Several fixes to 3D rendering, and multimesh implementation.

36 files changed, 1211 insertions, 221 deletions

diff --git a/core/io/resource_loader.cpp b/core/io/resource_loader.cpp
index 0e1ada9475..b6e75dd0e7 100644
--- a/core/io/resource_loader.cpp
+++ b/core/io/resource_loader.cpp
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ RES ResourceLoader::load(const String &p_path, const String &p_type_hint, bool p
 		if (!p_no_cache) {
 			_remove_from_loading_map(local_path);
 		}
+		print_verbose("Failed loading resource: " + path);
 		return RES();
 	}
 	if (!p_no_cache)
diff --git a/drivers/vulkan/rendering_device_vulkan.cpp b/drivers/vulkan/rendering_device_vulkan.cpp
index 8cc07c59b1..09b0f7113e 100644
--- a/drivers/vulkan/rendering_device_vulkan.cpp
+++ b/drivers/vulkan/rendering_device_vulkan.cpp
@@ -3969,7 +3969,7 @@ RID RenderingDeviceVulkan::storage_buffer_create(uint32_t p_size_bytes, const Po
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(p_data.size() && (uint32_t)p_data.size() != p_size_bytes, RID());
 
 	Buffer buffer;
-	Error err = _buffer_allocate(&buffer, p_size_bytes, VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT | VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_BUFFER_BIT, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_GPU_ONLY);
+	Error err = _buffer_allocate(&buffer, p_size_bytes, VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT | VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT | VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_BUFFER_BIT, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_GPU_ONLY);
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(err != OK, RID());
 
 	if (p_data.size()) {
@@ -4600,6 +4600,8 @@ PoolVector<uint8_t> RenderingDeviceVulkan::buffer_get_data(RID p_buffer) {
 		buffer = index_buffer_owner.getornull(p_buffer);
 	} else if (texture_buffer_owner.owns(p_buffer)) {
 		buffer = &texture_buffer_owner.getornull(p_buffer)->buffer;
+	} else if (storage_buffer_owner.owns(p_buffer)) {
+		buffer = storage_buffer_owner.getornull(p_buffer);
 	} else {
 		ERR_FAIL_V_MSG(PoolVector<uint8_t>(), "Buffer is either invalid or this type of buffer can't be retrieved. Only Index and Vertex buffers allow retrieving.");
 	}
diff --git a/editor/doc/doc_data.cpp b/editor/doc/doc_data.cpp
index 0d9e53c71c..c128ca4321 100644
--- a/editor/doc/doc_data.cpp
+++ b/editor/doc/doc_data.cpp
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ void DocData::generate(bool p_basic_types) {
 				}
 			}
 
+			//used to track uninitialized values using valgrind
+			//print_line("getting default value for " + String(name) + "." + String(E->get().name));
 			if (default_value_valid && default_value.get_type() != Variant::OBJECT) {
 				prop.default_value = default_value.get_construct_string().replace("\n", "");
 			}
diff --git a/editor/import/resource_importer_texture.cpp b/editor/import/resource_importer_texture.cpp
index 1c373fbcf2..32bf9c6f40 100644
--- a/editor/import/resource_importer_texture.cpp
+++ b/editor/import/resource_importer_texture.cpp
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ void ResourceImporterTexture::update_imports() {
 			changed = true;
 		}
 
-		if (E->get().flags & MAKE_3D_FLAG && bool(cf->get_value("params", "detect_3d"))) {
-			cf->set_value("params", "detect_3d", false);
+		if (E->get().flags & MAKE_3D_FLAG && bool(cf->get_value("params", "usage/detect_3d"))) {
+			cf->set_value("params", "usage/detect_3d", false);
 			cf->set_value("params", "compress/mode", 2);
 			cf->set_value("params", "format/mipmaps", true);
 			changed = true;
@@ -214,9 +214,10 @@ void ResourceImporterTexture::get_import_options(List<ImportOption> *r_options,
 	r_options->push_back(ImportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "process/premult_alpha"), false));
 	r_options->push_back(ImportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "process/invert_color"), false));
 	r_options->push_back(ImportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "process/HDR_as_SRGB"), false));
-	r_options->push_back(ImportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "stream"), false));
-	r_options->push_back(ImportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "size_limit", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0,4096,1"), 0));
-	r_options->push_back(ImportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "detect_3d"), p_preset == PRESET_DETECT));
+	r_options->push_back(ImportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "process/size_limit", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0,4096,1"), 0));
+	r_options->push_back(ImportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "process/mipmap_limit", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0,999,1"), 0));
+	r_options->push_back(ImportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "usage/stream"), false));
+	r_options->push_back(ImportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "usage/detect_3d"), p_preset == PRESET_DETECT));
 	r_options->push_back(ImportOption(PropertyInfo(Variant::REAL, "svg/scale", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0.001,100,0.001"), 1.0));
 }
 
@@ -385,8 +386,8 @@ Error ResourceImporterTexture::import(const String &p_source_file, const String
 	bool fix_alpha_border = p_options["process/fix_alpha_border"];
 	bool premult_alpha = p_options["process/premult_alpha"];
 	bool invert_color = p_options["process/invert_color"];
-	bool stream = p_options["stream"];
-	int size_limit = p_options["size_limit"];
+	bool stream = p_options["usage/stream"];
+	int size_limit = p_options["process/size_limit"];
 	bool hdr_as_srgb = p_options["process/HDR_as_SRGB"];
 	int normal = p_options["compress/normal_map"];
 	float scale = p_options["svg/scale"];
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ Error ResourceImporterTexture::import(const String &p_source_file, const String
 		image->unlock();
 	}
 
-	bool detect_3d = p_options["detect_3d"];
+	bool detect_3d = p_options["usage/detect_3d"];
 	bool detect_roughness = roughness == 0;
 	bool detect_normal = normal == 0;
 	bool force_normal = normal == 1;
diff --git a/editor/plugins/multimesh_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/multimesh_editor_plugin.cpp
index 5dc222f84c..ddd27b5e97 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/multimesh_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/multimesh_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void MultiMeshEditor::_populate() {
 	int instance_count = populate_amount->get_value();
 
 	multimesh->set_transform_format(MultiMesh::TRANSFORM_3D);
-	multimesh->set_color_format(MultiMesh::COLOR_NONE);
+	multimesh->set_use_colors(false);
 	multimesh->set_instance_count(instance_count);
 
 	float _tilt_random = populate_tilt_random->get_value();
diff --git a/modules/gridmap/grid_map.cpp b/modules/gridmap/grid_map.cpp
index 1e73a715db..7fe58f8ce7 100644
--- a/modules/gridmap/grid_map.cpp
+++ b/modules/gridmap/grid_map.cpp
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ bool GridMap::_octant_update(const OctantKey &p_key) {
 			Octant::MultimeshInstance mmi;
 
 			RID mm = VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_create();
-			VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_allocate(mm, E->get().size(), VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D, VS::MULTIMESH_COLOR_NONE);
+			VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_allocate(mm, E->get().size(), VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D);
 			VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_set_mesh(mm, mesh_library->get_item_mesh(E->key())->get_rid());
 
 			int idx = 0;
diff --git a/scene/2d/cpu_particles_2d.cpp b/scene/2d/cpu_particles_2d.cpp
index 0e5c1b8c02..b4d1052c04 100644
--- a/scene/2d/cpu_particles_2d.cpp
+++ b/scene/2d/cpu_particles_2d.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void CPUParticles2D::set_amount(int p_amount) {
 	}
 
 	particle_data.resize((8 + 4 + 1) * p_amount);
-	VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_allocate(multimesh, p_amount, VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_2D, VS::MULTIMESH_COLOR_8BIT, VS::MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_FLOAT);
+	VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_allocate(multimesh, p_amount, VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_2D, true, true);
 
 	particle_order.resize(p_amount);
 }
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ void CPUParticles2D::_update_render_thread() {
 	update_mutex->lock();
 #endif
 
-	VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_set_as_bulk_array(multimesh, particle_data);
+	VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_set_buffer(multimesh, particle_data);
 
 #ifndef NO_THREADS
 	update_mutex->unlock();
diff --git a/scene/3d/cpu_particles.cpp b/scene/3d/cpu_particles.cpp
index aa7a413548..e8760983e9 100644
--- a/scene/3d/cpu_particles.cpp
+++ b/scene/3d/cpu_particles.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void CPUParticles::set_amount(int p_amount) {
 	}
 
 	particle_data.resize((12 + 4 + 1) * p_amount);
-	VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_allocate(multimesh, p_amount, VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D, VS::MULTIMESH_COLOR_8BIT, VS::MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_FLOAT);
+	VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_allocate(multimesh, p_amount, VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D, true, true);
 
 	particle_order.resize(p_amount);
 }
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ void CPUParticles::_update_render_thread() {
 	update_mutex->lock();
 #endif
 	if (can_update) {
-		VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_set_as_bulk_array(multimesh, particle_data);
+		VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_set_buffer(multimesh, particle_data);
 		can_update = false; //wait for next time
 	}
 
diff --git a/scene/3d/vehicle_body.cpp b/scene/3d/vehicle_body.cpp
index 92b17d5056..52e50aa84e 100644
--- a/scene/3d/vehicle_body.cpp
+++ b/scene/3d/vehicle_body.cpp
@@ -364,9 +364,8 @@ VehicleWheel::VehicleWheel() {
 
 	steers = false;
 	engine_traction = false;
-
 	m_steering = real_t(0.);
-	//m_engineForce = real_t(0.);
+	m_engineForce = real_t(0.);
 	m_rotation = real_t(0.);
 	m_deltaRotation = real_t(0.);
 	m_brake = real_t(0.);
diff --git a/scene/3d/voxel_light_baker.cpp b/scene/3d/voxel_light_baker.cpp
index 1b6e328342..db8d7f0851 100644
--- a/scene/3d/voxel_light_baker.cpp
+++ b/scene/3d/voxel_light_baker.cpp
@@ -2339,7 +2339,7 @@ Ref<MultiMesh> VoxelLightBaker::create_debug_multimesh(DebugMode p_mode) {
 	mm.instance();
 
 	mm->set_transform_format(MultiMesh::TRANSFORM_3D);
-	mm->set_color_format(MultiMesh::COLOR_8BIT);
+	mm->set_use_colors(true);
 	mm->set_instance_count(leaf_voxel_count);
 
