Upgrading from Godot 4.0 to Godot 4.1
- Breaking changes
- Updating your GDExtension for 4.1

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Upgrading from Godot 4.0 to Godot 4.1

For most games and apps made with 4.0 it should be relatively safe to migrate to 4.1. This page intends to cover everything you need to pay attention to when migrating your project.

Breaking changes

If you are migrating from 4.0 to 4.1, the breaking changes listed here might affect you. Changes are grouped by areas/systems.

Warning

The GDExtension API completely breaks compatibility in 4.1 so it’s not included in the table below. See the Updating your GDExtension for 4.1 section for more information.

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
Basis
Method `looking_at` adds a new `use_model_front` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-76082
Object
Method `get_meta_list` changes return type from `PackedStringArray` to `Array[StringName]`	✔️	❌	❌	GH-76418
Transform3D
Method `looking_at` adds a new `use_model_front` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-76082
UndoRedo
Method `create_action` adds a new `backward_undo_ops` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-76688
WorkerThreadPool
Method `wait_for_task_completion` changes return type from `void` to `Error`	✔️	❌	✔️	GH-77143

Animation

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
AnimationNode
Method `_process` adds a new `test_only` parameter	❌	❌	❌	GH-75759
Method `blend_input` adds a new `test_only` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-75759
Method `blend_node` adds a new `test_only` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-75759
AnimationNodeStateMachinePlayback
Method `get_travel_path` changes return type from `PackedStringArray` to `Array[StringName]`	✔️	❌	❌	GH-76418

2D nodes

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
PathFollow2D
Property `lookahead` removed	❌	❌	❌	GH-72842

3D nodes

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
Geometry3D
Method `segment_intersects_convex` changes `planes` parameter type from untyped `Array` to `Array[Plane]`	✔️	✔️	❌	GH-76418
MeshInstance3D
Method `create_multiple_convex_collisions` adds a new `settings` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-72152
Node3D
Method `look_at` adds a new `use_model_front` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-76082
Method `look_at_from_position` adds a new `use_model_front` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-76082

GUI nodes

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
CodeEdit
Method `add_code_completion_option` adds a new `location` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-75746
RichTextLabel
Method `push_list` adds a new `bullet` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-75017
Method `push_paragraph` adds a new `justification_flags` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-75250
Method `push_paragraph` adds a new `tab_stops` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-76401
Tree
Method `edit_selected` adds a new `force_edit` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-76794

Physics

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
Area2D
Property `priority` changes type from `float` to `int`	❌	❌	❌	GH-72749
Area3D
Property `priority` changes type from `float` to `int`	❌	❌	❌	GH-72749
PhysicsDirectSpaceState2D
Method `collide_shape` changes return type from `Array[PackedVector2Array]` to `Array[Vector2]`	❌	❌	❌	GH-75260
PhysicsDirectSpaceState3D
Method `collide_shape` changes return type from `Array[PackedVector3Array]` to `Array[Vector3]`	❌	❌	❌	GH-75260

Rendering

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
RDShaderFile
Method `get_version_list` changes return type from `PackedStringArray` to `Array[StringName]`	✔️	❌	❌	GH-76418
RenderingDevice
Method `draw_list_begin` changes `storage_textures` parameter type from untyped `Array` to `Array[RID]`	✔️	✔️	❌	GH-76418
RenderingServer
Method `global_shader_parameter_get_list` changes return type from `PackedStringArray` to `Array[StringName]`	✔️	❌	❌	GH-76418
SurfaceTool
Method `add_triangle_fan` changes `tangents` parameter type from untyped `Array` to `Array[Plane]`	✔️	✔️	❌	GH-76418

