Zylann’s demos are generally out of date, so avoid those.
Something else
If there’s another issue you’re having, open an issue on the appropriate repository:
- VoxelTools – Zylann’s repository
- FastNoise – My PR on Godot core, not the FN library repo
- FastNoiseSIMD – My wrapper repo, not the FNSIMD library repo
- My Demo
You can also leave a comment below, especially if it’s about these binaries and whether they work or not. I’d like to know.
The linux download doesn’t work for linux mint
Make sure you’re running the right 32/64 bit version for your OS. The command below shows my system is 64-bit. 32-bit would say something like x86, i386, i686.
Otherwise, perhaps you need to install some dependencies like opengl or sound libraries. Post the output of ldd so we can see what is missing:
Linux version not working here either. Running from cmd gives me this error:
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29′ not found (required by /Godot_v3.2+4569f5ec82_x11.64)
Same thing happens for both 32 and 64 bit versions. Godot 3.2 official beta1 runs fine though…
The ldd command gives this:
ldd Godot_v3.2+4569f5ec82_x11.64
./Godot_v3.2+4569f5ec82_x11.64: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29′ not found (required by ./Godot_v3.2+4569f5ec82_x11.64)
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Indeed my libc is 2.29 which was released in January. The current is 2.30, released in August. Have you done updates for your system? I imagine every distro has a newer version by now. It’s likely called libc6, but might be called glibc or just libc and will likely have other dependent packages attached. Just do auto-updates but also look for libc6 specifically. What distro and version are you on?
Hi, thanks for the reply. I investigated this and you’re right. Seems like my system is a bit out of date, despite being the latest Linux Mint 19.2 with all updates installed. The problem seems to be that it’s based on Ubuntu 18 LTS (Bionic Beaver), which uses GCLIB 2.27.
I guess I could mess around with the packages or compile Godot with voxels myself. I might even change distros, not sure yet what I’ll do. But I’ll get this working 🙂
I’ve just uploaded new versions using the official build environment. Linux is now compiled against glibc 2.14 so should work for you.
Love you ;w; <3 Uploading the Binaries saved my life (?)
One word greatç Can you make things collapse after some hit on the voxels?
Currently, the voxels are static objects with collision. They don’t move, but other objects can collide with them.
Great!!!
I can’t compile (export) the project for windows… missing: “export template manager”, on pre-builts.
Did you download the export templates and install them? They are required to export. Also exporting is not compiling.
I tried downloading the prebuilt binaries for linux and it gave this error :
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.26′ not found (required by ./Godot_v3.2.2rc+cd8d43_x11.64)
Upgrade your libstdc++6 package to one from gcc 9 or later.
for all the crazy noobs and lay people who like me are wadding into deep waters without a life vest.
Cory informed me that I needed to install gcc-9
I found this website ….
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1140183/install-gcc-9-on-ubuntu-18-04
with these instructions …
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/gcc-9.0
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcc-9
BUT remember you must follow this up with an update and an upgrade
Now, Cory’s binary starts properly
And, now I can drive myself further insane trying to build my game
I hope this advice helps
Bill