 	Ref<ArrayMesh> mesh;
diff --git a/scene/main/viewport.cpp b/scene/main/viewport.cpp
index 976c66ad0c..19edf556fb 100644
--- a/scene/main/viewport.cpp
+++ b/scene/main/viewport.cpp
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ void Viewport::_notification(int p_what) {
 				//3D
 				PhysicsServer::get_singleton()->space_set_debug_contacts(find_world()->get_space(), get_tree()->get_collision_debug_contact_count());
 				contact_3d_debug_multimesh = VisualServer::get_singleton()->multimesh_create();
-				VisualServer::get_singleton()->multimesh_allocate(contact_3d_debug_multimesh, get_tree()->get_collision_debug_contact_count(), VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D, VS::MULTIMESH_COLOR_8BIT);
+				VisualServer::get_singleton()->multimesh_allocate(contact_3d_debug_multimesh, get_tree()->get_collision_debug_contact_count(), VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D, true);
 				VisualServer::get_singleton()->multimesh_set_visible_instances(contact_3d_debug_multimesh, 0);
 				VisualServer::get_singleton()->multimesh_set_mesh(contact_3d_debug_multimesh, get_tree()->get_debug_contact_mesh()->get_rid());
 				contact_3d_debug_instance = VisualServer::get_singleton()->instance_create();
diff --git a/scene/resources/environment.cpp b/scene/resources/environment.cpp
index 5e18e73b5b..4ee8962702 100644
--- a/scene/resources/environment.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/environment.cpp
@@ -937,6 +937,20 @@ float Environment::get_fog_height_curve() const {
 	return fog_height_curve;
 }
 
+#ifndef DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+bool Environment::_set(const StringName &p_name, const Variant &p_value) {
+	if (p_name == "background_sky") {
+		set_sky(p_value);
+		return true;
+	} else if (p_name == "background_sky_custom_fov") {
+		set_sky_custom_fov(p_value);
+		return true;
+	} else {
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
 void Environment::_bind_methods() {
 
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_background", "mode"), &Environment::set_background);
diff --git a/scene/resources/environment.h b/scene/resources/environment.h
index 30f96e97fd..69f18c3424 100644
--- a/scene/resources/environment.h
+++ b/scene/resources/environment.h
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ private:
 protected:
 	static void _bind_methods();
 	virtual void _validate_property(PropertyInfo &property) const;
+#ifndef DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+	bool _set(const StringName &p_name, const Variant &p_value);
+#endif
 
 public:
 	void set_background(BGMode p_bg);
diff --git a/scene/resources/mesh.cpp b/scene/resources/mesh.cpp
index 96c609174f..e102d944e8 100644
--- a/scene/resources/mesh.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/mesh.cpp
@@ -590,6 +590,89 @@ Vector<Ref<Shape> > Mesh::convex_decompose() const {
 Mesh::Mesh() {
 }
 
+static PoolVector<uint8_t> _fix_array_compatibility(const PoolVector<uint8_t> &p_src, uint32_t p_format, uint32_t p_elements) {
+
+	bool vertex_16bit = p_format & ((1 << (Mesh::ARRAY_VERTEX + Mesh::ARRAY_COMPRESS_BASE)));
+	bool bone_32_bits = (p_format & Mesh::ARRAY_FORMAT_BONES) && !(p_format & (Mesh::ARRAY_COMPRESS_INDEX << 2));
+
+	print_line("convert vertex16: " + itos(vertex_16bit) + " bone 32 " + itos(bone_32_bits));
+	if (!vertex_16bit && !bone_32_bits) {
+		return p_src;
+	}
+
+	bool vertex_2d = (p_format & (Mesh::ARRAY_COMPRESS_INDEX << 1));
+
+	uint32_t src_stride = p_src.size() / p_elements;
+	uint32_t dst_stride = src_stride + (vertex_16bit ? 4 : 0) - (bone_32_bits ? 16 : 0);
+
+	PoolVector<uint8_t> ret;
+	ret.resize(dst_stride * p_elements);
+	{
+		PoolVector<uint8_t>::Write w = ret.write();
+		PoolVector<uint8_t>::Read r = p_src.read();
+
+		for (uint32_t i = 0; i < p_elements; i++) {
+
+			uint32_t remaining = src_stride;
+			const uint8_t *src = (const uint8_t *)(r.ptr() + src_stride * i);
+			uint8_t *dst = (uint8_t *)(w.ptr() + dst_stride * i);
+
+			if (!vertex_2d) { //3D
+				if (vertex_16bit) {
+					float *dstw = (float *)dst;
+					const uint16_t *srcr = (const uint16_t *)src;
+					dstw[0] = Math::half_to_float(srcr[0]);
+					dstw[1] = Math::half_to_float(srcr[1]);
+					dstw[2] = Math::half_to_float(srcr[2]);
+					remaining -= 8;
+					src += 8;
+				} else {
+					src += 12;
+					remaining -= 12;
+				}
+				dst += 12;
+			} else {
+				if (vertex_16bit) {
+					float *dstw = (float *)dst;
+					const uint16_t *srcr = (const uint16_t *)src;
+					dstw[0] = Math::half_to_float(srcr[0]);
+					dstw[1] = Math::half_to_float(srcr[1]);
+					remaining -= 4;
+					src += 4;
+				} else {
+					src += 8;
+					remaining -= 8;
+				}
+				dst += 8;
+			}
+
+			if (bone_32_bits) {
+
+				const uint32_t *src_bones = (const uint32_t *)&src[remaining - 32];
+				const float *src_weights = (const float *)&src[remaining - 16];
+				uint16_t *dstw = (uint16_t *)&dst[remaining - 32];
+
+				dstw[0] = src_bones[0];
+				dstw[1] = src_bones[1];
+				dstw[2] = src_bones[2];
+				dstw[3] = src_bones[3];
+				dstw[4] = CLAMP(src_weights[0] * 65535, 0, 65535); //16bits unorm
+				dstw[5] = CLAMP(src_weights[1] * 65535, 0, 65535);
+				dstw[6] = CLAMP(src_weights[2] * 65535, 0, 65535);
+				dstw[7] = CLAMP(src_weights[3] * 65535, 0, 65535);
+
+				remaining -= 32;
+			}
+
+			for (uint32_t j = 0; j < remaining; j++) {
+				dst[j] = src[j];
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 bool ArrayMesh::_set(const StringName &p_name, const Variant &p_value) {
 
 	String sname = p_name;
@@ -624,11 +707,11 @@ bool ArrayMesh::_set(const StringName &p_name, const Variant &p_value) {
 		return true;
 	}
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_DEPRECATED
+#ifndef DISABLE_DEPRECATED
 	if (!sname.begins_with("surfaces"))
 		return false;
 
-	WARN_DEPRECATED("Mesh uses old surface format, which is deprecated (and loads slower). Consider re-importing or re-saving the scene.");
+	WARN_DEPRECATED_MSG("Mesh uses old surface format, which is deprecated (and loads slower). Consider re-importing or re-saving the scene.");
 
 	int idx = sname.get_slicec('/', 1).to_int();
 	String what = sname.get_slicec('/', 2);
@@ -640,12 +723,13 @@ bool ArrayMesh::_set(const StringName &p_name, const Variant &p_value) {
 		ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!d.has("primitive"), false);
 
 		if (d.has("arrays")) {
-			//old format
+			//oldest format (2.x)
 			ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!d.has("morph_arrays"), false);
 			add_surface_from_arrays(PrimitiveType(int(d["primitive"])), d["arrays"], d["morph_arrays"]);
 
 		} else if (d.has("array_data")) {
-
+			print_line("array data (old style");
+			//older format (3.x)
 			PoolVector<uint8_t> array_data = d["array_data"];
 			PoolVector<uint8_t> array_index_data;
 			if (d.has("array_index_data"))
@@ -655,16 +739,24 @@ bool ArrayMesh::_set(const StringName &p_name, const Variant &p_value) {
 			uint32_t format = d["format"];
 
 			uint32_t primitive = d["primitive"];
-			if (primitive > PRIMITIVE_LINE_STRIP) {
-				primitive--; //line loop was deprecated, so it's not supported and indices go down by one
-			}
-			if (primitive > PRIMITIVE_TRIANGLE_STRIP) {
-				primitive = PRIMITIVE_TRIANGLE_STRIP; //fan is no longer supported
-			}
+
+			uint32_t primitive_remap[7] = {
+				PRIMITIVE_POINTS,
+				PRIMITIVE_LINES,
+				PRIMITIVE_LINE_STRIP,
+				PRIMITIVE_LINES,
+				PRIMITIVE_TRIANGLES,
+				PRIMITIVE_TRIANGLE_STRIP,
+				PRIMITIVE_TRIANGLE_STRIP
+			};
+
+			primitive = primitive_remap[primitive]; //compatibility
 
