CubeMining A 3D Voxel Template

selimanac · March 30, 2026, 7:55am

You probably already know this, but a new constant type, CONSTANT_TYPE_TIME, has been added for shaders in 1.12.3 beta. I guess it might help with the water shader timing.

github.com/defold/defold

Expose engine time to shaders (#11993)

dev ← issue-11987-expose-engine-time-to-shaders

opened 01:54PM - 05 Mar 26 UTC

Jhonnyg

+92 -2

There is now a new constant type added `CONSTANT_TYPE_TIME` that can be used by …shaders to automatically recieve time data from the engine: ```glsl uniform my_uniforms { vec4 my_time; // Set to constant type "Time" in the material editor! }; ``` The current data is exposed: my_time.x : time since engine start my_time.y : delta time from last frame (same as being passed into script updates) This change means that you don't need to keep track of these values manually for certain effects like scrolling textures or other shader based animations! Fixes #11987