Amazon has announced the release of Lumberyard Beta 1.20, which promises to significantly reduce asset scanning time, potentially by as much as 90%. This update also includes over 200 enhancements, bug fixes, and new features. Key improvements, beyond the scan time optimization, involve reducing overhead when utilizing the Event Bus (EBus), resulting in faster event transmission for game systems and components. Furthermore, the update introduces new features and improvements to the animation and audio systems. Detailed release notes are available on the Lumberyard documentation site.