 			ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!d.has("vertex_count"), false);
 			int vertex_count = d["vertex_count"];
 
+			array_data = _fix_array_compatibility(array_data, format, vertex_count);
+
 			int index_count = 0;
 			if (d.has("index_count"))
 				index_count = d["index_count"];
@@ -675,10 +767,15 @@ bool ArrayMesh::_set(const StringName &p_name, const Variant &p_value) {
 				Array blend_shape_data = d["blend_shape_data"];
 				for (int i = 0; i < blend_shape_data.size(); i++) {
 					PoolVector<uint8_t> shape = blend_shape_data[i];
+					shape = _fix_array_compatibility(shape, format, vertex_count);
+
 					blend_shapes.push_back(shape);
 				}
 			}
 
+			//clear unused flags
+			format &= ~((1 << (ARRAY_VERTEX + ARRAY_COMPRESS_BASE)) | (ARRAY_COMPRESS_INDEX << 2));
+
 			ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!d.has("aabb"), false);
 			AABB aabb = d["aabb"];
 
diff --git a/scene/resources/multimesh.cpp b/scene/resources/multimesh.cpp
index ee831f36f5..946511c766 100644
--- a/scene/resources/multimesh.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/multimesh.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include "multimesh.h"
 #include "servers/visual_server.h"
 
+#ifndef DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+
 void MultiMesh::_set_transform_array(const PoolVector<Vector3> &p_array) {
 	if (transform_format != TRANSFORM_3D)
 		return;
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ void MultiMesh::_set_color_array(const PoolVector<Color> &p_array) {
 
 PoolVector<Color> MultiMesh::_get_color_array() const {
 
-	if (instance_count == 0 || color_format == COLOR_NONE)
+	if (instance_count == 0 || !use_colors)
 		return PoolVector<Color>();
 
 	PoolVector<Color> colors;
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ void MultiMesh::_set_custom_data_array(const PoolVector<Color> &p_array) {
 
 PoolVector<Color> MultiMesh::_get_custom_data_array() const {
 
-	if (instance_count == 0 || custom_data_format == CUSTOM_DATA_NONE)
+	if (instance_count == 0 || !use_custom_data)
 		return PoolVector<Color>();
 
 	PoolVector<Color> custom_datas;
@@ -191,6 +193,16 @@ PoolVector<Color> MultiMesh::_get_custom_data_array() const {
 
 	return custom_datas;
 }
+
+#endif
+void MultiMesh::set_buffer(const PoolVector<float> &p_buffer) {
+	VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_set_buffer(multimesh, p_buffer);
+}
+
+PoolVector<float> MultiMesh::get_buffer() const {
+	return VS::get_singleton()->multimesh_get_buffer(multimesh);
+}
+
 void MultiMesh::set_mesh(const Ref<Mesh> &p_mesh) {
 
 	mesh = p_mesh;
@@ -207,7 +219,7 @@ Ref<Mesh> MultiMesh::get_mesh() const {
 
 void MultiMesh::set_instance_count(int p_count) {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(p_count < 0);
-	VisualServer::get_singleton()->multimesh_allocate(multimesh, p_count, VS::MultimeshTransformFormat(transform_format), VS::MultimeshColorFormat(color_format), VS::MultimeshCustomDataFormat(custom_data_format));
+	VisualServer::get_singleton()->multimesh_allocate(multimesh, p_count, VS::MultimeshTransformFormat(transform_format), use_colors, use_custom_data);
 	instance_count = p_count;
 }
 int MultiMesh::get_instance_count() const {
@@ -217,6 +229,7 @@ int MultiMesh::get_instance_count() const {
 
 void MultiMesh::set_visible_instance_count(int p_count) {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(p_count < -1);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(p_count > instance_count);
 	VisualServer::get_singleton()->multimesh_set_visible_instances(multimesh, p_count);
 	visible_instance_count = p_count;
 }
@@ -263,11 +276,6 @@ Color MultiMesh::get_instance_custom_data(int p_instance) const {
 	return VisualServer::get_singleton()->multimesh_instance_get_custom_data(multimesh, p_instance);
 }
 
-void MultiMesh::set_as_bulk_array(const PoolVector<float> &p_array) {
-
-	VisualServer::get_singleton()->multimesh_set_as_bulk_array(multimesh, p_array);
-}
-
 AABB MultiMesh::get_aabb() const {
 
 	return VisualServer::get_singleton()->multimesh_get_aabb(multimesh);
@@ -278,26 +286,22 @@ RID MultiMesh::get_rid() const {
 	return multimesh;
 }
 
-void MultiMesh::set_color_format(ColorFormat p_color_format) {
-
+void MultiMesh::set_use_colors(bool p_enable) {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(instance_count > 0);
-	color_format = p_color_format;
+	use_colors = p_enable;
 }
 
-MultiMesh::ColorFormat MultiMesh::get_color_format() const {
-
-	return color_format;
+bool MultiMesh::is_using_colors() const {
+	return use_colors;
 }
 
-void MultiMesh::set_custom_data_format(CustomDataFormat p_custom_data_format) {
-
+void MultiMesh::set_use_custom_data(bool p_enable) {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(instance_count > 0);
-	custom_data_format = p_custom_data_format;
+	use_custom_data = p_enable;
 }
 
-MultiMesh::CustomDataFormat MultiMesh::get_custom_data_format() const {
-
-	return custom_data_format;
+bool MultiMesh::is_using_custom_data() const {
+	return use_custom_data;
 }
 
 void MultiMesh::set_transform_format(TransformFormat p_transform_format) {
@@ -314,10 +318,10 @@ void MultiMesh::_bind_methods() {
 
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_mesh", "mesh"), &MultiMesh::set_mesh);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_mesh"), &MultiMesh::get_mesh);
-	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_color_format", "format"), &MultiMesh::set_color_format);
-	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_color_format"), &MultiMesh::get_color_format);
-	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_custom_data_format", "format"), &MultiMesh::set_custom_data_format);
-	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_custom_data_format"), &MultiMesh::get_custom_data_format);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_use_colors", "enable"), &MultiMesh::set_use_colors);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("is_using_colors"), &MultiMesh::is_using_colors);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_use_custom_data", "enable"), &MultiMesh::set_use_custom_data);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("is_using_custom_data"), &MultiMesh::is_using_custom_data);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_transform_format", "format"), &MultiMesh::set_transform_format);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_transform_format"), &MultiMesh::get_transform_format);
 
@@ -333,9 +337,22 @@ void MultiMesh::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_instance_color", "instance"), &MultiMesh::get_instance_color);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_instance_custom_data", "instance", "custom_data"), &MultiMesh::set_instance_custom_data);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_instance_custom_data", "instance"), &MultiMesh::get_instance_custom_data);
-	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_as_bulk_array", "array"), &MultiMesh::set_as_bulk_array);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_aabb"), &MultiMesh::get_aabb);
 
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_buffer"), &MultiMesh::get_buffer);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_buffer", "buffer"), &MultiMesh::set_buffer);
+
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "transform_format", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "2D,3D"), "set_transform_format", "get_transform_format");
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "use_colors"), "set_use_colors", "is_using_colors");
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "use_custom_data"), "set_use_custom_data", "is_using_custom_data");
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "instance_count", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0,16384,1,or_greater"), "set_instance_count", "get_instance_count");
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "visible_instance_count", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "-1,16384,1,or_greater"), "set_visible_instance_count", "get_visible_instance_count");
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::OBJECT, "mesh", PROPERTY_HINT_RESOURCE_TYPE, "Mesh"), "set_mesh", "get_mesh");
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::POOL_REAL_ARRAY, "buffer", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE), "set_buffer", "get_buffer");
+
+#ifndef DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+	//kept for compatibility
+
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_set_transform_array"), &MultiMesh::_set_transform_array);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_get_transform_array"), &MultiMesh::_get_transform_array);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_set_transform_2d_array"), &MultiMesh::_set_transform_2d_array);
@@ -345,34 +362,20 @@ void MultiMesh::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_set_custom_data_array"), &MultiMesh::_set_custom_data_array);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("_get_custom_data_array"), &MultiMesh::_get_custom_data_array);
 