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
NavigationAgent2D
Method `set_velocity` replaced with `velocity` property	✔️	❌	❌	GH-69988
Property `time_horizon` split into `time_horizon_agents` and `time_horizon_obstacles`	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
NavigationAgent3D
Property `agent_height_offset` renamed to `path_height_offset`	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
Property `ignore_y` removed	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
Method `set_velocity` replaced with `velocity` property	✔️	❌	❌	GH-69988
Property `time_horizon` split into `time_horizon_agents` and `time_horizon_obstacles`	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
NavigationObstacle2D
Property `estimate_radius` removed	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
Method `get_rid` renamed to `get_agent_rid`	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
NavigationObstacle3D
Property `estimate_radius` removed	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
Method `get_rid` renamed to `get_agent_rid`	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
NavigationServer2D
Method `agent_set_callback` renamed to `agent_set_avoidance_callback`	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
Method `agent_set_target_velocity` removed	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
Method `agent_set_time_horizon` split into `agent_set_time_horizon_agents` and `agent_set_time_horizon_obstacles`	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
NavigationServer3D
Method `agent_set_callback` renamed to `agent_set_avoidance_callback`	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
Method `agent_set_target_velocity` removed	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988
Method `agent_set_time_horizon` split into `agent_set_time_horizon_agents` and `agent_set_time_horizon_obstacles`	❌	❌	❌	GH-69988

Networking

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
WebRTCPeerConnectionExtension
Method `_create_data_channel` changes return type from `Object` to `WebRTCDataChannel`	✔️	❌	✔️	GH-78237

Editor plugins

Change	GDScript Compatible	C# Binary Compatible	C# Source Compatible	Introduced
AnimationTrackEditPlugin
Type `AnimationTrackEditPlugin` removed	❌	❌	❌	GH-76413
EditorInterface
Type `EditorInterface` changes inheritance from `Node` to `Object`	✔️	❌	❌	GH-76176
Method `set_movie_maker_enabled` replaced with `movie_maker_enabled` property	✔️	❌	❌	GH-76176
Method `is_movie_maker_enabled` replaced with `movie_maker_enabled` property	✔️	❌	❌	GH-76176
EditorResourcePreviewGenerator
Method `_generate` adds a new `metadata` parameter	❌	❌	❌	GH-64628
Method `_generate_from_path` adds a new `metadata` parameter	❌	❌	❌	GH-64628
EditorUndoRedoManager
Method `create_action` adds a new `backward_undo_ops` optional parameter	✔️	✔️	✔️	GH-76688

Updating your GDExtension for 4.1

GDExtension is still in beta. Until it’s marked as stable, compatibility may break when upgrading to a new minor version of Godot.

In order to fix a serious bug, in Godot 4.1 we had to break binary compatibility in a big way and source compatibility in a small way.

This means that GDExtensions made for Godot 4.0 will need to be recompiled for Godot 4.1 (using the 4.1 branch of godot-cpp), with a small change to their source code.

In Godot 4.0, your “entry_symbol” function looks something like this:

GDExtensionBool GDE_EXPORT example_library_init(const GDExtensionInterface *p_interface, const GDExtensionClassLibraryPtr p_library, GDExtensionInitialization *r_initialization) {
    godot::GDExtensionBinding::InitObject init_obj(p_interface, p_library, r_initialization);
    init_obj.register_initializer(initialize_example_module);
    init_obj.register_terminator(uninitialize_example_module);
    init_obj.set_minimum_library_initialization_level(MODULE_INITIALIZATION_LEVEL_SCENE);
    return init_obj.init();
}

However, for Godot 4.1, it should look like:

GDExtensionBool GDE_EXPORT example_library_init(GDExtensionInterfaceGetProcAddress p_get_proc_address, const GDExtensionClassLibraryPtr p_library, GDExtensionInitialization *r_initialization) {
    godot::GDExtensionBinding::InitObject init_obj(p_get_proc_address, p_library, r_initialization);
    init_obj.register_initializer(initialize_example_module);
    init_obj.register_terminator(uninitialize_example_module);
    init_obj.set_minimum_library_initialization_level(MODULE_INITIALIZATION_LEVEL_SCENE);
    return init_obj.init();
}

There are two small changes:

The first argument changes from const GDExtensionInterface *p_interface to GDExtensionInterfaceGetProcAddress p_get_proc_address
The constructor for the init_obj variable now receives p_get_proc_address as its first parameter

You also need to add an extra compatibility_minimum line to your .gdextension file, so that it looks something like:

[configuration]
entry_symbol = "example_library_init"
compatibility_minimum = 4.1

This lets Godot know that your GDExtension has been updated and is safe to load in Godot 4.1.

Upgrading from Godot 4.0 to Godot 4.1

Upgrading from Godot 4.0 to Godot 4.1

Breaking changes

Core

Animation

2D nodes

3D nodes

GUI nodes

Physics

Rendering

Navigation

Networking

Editor plugins

Updating your GDExtension for 4.1