--- title: Introducing Reverse Z (AKA I'm sorry for breaking your... description: Godot 4.3 introduces the reverse Z depth buffer technique, which improves depth buffer precision and reduces depth buffer artifacts. Some shaders may break due... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-reverse-z-aka-i-m-sorry-for-breaking-your-shader--m2y3auqok twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing Reverse Z (AKA I'm sorry for breaking your shader) | daily.dev og:description: Godot 4.3 introduces the reverse Z depth buffer technique, which improves depth buffer precision and reduces depth buffer artifacts. Some shaders may break due... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-reverse-z-aka-i-m-sorry-for-breaking-your-shader--m2y3auqok og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/M2Y3AUqOk.png og:image:alt: Introducing Reverse Z (AKA I'm sorry for breaking your shader) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing Reverse Z (AKA I'm sorry for breaking your shader) **[Godot](https://daily.dev/sources/godot)** · 5 min read · 15 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Godot 4.3 introduces the reverse Z depth buffer technique, which improves depth buffer precision and reduces depth buffer artifacts. Some shaders may break due to this implementation. Shaders that write to POSITION or DEPTH, read from depth_texture, or operate in clip space may require modifications. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@amad11** · 0 upvotes > This is a very good step as reverse Z is very good for open world 3d games. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#godot](https://daily.dev/tags/godot) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-reverse-z-aka-i-m-sorry-for-breaking-your-shader--m2y3auqok) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Introducing Reverse Z (AKA I'm sorry for breaking your shader)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-reverse-z-aka-i-m-sorry-for-breaking-your-shader--m2y3auqok","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-reverse-z-aka-i-m-sorry-for-breaking-your-shader--m2y3auqok"},"datePublished":"2024-04-29T17:28:43.011Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T07:55:57.971Z","description":"Godot 4.3 introduces the reverse Z depth buffer technique, which improves depth buffer precision and reduces depth buffer artifacts. 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