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "color_format", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "None,Byte,Float"), "set_color_format", "get_color_format");
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "transform_format", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "2D,3D"), "set_transform_format", "get_transform_format");
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "custom_data_format", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "None,Byte,Float"), "set_custom_data_format", "get_custom_data_format");
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "instance_count", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0,16384,1,or_greater"), "set_instance_count", "get_instance_count");
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "visible_instance_count", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "-1,16384,1,or_greater"), "set_visible_instance_count", "get_visible_instance_count");
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::OBJECT, "mesh", PROPERTY_HINT_RESOURCE_TYPE, "Mesh"), "set_mesh", "get_mesh");
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::POOL_VECTOR3_ARRAY, "transform_array", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", PROPERTY_USAGE_NOEDITOR | PROPERTY_USAGE_INTERNAL), "_set_transform_array", "_get_transform_array");
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::POOL_VECTOR2_ARRAY, "transform_2d_array", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", PROPERTY_USAGE_NOEDITOR | PROPERTY_USAGE_INTERNAL), "_set_transform_2d_array", "_get_transform_2d_array");
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::POOL_COLOR_ARRAY, "color_array", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", PROPERTY_USAGE_NOEDITOR | PROPERTY_USAGE_INTERNAL), "_set_color_array", "_get_color_array");
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::POOL_COLOR_ARRAY, "custom_data_array", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", PROPERTY_USAGE_NOEDITOR | PROPERTY_USAGE_INTERNAL), "_set_custom_data_array", "_get_custom_data_array");
-
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::POOL_VECTOR3_ARRAY, "transform_array", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", 0), "_set_transform_array", "_get_transform_array");
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::POOL_VECTOR2_ARRAY, "transform_2d_array", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", 0), "_set_transform_2d_array", "_get_transform_2d_array");
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::POOL_COLOR_ARRAY, "color_array", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", 0), "_set_color_array", "_get_color_array");
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::POOL_COLOR_ARRAY, "custom_data_array", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", 0), "_set_custom_data_array", "_get_custom_data_array");
+#endif
 	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(TRANSFORM_2D);
 	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(TRANSFORM_3D);
-
-	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(COLOR_NONE);
-	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(COLOR_8BIT);
-	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(COLOR_FLOAT);
-
-	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(CUSTOM_DATA_NONE);
-	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(CUSTOM_DATA_8BIT);
-	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(CUSTOM_DATA_FLOAT);
 }
 
 MultiMesh::MultiMesh() {
 
 	multimesh = VisualServer::get_singleton()->multimesh_create();
-	color_format = COLOR_NONE;
-	custom_data_format = CUSTOM_DATA_NONE;
+	use_colors = false;
+	use_custom_data = false;
 	transform_format = TRANSFORM_2D;
 	visible_instance_count = -1;
 	instance_count = 0;
diff --git a/scene/resources/multimesh.h b/scene/resources/multimesh.h
index 9394737799..e7d62d0993 100644
--- a/scene/resources/multimesh.h
+++ b/scene/resources/multimesh.h
@@ -45,30 +45,20 @@ public:
 		TRANSFORM_3D = VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D
 	};
 
-	enum ColorFormat {
-		COLOR_NONE = VS::MULTIMESH_COLOR_NONE,
-		COLOR_8BIT = VS::MULTIMESH_COLOR_8BIT,
-		COLOR_FLOAT = VS::MULTIMESH_COLOR_FLOAT,
-	};
-
-	enum CustomDataFormat {
-		CUSTOM_DATA_NONE,
-		CUSTOM_DATA_8BIT,
-		CUSTOM_DATA_FLOAT,
-	};
-
 private:
 	Ref<Mesh> mesh;
 	RID multimesh;
 	TransformFormat transform_format;
-	ColorFormat color_format;
-	CustomDataFormat custom_data_format;
+	bool use_colors;
+	bool use_custom_data;
 	int instance_count;
 	int visible_instance_count;
 
 protected:
 	static void _bind_methods();
 
+#ifndef DISABLE_DEPRECATED
+
 	void _set_transform_array(const PoolVector<Vector3> &p_array);
 	PoolVector<Vector3> _get_transform_array() const;
 
@@ -80,16 +70,19 @@ protected:
 
 	void _set_custom_data_array(const PoolVector<Color> &p_array);
 	PoolVector<Color> _get_custom_data_array() const;
+#endif
+	void set_buffer(const PoolVector<float> &p_buffer);
+	PoolVector<float> get_buffer() const;
 
 public:
 	void set_mesh(const Ref<Mesh> &p_mesh);
 	Ref<Mesh> get_mesh() const;
 
-	void set_color_format(ColorFormat p_color_format);
-	ColorFormat get_color_format() const;
+	void set_use_colors(bool p_enable);
+	bool is_using_colors() const;
 
-	void set_custom_data_format(CustomDataFormat p_custom_data_format);
-	CustomDataFormat get_custom_data_format() const;
+	void set_use_custom_data(bool p_enable);
+	bool is_using_custom_data() const;
 
 	void set_transform_format(TransformFormat p_transform_format);
 	TransformFormat get_transform_format() const;
@@ -111,8 +104,6 @@ public:
 	void set_instance_custom_data(int p_instance, const Color &p_custom_data);
 	Color get_instance_custom_data(int p_instance) const;
 
-	void set_as_bulk_array(const PoolVector<float> &p_array);
-
 	virtual AABB get_aabb() const;
 
 	virtual RID get_rid() const;
@@ -122,7 +113,5 @@ public:
 };
 
 VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(MultiMesh::TransformFormat);
-VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(MultiMesh::ColorFormat);
-VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(MultiMesh::CustomDataFormat);
 
 #endif // MULTI_MESH_H
diff --git a/scene/resources/texture.cpp b/scene/resources/texture.cpp
index 7085171043..c0311aca3a 100644
--- a/scene/resources/texture.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/texture.cpp
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ Image::Format StreamTexture::get_format() const {
 	return format;
 }
 
-Error StreamTexture::_load_data(const String &p_path, int &tw, int &th, int &tw_custom, int &th_custom, Ref<Image> &image, int p_size_limit) {
+Error StreamTexture::_load_data(const String &p_path, int &tw, int &th, int &tw_custom, int &th_custom, Ref<Image> &image, bool &r_request_3d, bool &r_request_normal, bool &r_request_roughness, int p_size_limit) {
 
 	alpha_cache.unref();
 
@@ -420,29 +420,16 @@ Error StreamTexture::_load_data(const String &p_path, int &tw, int &th, int &tw_
 
 #ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
 
-	if (request_3d_callback && df & FORMAT_BIT_DETECT_3D) {
-		//print_line("request detect 3D at " + p_path);
-		VS::get_singleton()->texture_set_detect_3d_callback(texture, _requested_3d, this);
-	} else {
-		//print_line("not requesting detect 3D at " + p_path);
-		VS::get_singleton()->texture_set_detect_3d_callback(texture, NULL, NULL);
-	}
+	r_request_3d = request_3d_callback && df & FORMAT_BIT_DETECT_3D;
+	r_request_roughness = request_roughness_callback && df & FORMAT_BIT_DETECT_ROUGNESS;
+	r_request_normal = request_normal_callback && df & FORMAT_BIT_DETECT_NORMAL;
 
-	if (request_roughness_callback && df & FORMAT_BIT_DETECT_ROUGNESS) {
-		//print_line("request detect srgb at " + p_path);
-		VS::get_singleton()->texture_set_detect_roughness_callback(texture, _requested_roughness, this);
-	} else {
-		//print_line("not requesting detect srgb at " + p_path);
-		VS::get_singleton()->texture_set_detect_roughness_callback(texture, NULL, NULL);
-	}
+#else
+
+	r_request_3d = false;
+	r_request_roughness = false;
+	r_request_normal = false;
 
-	if (request_normal_callback && df & FORMAT_BIT_DETECT_NORMAL) {
-		//print_line("request detect srgb at " + p_path);
-		VS::get_singleton()->texture_set_detect_normal_callback(texture, _requested_normal, this);
-	} else {
-		//print_line("not requesting detect normal at " + p_path);
-		VS::get_singleton()->texture_set_detect_normal_callback(texture, NULL, NULL);
-	}
 #endif
 	if (!(df & FORMAT_BIT_STREAM)) {
 		p_size_limit = 0;
@@ -607,7 +594,7 @@ Error StreamTexture::_load_data(const String &p_path, int &tw, int &th, int &tw_
 		}
 	}
 
-	return ERR_BUG; //unreachable
+	ERR_FAIL_V(ERR_BUG); //unreachable
 }
 
 Error StreamTexture::load(const String &p_path) {
@@ -615,14 +602,15 @@ Error StreamTexture::load(const String &p_path) {
 	int lw, lh, lwc, lhc;
 	Ref<Image> image;
 	image.instance();
-	Error err = _load_data(p_path, lw, lh, lwc, lhc, image);
+
+	bool request_3d;
+	bool request_normal;
+	bool request_roughness;
+
+	Error err = _load_data(p_path, lw, lh, lwc, lhc, image, request_3d, request_normal, request_roughness);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (get_path() == String()) {
-		//temporarily set path if no path set for resource, helps find errors
-		VisualServer::get_singleton()->texture_set_path(texture, p_path);
-	}
 	if (texture.is_valid()) {
 		RID new_texture = VS::get_singleton()->texture_2d_create(image);
 		VS::get_singleton()->texture_replace(texture, new_texture);
@@ -638,6 +626,38 @@ Error StreamTexture::load(const String &p_path) {
 	path_to_file = p_path;
 	format = image->get_format();
 
+	if (get_path() == String()) {
+		//temporarily set path if no path set for resource, helps find errors
+		VisualServer::get_singleton()->texture_set_path(texture, p_path);
+	}
+
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
+
+	if (request_3d) {
+		//print_line("request detect 3D at " + p_path);
+		VS::get_singleton()->texture_set_detect_3d_callback(texture, _requested_3d, this);
+	} else {
+		//print_line("not requesting detect 3D at " + p_path);
+		VS::get_singleton()->texture_set_detect_3d_callback(texture, NULL, NULL);
+	}
+
+	if (request_roughness) {
+		//print_line("request detect srgb at " + p_path);
+		VS::get_singleton()->texture_set_detect_roughness_callback(texture, _requested_roughness, this);
+	} else {
+		//print_line("not requesting detect srgb at " + p_path);
+		VS::get_singleton()->texture_set_detect_roughness_callback(texture, NULL, NULL);
+	}
+
+	if (request_normal) {
+		//print_line("request detect srgb at " + p_path);
+		VS::get_singleton()->texture_set_detect_normal_callback(texture, _requested_normal, this);
+	} else {
+		//print_line("not requesting detect normal at " + p_path);
+		VS::get_singleton()->texture_set_detect_normal_callback(texture, NULL, NULL);
+	}
+
+#endif
 	_change_notify();
 	emit_changed();
 	return OK;
diff --git a/scene/resources/texture.h b/scene/resources/texture.h
index c18368fb85..173556da72 100644
--- a/scene/resources/texture.h
+++ b/scene/resources/texture.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public:
 	};
 
 private:
-	Error _load_data(const String &p_path, int &tw, int &th, int &tw_custom, int &th_custom, Ref<Image> &image, int p_size_limit = 0);
+	Error _load_data(const String &p_path, int &tw, int &th, int &tw_custom, int &th_custom, Ref<Image> &image, bool &r_request_3d, bool &r_request_normal, bool &r_request_roughness, int p_size_limit = 0);
 	String path_to_file;
 	mutable RID texture;
 	Image::Format format;
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ public:
 class Cubemap : public TextureLayered {
 
 	GDCLASS(Cubemap, TextureLayered);
+
 public:
 	Cubemap() :
 			TextureLayered(VS::TEXTURE_LAYERED_CUBEMAP) {}
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ public:
 class CubemapArray : public TextureLayered {
 
 	GDCLASS(CubemapArray, TextureLayered);
+
 public:
 	CubemapArray() :
 			TextureLayered(VS::TEXTURE_LAYERED_CUBEMAP_ARRAY) {}
diff --git a/servers/visual/rasterizer.h b/servers/visual/rasterizer.h
index fe682618a4..f5ce604b04 100644
--- a/servers/visual/rasterizer.h
+++ b/servers/visual/rasterizer.h
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ public:
 
 	virtual RID multimesh_create() = 0;
 
-	virtual void multimesh_allocate(RID p_multimesh, int p_instances, VS::MultimeshTransformFormat p_transform_format, VS::MultimeshColorFormat p_color_format, VS::MultimeshCustomDataFormat p_data = VS::MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_NONE) = 0;
+	virtual void multimesh_allocate(RID p_multimesh, int p_instances, VS::MultimeshTransformFormat p_transform_format, bool p_use_colors = false, bool p_use_custom_data = false) = 0;
+
 	virtual int multimesh_get_instance_count(RID p_multimesh) const = 0;
 
 	virtual void multimesh_set_mesh(RID p_multimesh, RID p_mesh) = 0;
@@ -374,7 +375,8 @@ public:
 	virtual Color multimesh_instance_get_color(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const = 0;
 	virtual Color multimesh_instance_get_custom_data(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const = 0;
 
-	virtual void multimesh_set_as_bulk_array(RID p_multimesh, const PoolVector<float> &p_array) = 0;
+	virtual void multimesh_set_buffer(RID p_multimesh, const PoolVector<float> &p_buffer) = 0;
+	virtual PoolVector<float> multimesh_get_buffer(RID p_multimesh) const = 0;
 
 	virtual void multimesh_set_visible_instances(RID p_multimesh, int p_visible) = 0;
 	virtual int multimesh_get_visible_instances(RID p_multimesh) const = 0;
diff --git a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_canvas_rd.cpp b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_canvas_rd.cpp
index 1dc0503027..1a94f11334 100644
--- a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_canvas_rd.cpp
+++ b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_canvas_rd.cpp
@@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@ void RasterizerCanvasRD::MaterialData::update_parameters(const Map<StringName, V
 
 	if (p_textures_dirty && tex_uniform_count) {
 
-		update_textures(p_parameters, shader_data->default_texture_params, shader_data->texture_uniforms, texture_cache.ptrw());
+		update_textures(p_parameters, shader_data->default_texture_params, shader_data->texture_uniforms, texture_cache.ptrw(), false);
 	}
 
 	if (shader_data->ubo_size == 0 && !shader_data->uses_material_samplers) {
diff --git a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_scene_forward_rd.cpp b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_scene_forward_rd.cpp
index be5b8f1845..bf4d7e4fc8 100644
--- a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_scene_forward_rd.cpp
+++ b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_scene_forward_rd.cpp
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ void RasterizerSceneForwardRD::MaterialData::update_parameters(const Map<StringN
 
 	if (p_textures_dirty && tex_uniform_count) {
 
-		update_textures(p_parameters, shader_data->default_texture_params, shader_data->texture_uniforms, texture_cache.ptrw());
+		update_textures(p_parameters, shader_data->default_texture_params, shader_data->texture_uniforms, texture_cache.ptrw(), true);
 	}
 
 	if (shader_data->ubo_size == 0 && shader_data->texture_uniforms.size() == 0) {
@@ -607,6 +607,26 @@ void RasterizerSceneForwardRD::_fill_instances(RenderList::Element **p_elements,
 		id.flags = 0;
 		id.mask = e->instance->layer_mask;
 
+		if (e->instance->base_type == VS::INSTANCE_MULTIMESH) {
+			id.flags |= INSTANCE_DATA_FLAG_MULTIMESH;
+			uint32_t stride;
+			if (storage->multimesh_get_transform_format(e->instance->base) == VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_2D) {
+				id.flags |= INSTANCE_DATA_FLAG_MULTIMESH_FORMAT_2D;
+				stride = 2;
+			} else {
+				stride = 3;
+			}
+			if (storage->multimesh_uses_colors(e->instance->base)) {
+				id.flags |= INSTANCE_DATA_FLAG_MULTIMESH_HAS_COLOR;
+				stride += 1;
+			}
+			if (storage->multimesh_uses_custom_data(e->instance->base)) {
+				id.flags |= INSTANCE_DATA_FLAG_MULTIMESH_HAS_CUSTOM_DATA;
+				stride += 1;
+			}
+
+			id.flags |= (stride << INSTANCE_DATA_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_STRIDE_SHIFT);
+		}
 		//forward
 
 		uint32_t reflection_count = 0;
@@ -632,7 +652,7 @@ void RasterizerSceneForwardRD::_fill_instances(RenderList::Element **p_elements,
 				}
 
 				if (reflection_count < 8) {
-					id.omni_light_indices[omni_count] = reflection_probe_instance_get_render_index(rpi_ptrs[j]);
+					id.reflection_probe_indices[reflection_count] = reflection_probe_instance_get_render_index(rpi_ptrs[j]);
 					reflection_count++;
 				}
 			}
@@ -661,7 +681,7 @@ void RasterizerSceneForwardRD::_fill_instances(RenderList::Element **p_elements,
 					}
 				} else {
 					if (spot_count < 8) {
-						id.omni_light_indices[spot_count] = light_instance_get_index(light_ptrs[j]);
+						id.spot_light_indices[spot_count] = light_instance_get_index(light_ptrs[j]);
 						spot_count++;
 					}
 				}
@@ -686,6 +706,7 @@ void RasterizerSceneForwardRD::_render_list(RenderingDevice::DrawListID p_draw_l
 
 	//global scope bindings
 	RD::get_singleton()->draw_list_bind_uniform_set(draw_list, render_base_uniform_set, 0);
+	RD::get_singleton()->draw_list_bind_uniform_set(draw_list, default_vec4_xform_uniform_set, 1);
 
 	MaterialData *prev_material = nullptr;
 	//	ShaderData *prev_shader = nullptr;
@@ -693,6 +714,7 @@ void RasterizerSceneForwardRD::_render_list(RenderingDevice::DrawListID p_draw_l
 	RID prev_vertex_array_rd;
 	RID prev_index_array_rd;
 	RID prev_pipeline_rd;
+	RID prev_xforms_uniform_set;
 
 	PushConstant push_constant;
 	zeromem(&push_constant, sizeof(PushConstant));
@@ -703,6 +725,7 @@ void RasterizerSceneForwardRD::_render_list(RenderingDevice::DrawListID p_draw_l
 
 		MaterialData *material = e->material;
 		ShaderData *shader = material->shader_data;
+		RID xforms_uniform_set;
 
 		//find cull variant
 		ShaderData::CullVariant cull_variant;
@@ -725,7 +748,12 @@ void RasterizerSceneForwardRD::_render_list(RenderingDevice::DrawListID p_draw_l
 				primitive = storage->mesh_surface_get_primitive(e->instance->base, e->surface_index);
 			} break;
 			case VS::INSTANCE_MULTIMESH: {
-				ERR_CONTINUE(true); //should be a bug
+				RID mesh = storage->multimesh_get_mesh(e->instance->base);
+				ERR_CONTINUE(!mesh.is_valid()); //should be a bug
+				primitive = storage->mesh_surface_get_primitive(mesh, e->surface_index);
+
+				xforms_uniform_set = storage->multimesh_get_3d_uniform_set(e->instance->base, default_shader_rd, 1);
+
 			} break;
 			case VS::INSTANCE_IMMEDIATE: {
 				ERR_CONTINUE(true); //should be a bug
@@ -790,7 +818,9 @@ void RasterizerSceneForwardRD::_render_list(RenderingDevice::DrawListID p_draw_l
 				storage->mesh_surface_get_arrays_and_format(e->instance->base, e->surface_index, pipeline->get_vertex_input_mask(), vertex_array_rd, index_array_rd, vertex_format);
 			} break;
 			case VS::INSTANCE_MULTIMESH: {
-				ERR_CONTINUE(true); //should be a bug
+				RID mesh = storage->multimesh_get_mesh(e->instance->base);
+				ERR_CONTINUE(!mesh.is_valid()); //should be a bug
+				storage->mesh_surface_get_arrays_and_format(mesh, e->surface_index, pipeline->get_vertex_input_mask(), vertex_array_rd, index_array_rd, vertex_format);
 			} break;
 			case VS::INSTANCE_IMMEDIATE: {
 				ERR_CONTINUE(true); //should be a bug
@@ -824,6 +854,11 @@ void RasterizerSceneForwardRD::_render_list(RenderingDevice::DrawListID p_draw_l
 			prev_pipeline_rd = pipeline_rd;
 		}
 
+		if (xforms_uniform_set.is_valid() && prev_xforms_uniform_set != xforms_uniform_set) {
+			RD::get_singleton()->draw_list_bind_uniform_set(draw_list, material->uniform_set, 1);
+			prev_xforms_uniform_set = xforms_uniform_set;
+		}
+
 		if (material != prev_material) {
 			//update uniform set
 			if (material->uniform_set.is_valid()) {
@@ -841,7 +876,8 @@ void RasterizerSceneForwardRD::_render_list(RenderingDevice::DrawListID p_draw_l
 				RD::get_singleton()->draw_list_draw(draw_list, index_array_rd.is_valid());
 			} break;
 			case VS::INSTANCE_MULTIMESH: {
-
+				uint32_t instances = storage->multimesh_get_instances_to_draw(e->instance->base);
+				RD::get_singleton()->draw_list_draw(draw_list, index_array_rd.is_valid(), instances);
 			} break;
 			case VS::INSTANCE_IMMEDIATE: {
 
@@ -1223,28 +1259,35 @@ void RasterizerSceneForwardRD::_fill_render_list(InstanceBase **p_cull_result, i
 				//mesh->last_pass=frame;
 
 			} break;
-#if 0
+
 			case VS::INSTANCE_MULTIMESH: {
 
-				RasterizerStorageGLES3::MultiMesh *multi_mesh = storage->multimesh_owner.getornull(inst->base);
-				ERR_CONTINUE(!multi_mesh);
+				if (storage->multimesh_get_instances_to_draw(inst->base) == 0) {
+					//not visible, 0 instances
+					continue;
+				}
 
-				if (multi_mesh->size == 0 || multi_mesh->visible_instances == 0)
+				RID mesh = storage->multimesh_get_mesh(inst->base);
+				if (!mesh.is_valid()) {
 					continue;
+				}
 
-				RasterizerStorageGLES3::Mesh *mesh = storage->mesh_owner.getornull(multi_mesh->mesh);
-				if (!mesh)
-					continue; //mesh not assigned
+				const RID *materials = NULL;
+				uint32_t surface_count;
 
-				int ssize = mesh->surfaces.size();
+				materials = storage->mesh_get_surface_count_and_materials(mesh, surface_count);
+				if (!materials) {
+					continue; //nothing to do
+				}
 
-				for (int j = 0; j < ssize; j++) {
+				for (uint32_t j = 0; j < surface_count; j++) {
 
-					RasterizerStorageGLES3::Surface *s = mesh->surfaces[j];
-					_add_geometry(s, inst, multi_mesh, -1, p_depth_pass, p_shadow_pass);
+					uint32_t surface_index = storage->mesh_surface_get_multimesh_render_pass_index(inst->base, j, render_pass, &geometry_index);
+					_add_geometry(inst, j, materials[j], p_pass_mode, surface_index);
 				}
 
 			} break;
+#if 0
 			case VS::INSTANCE_IMMEDIATE: {
 
 				RasterizerStorageGLES3::Immediate *immediate = storage->immediate_owner.getornull(inst->base);
@@ -2589,7 +2632,7 @@ RasterizerSceneForwardRD::RasterizerSceneForwardRD(RasterizerStorageRD *p_storag
 		actions.renames["POINT_COORD"] = "gl_PointCoord";
 		actions.renames["INSTANCE_CUSTOM"] = "instance_custom";
 		actions.renames["SCREEN_UV"] = "screen_uv";
-		actions.renames["SCREEN_TEXTURE"] = "screen_texture";
+		actions.renames["SCREEN_TEXTURE"] = "color_buffer";
 		actions.renames["DEPTH_TEXTURE"] = "depth_buffer";
 		actions.renames["NORMAL_TEXTURE"] = "normal_buffer";
 		actions.renames["DEPTH"] = "gl_FragDepth";
@@ -2698,6 +2741,17 @@ RasterizerSceneForwardRD::RasterizerSceneForwardRD(RasterizerStorageRD *p_storag
 	}
 
 	{
+		default_vec4_xform_buffer = RD::get_singleton()->storage_buffer_create(256);
+		Vector<RD::Uniform> uniforms;
+		RD::Uniform u;
+		u.type = RD::UNIFORM_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER;
+		u.ids.push_back(default_vec4_xform_buffer);
+		u.binding = 0;
+		uniforms.push_back(u);
+
+		default_vec4_xform_uniform_set = RD::get_singleton()->uniform_set_create(uniforms, default_shader_rd, 1);
+	}
+	{
 
 		RD::SamplerState sampler;
 		sampler.mag_filter = RD::SAMPLER_FILTER_LINEAR;
diff --git a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_scene_forward_rd.h b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_scene_forward_rd.h
index c8166c3f88..912d62b1d8 100644
--- a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_scene_forward_rd.h
+++ b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_scene_forward_rd.h
@@ -247,6 +247,15 @@ class RasterizerSceneForwardRD : public RasterizerSceneRD {
 		float shadow_matrices[4][16];
 	};
 
+	enum {
+		INSTANCE_DATA_FLAG_MULTIMESH = 1 << 12,
+		INSTANCE_DATA_FLAG_MULTIMESH_FORMAT_2D = 1 << 13,
+		INSTANCE_DATA_FLAG_MULTIMESH_HAS_COLOR = 1 << 14,
+		INSTANCE_DATA_FLAG_MULTIMESH_HAS_CUSTOM_DATA = 1 << 15,
+		INSTANCE_DATA_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_STRIDE_SHIFT = 16,
+		INSTANCE_DATA_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_STRIDE_MASK = 0x7,
+	};
+
 	struct InstanceData {
 		float transform[16];
 		float normal_transform[16];
@@ -471,6 +480,9 @@ class RasterizerSceneForwardRD : public RasterizerSceneRD {
 	RID default_material;
 	RID default_shader_rd;
 
+	RID default_vec4_xform_buffer;
+	RID default_vec4_xform_uniform_set;
+
 	enum PassMode {
 		PASS_MODE_COLOR,
 		PASS_MODE_COLOR_SPECULAR,
diff --git a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_scene_rd.cpp b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_scene_rd.cpp
index 63b65a8a15..7bb615eda9 100644
--- a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_scene_rd.cpp
+++ b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_scene_rd.cpp
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ VS::EnvironmentReflectionSource RasterizerSceneRD::environment_get_reflection_so
 void RasterizerSceneRD::environment_set_tonemap(RID p_env, VS::EnvironmentToneMapper p_tone_mapper, float p_exposure, float p_white, bool p_auto_exposure, float p_min_luminance, float p_max_luminance, float p_auto_exp_speed, float p_auto_exp_scale) {
 	Environent *env = environment_owner.getornull(p_env);
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(!env);
+	env->exposure = p_exposure;
 	env->tone_mapper = p_tone_mapper;
 	env->auto_exposure = p_auto_exposure;
 	env->white = p_white;
@@ -1414,7 +1415,7 @@ bool RasterizerSceneRD::free(RID p_rid) {
 		reflection_atlas_owner.free(p_rid);
 	} else if (reflection_probe_instance_owner.owns(p_rid)) {
 		//not much to delete, just free it
-		ReflectionProbeInstance *rpi = reflection_probe_instance_owner.getornull(p_rid);
+		//ReflectionProbeInstance *rpi = reflection_probe_instance_owner.getornull(p_rid);
 		reflection_probe_release_atlas_index(p_rid);
 		reflection_probe_instance_owner.free(p_rid);
 	} else if (sky_owner.owns(p_rid)) {
diff --git a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_storage_rd.cpp b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_storage_rd.cpp
index e80f5f54b9..7cf93a82e0 100644
--- a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_storage_rd.cpp
+++ b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_storage_rd.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Ref<Image> RasterizerStorageRD::_validate_texture_format(const Ref<Image> &p_ima
 		case Image::FORMAT_DXT1: {
 			if (RD::get_singleton()->texture_is_format_supported_for_usage(RD::DATA_FORMAT_BC1_RGB_UNORM_BLOCK, RD::TEXTURE_USAGE_SAMPLING_BIT | RD::TEXTURE_USAGE_CAN_UPDATE_BIT)) {
 				r_format.format = RD::DATA_FORMAT_BC1_RGB_UNORM_BLOCK;
-				r_format.format_srgb = RD::DATA_FORMAT_BC1_RGBA_SRGB_BLOCK;
+				r_format.format_srgb = RD::DATA_FORMAT_BC1_RGB_SRGB_BLOCK;
 			} else {
 				//not supported, reconvert
 				r_format.format = RD::DATA_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
@@ -788,16 +788,31 @@ void RasterizerStorageRD::texture_set_size_override(RID p_texture, int p_width,
 }
 
 void RasterizerStorageRD::texture_set_path(RID p_texture, const String &p_path) {
+	Texture *tex = texture_owner.getornull(p_texture);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(!tex);
+	tex->path = p_path;
 }
 String RasterizerStorageRD::texture_get_path(RID p_texture) const {
 	return String();
 }
 
 void RasterizerStorageRD::texture_set_detect_3d_callback(RID p_texture, VS::TextureDetectCallback p_callback, void *p_userdata) {
+	Texture *tex = texture_owner.getornull(p_texture);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(!tex);
+	tex->detect_3d_callback_ud = p_userdata;
+	tex->detect_3d_callback = p_callback;
 }
 void RasterizerStorageRD::texture_set_detect_normal_callback(RID p_texture, VS::TextureDetectCallback p_callback, void *p_userdata) {
+	Texture *tex = texture_owner.getornull(p_texture);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(!tex);
+	tex->detect_normal_callback_ud = p_userdata;
+	tex->detect_normal_callback = p_callback;
 }
 void RasterizerStorageRD::texture_set_detect_roughness_callback(RID p_texture, VS::TextureDetectRoughnessCallback p_callback, void *p_userdata) {
+	Texture *tex = texture_owner.getornull(p_texture);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(!tex);
+	tex->detect_roughness_callback_ud = p_userdata;
+	tex->detect_roughness_callback = p_callback;
 }
 void RasterizerStorageRD::texture_debug_usage(List<VS::TextureInfo> *r_info) {
 }
@@ -1611,9 +1626,14 @@ void RasterizerStorageRD::MaterialData::update_uniform_buffer(const Map<StringNa
 	}
 }
 
-void RasterizerStorageRD::MaterialData::update_textures(const Map<StringName, Variant> &p_parameters, const Map<StringName, RID> &p_default_textures, const Vector<ShaderCompilerRD::GeneratedCode::Texture> &p_texture_uniforms, RID *p_textures) {
+void RasterizerStorageRD::MaterialData::update_textures(const Map<StringName, Variant> &p_parameters, const Map<StringName, RID> &p_default_textures, const Vector<ShaderCompilerRD::GeneratedCode::Texture> &p_texture_uniforms, RID *p_textures, bool p_use_linear_color) {
 
 	RasterizerStorageRD *singleton = (RasterizerStorageRD *)RasterizerStorage::base_singleton;
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
+	Texture *roughness_detect_texture = nullptr;
+	VS::TextureDetectRoughnessChannel roughness_channel;
+	Texture *normal_detect_texture = nullptr;
+#endif
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < p_texture_uniforms.size(); i++) {
 
@@ -1653,8 +1673,31 @@ void RasterizerStorageRD::MaterialData::update_textures(const Map<StringName, Va
 				} break;
 			}
 		} else {
-			bool srgb = p_texture_uniforms[i].hint == ShaderLanguage::ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ALBEDO || p_texture_uniforms[i].hint == ShaderLanguage::ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_BLACK_ALBEDO;
-			rd_texture = singleton->texture_get_rd_texture(texture, srgb);
+			bool srgb = p_use_linear_color && p_texture_uniforms[i].hint == ShaderLanguage::ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ALBEDO || p_texture_uniforms[i].hint == ShaderLanguage::ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_BLACK_ALBEDO;
+
+			Texture *tex = singleton->texture_owner.getornull(texture);
+
+			if (tex) {
+				rd_texture = (srgb && tex->rd_texture_srgb.is_valid()) ? tex->rd_texture_srgb : tex->rd_texture;
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
+				if (tex->detect_3d_callback && p_use_linear_color) {
+					tex->detect_3d_callback(tex->detect_3d_callback_ud);
+				}
+				if (tex->detect_normal_callback && (p_texture_uniforms[i].hint == ShaderLanguage::ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_NORMAL || p_texture_uniforms[i].hint == ShaderLanguage::ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ROUGHNESS_NORMAL)) {
+					if (p_texture_uniforms[i].hint == ShaderLanguage::ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ROUGHNESS_NORMAL) {
+						normal_detect_texture = tex;
+					}
+					tex->detect_normal_callback(tex->detect_normal_callback_ud);
+				}
+				if (tex->detect_roughness_callback && (p_texture_uniforms[i].hint >= ShaderLanguage::ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ROUGHNESS_R || p_texture_uniforms[i].hint <= ShaderLanguage::ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ROUGHNESS_GRAY)) {
+					//find the normal texture
+					roughness_detect_texture = tex;
+					roughness_channel = VS::TextureDetectRoughnessChannel(p_texture_uniforms[i].hint - ShaderLanguage::ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ROUGHNESS_R);
+				}
+
+#endif
+			}
+
 			if (rd_texture.is_null()) {
 				//wtf
 				rd_texture = singleton->texture_rd_get_default(DEFAULT_RD_TEXTURE_WHITE);
@@ -1663,6 +1706,11 @@ void RasterizerStorageRD::MaterialData::update_textures(const Map<StringName, Va
 
 		p_textures[i] = rd_texture;
 	}
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
+	if (roughness_detect_texture && normal_detect_texture && normal_detect_texture->path != String()) {
+		roughness_detect_texture->detect_roughness_callback(roughness_detect_texture->detect_roughness_callback_ud, normal_detect_texture->path, roughness_channel);
+	}
+#endif
 }
 
 void RasterizerStorageRD::material_force_update_textures(RID p_material, ShaderType p_shader_type) {
@@ -2087,6 +2135,568 @@ void RasterizerStorageRD::_mesh_surface_generate_version_for_input_mask(Mesh::Su
 	v.vertex_array = RD::get_singleton()->vertex_array_create(s->vertex_count, v.vertex_format, buffers);
 }
 
+////////////////// MULTIMESH
+
+RID RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_create() {
+
+	return multimesh_owner.make_rid(MultiMesh());
+}
+
+void RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_allocate(RID p_multimesh, int p_instances, VS::MultimeshTransformFormat p_transform_format, bool p_use_colors, bool p_use_custom_data) {
+
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(!multimesh);
+
+	if (multimesh->instances == p_instances && multimesh->xform_format == p_transform_format && multimesh->uses_colors == p_use_colors && multimesh->uses_custom_data == p_use_custom_data) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (multimesh->buffer.is_valid()) {
+		RD::get_singleton()->free(multimesh->buffer);
+		multimesh->buffer = RID();
+		multimesh->uniform_set_3d = RID(); //cleared by dependency
+	}
+
+	if (multimesh->data_cache_dirty_regions) {
+		memdelete_arr(multimesh->data_cache_dirty_regions);
+		multimesh->data_cache_dirty_regions = nullptr;
+		multimesh->data_cache_used_dirty_regions = 0;
+	}
+
+	multimesh->instances = p_instances;
+	multimesh->xform_format = p_transform_format;
+	multimesh->uses_colors = p_use_colors;
+	multimesh->color_offset_cache = p_transform_format == VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_2D ? 8 : 12;
+	multimesh->uses_custom_data = p_use_custom_data;
+	multimesh->custom_data_offset_cache = multimesh->color_offset_cache + (p_use_colors ? 4 : 0);
+	multimesh->stride_cache = multimesh->custom_data_offset_cache + (p_use_custom_data ? 4 : 0);
+	multimesh->buffer_set = false;
+
+	print_line("allocate, elements: " + itos(p_instances) + " 2D: " + itos(p_transform_format == VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_2D) + " colors " + itos(multimesh->uses_colors) + " data " + itos(multimesh->uses_custom_data) + " stride " + itos(multimesh->stride_cache) + " total size " + itos(multimesh->stride_cache * multimesh->instances));
+	multimesh->data_cache = PoolVector<float>();
+	multimesh->aabb = AABB();
+	multimesh->aabb_dirty = false;
+	multimesh->visible_instances = MIN(multimesh->visible_instances, multimesh->instances);
+
+	if (multimesh->instances) {
+
+		multimesh->buffer = RD::get_singleton()->storage_buffer_create(multimesh->instances * multimesh->stride_cache);
+	}
+}
+
+int RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_get_instance_count(RID p_multimesh) const {
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!multimesh, 0);
+	return multimesh->instances;
+}
+
+void RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_set_mesh(RID p_multimesh, RID p_mesh) {
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(!multimesh);
+	if (multimesh->mesh == p_mesh) {
+		return;
+	}
+	multimesh->mesh = p_mesh;
+
+	if (multimesh->instances == 0) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (multimesh->data_cache.size()) {
+		//we have a data cache, just mark it dirt
+		_multimesh_mark_all_dirty(multimesh, false, true);
+	} else if (multimesh->instances) {
+		//need to re-create AABB unfortunately, calling this has a penalty
+		{
+			PoolVector<uint8_t> buffer = RD::get_singleton()->buffer_get_data(multimesh->buffer);
+			PoolVector<uint8_t>::Read r = buffer.read();
+			const float *data = (const float *)r.ptr();
+			_multimesh_re_create_aabb(multimesh, data, multimesh->instances);
+		}
+	}
+
+	multimesh->instance_dependency.instance_notify_changed(true, true);
+}
+
+#define MULTIMESH_DIRTY_REGION_SIZE 512
+
+void RasterizerStorageRD::_multimesh_make_local(MultiMesh *multimesh) const {
+	if (multimesh->data_cache.size() > 0) {
+		return; //already local
+	}
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(multimesh->data_cache.size() > 0);
+	// this means that the user wants to load/save individual elements,
+	// for this, the data must reside on CPU, so just copy it there.
+	multimesh->data_cache.resize(multimesh->instances * multimesh->stride_cache);
+	{
+		PoolVector<float>::Write w = multimesh->data_cache.write();
+
+		if (multimesh->buffer_set) {
+			PoolVector<uint8_t> buffer = RD::get_singleton()->buffer_get_data(multimesh->buffer);
+			{
+
+				PoolVector<uint8_t>::Read r = buffer.read();
+				copymem(w.ptr(), r.ptr(), buffer.size());
+			}
+		} else {
+			zeromem(w.ptr(), multimesh->instances * multimesh->stride_cache * sizeof(float));
+		}
+	}
+	uint32_t data_cache_dirty_region_count = (multimesh->instances - 1) / MULTIMESH_DIRTY_REGION_SIZE + 1;
+	multimesh->data_cache_dirty_regions = memnew_arr(bool, data_cache_dirty_region_count);
+	for (uint32_t i = 0; i < data_cache_dirty_region_count; i++) {
+		multimesh->data_cache_dirty_regions[i] = 0;
+	}
+	multimesh->data_cache_used_dirty_regions = 0;
+}
+
+void RasterizerStorageRD::_multimesh_mark_dirty(MultiMesh *multimesh, int p_index, bool p_aabb) {
+
+	uint32_t region_index = p_index / MULTIMESH_DIRTY_REGION_SIZE;
+#ifdef DEBUG_ENABLED
+	uint32_t data_cache_dirty_region_count = (multimesh->instances - 1) / MULTIMESH_DIRTY_REGION_SIZE + 1;
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX(region_index, data_cache_dirty_region_count); //bug
+#endif
+	if (!multimesh->data_cache_dirty_regions[region_index]) {
+		multimesh->data_cache_dirty_regions[p_index] = true;
+		multimesh->data_cache_used_dirty_regions++;
+	}
+
+	if (p_aabb) {
+		multimesh->aabb_dirty = true;
+	}
+
+	if (!multimesh->dirty) {
+		multimesh->dirty_list = multimesh_dirty_list;
+		multimesh_dirty_list = multimesh;
+		multimesh->dirty = true;
+	}
+}
+
+void RasterizerStorageRD::_multimesh_mark_all_dirty(MultiMesh *multimesh, bool p_data, bool p_aabb) {
+	if (p_data) {
+		uint32_t data_cache_dirty_region_count = (multimesh->instances - 1) / MULTIMESH_DIRTY_REGION_SIZE + 1;
+
+		for (uint32_t i = 0; i < data_cache_dirty_region_count; i++) {
+			if (!multimesh->data_cache_dirty_regions[i]) {
+				multimesh->data_cache_dirty_regions[i] = true;
+				multimesh->data_cache_used_dirty_regions++;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (p_aabb) {
+		multimesh->aabb_dirty = true;
+	}
+
+	if (!multimesh->dirty) {
+		multimesh->dirty_list = multimesh_dirty_list;
+		multimesh_dirty_list = multimesh;
+		multimesh->dirty = true;
+	}
+}
+
+void RasterizerStorageRD::_multimesh_re_create_aabb(MultiMesh *multimesh, const float *p_data, int p_instances) {
+
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(multimesh->mesh.is_null());
+	AABB aabb;
+	AABB mesh_aabb = mesh_get_aabb(multimesh->mesh);
+	for (int i = 0; i < p_instances; i++) {
+		const float *data = p_data + multimesh->stride_cache * i;
+		Transform t;
+
+		if (multimesh->xform_format == VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D) {
+			t.basis[0].x = data[0];
+			t.basis[0].y = data[1];
+			t.basis[0].z = data[2];
+			t.basis[1].x = data[3];
+			t.basis[1].y = data[4];
+			t.basis[1].z = data[5];
+			t.basis[2].x = data[6];
+			t.basis[2].y = data[7];
+			t.basis[2].z = data[8];
+			t.origin.x = data[9];
+			t.origin.y = data[10];
+			t.origin.z = data[11];
+
+		} else {
+
+			t.basis.elements[0].x = data[0];
+			t.basis.elements[1].x = data[1];
+			t.origin.x = data[3];
+
+			t.basis.elements[0].y = data[4];
+			t.basis.elements[1].y = data[5];
+			t.origin.y = data[7];
+		}
+
+		if (i == 0) {
+			aabb = t.xform(mesh_aabb);
+		} else {
+			aabb.merge_with(t.xform(mesh_aabb));
+		}
+	}
+
+	multimesh->aabb = aabb;
+}
+
+void RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_instance_set_transform(RID p_multimesh, int p_index, const Transform &p_transform) {
+
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(!multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX(p_index, multimesh->instances);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(multimesh->xform_format != VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D);
+
+	_multimesh_make_local(multimesh);
+
+	{
+		PoolVector<float>::Write w = multimesh->data_cache.write();
+
+		float *dataptr = w.ptr() + p_index * multimesh->stride_cache;
+
+		dataptr[0] = p_transform.basis[0].x;
+		dataptr[1] = p_transform.basis[0].y;
+		dataptr[2] = p_transform.basis[0].z;
+		dataptr[3] = p_transform.basis[1].x;
+		dataptr[4] = p_transform.basis[1].y;
+		dataptr[5] = p_transform.basis[1].z;
+		dataptr[6] = p_transform.basis[2].x;
+		dataptr[7] = p_transform.basis[2].y;
+		dataptr[8] = p_transform.basis[2].z;
+		dataptr[9] = p_transform.origin.x;
+		dataptr[10] = p_transform.origin.y;
+		dataptr[11] = p_transform.origin.z;
+	}
+
+	_multimesh_mark_dirty(multimesh, p_index, true);
+}
+
+void RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_instance_set_transform_2d(RID p_multimesh, int p_index, const Transform2D &p_transform) {
+
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(!multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX(p_index, multimesh->instances);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(multimesh->xform_format != VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_2D);
+
+	_multimesh_make_local(multimesh);
+
+	{
+		PoolVector<float>::Write w = multimesh->data_cache.write();
+
+		float *dataptr = w.ptr() + p_index * multimesh->stride_cache;
+
+		dataptr[0] = p_transform.elements[0].x;
+		dataptr[1] = p_transform.elements[1].x;
+		dataptr[2] = 0;
+		dataptr[3] = p_transform.elements[2].x;
+		dataptr[4] = p_transform.elements[0].y;
+		dataptr[5] = p_transform.elements[1].y;
+		dataptr[6] = 0;
+		dataptr[7] = p_transform.elements[2].y;
+	}
+
+	_multimesh_mark_dirty(multimesh, p_index, true);
+}
+void RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_instance_set_color(RID p_multimesh, int p_index, const Color &p_color) {
+
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(!multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX(p_index, multimesh->instances);
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX(p_index, !multimesh->uses_colors);
+
+	_multimesh_make_local(multimesh);
+
+	{
+		PoolVector<float>::Write w = multimesh->data_cache.write();
+
+		float *dataptr = w.ptr() + p_index * multimesh->stride_cache + multimesh->color_offset_cache;
+
+		dataptr[0] = p_color.r;
+		dataptr[1] = p_color.g;
+		dataptr[2] = p_color.b;
+		dataptr[3] = p_color.a;
+	}
+
+	_multimesh_mark_dirty(multimesh, p_index, false);
+}
+void RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_instance_set_custom_data(RID p_multimesh, int p_index, const Color &p_color) {
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(!multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX(p_index, multimesh->instances);
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX(p_index, !multimesh->uses_custom_data);
+
+	_multimesh_make_local(multimesh);
+
+	{
+		PoolVector<float>::Write w = multimesh->data_cache.write();
+
+		float *dataptr = w.ptr() + p_index * multimesh->stride_cache + multimesh->custom_data_offset_cache;
+
+		dataptr[0] = p_color.r;
+		dataptr[1] = p_color.g;
+		dataptr[2] = p_color.b;
+		dataptr[3] = p_color.a;
+	}
+
+	_multimesh_mark_dirty(multimesh, p_index, false);
+}
+
+RID RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_get_mesh(RID p_multimesh) const {
+
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!multimesh, RID());
+
+	return multimesh->mesh;
+}
+
+Transform RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_instance_get_transform(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const {
+
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!multimesh, Transform());
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX_V(p_index, multimesh->instances, Transform());
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(multimesh->xform_format != VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D, Transform());
+
+	_multimesh_make_local(multimesh);
+
+	Transform t;
+	{
+		PoolVector<float>::Read r = multimesh->data_cache.read();
+
+		const float *dataptr = r.ptr() + p_index * multimesh->stride_cache;
+
+		t.basis[0].x = dataptr[0];
+		t.basis[0].y = dataptr[1];
+		t.basis[0].z = dataptr[2];
+		t.basis[1].x = dataptr[3];
+		t.basis[1].y = dataptr[4];
+		t.basis[1].z = dataptr[5];
+		t.basis[2].x = dataptr[6];
+		t.basis[2].y = dataptr[7];
+		t.basis[2].z = dataptr[8];
+		t.origin.x = dataptr[9];
+		t.origin.y = dataptr[10];
+		t.origin.z = dataptr[11];
+	}
+
+	return t;
+}
+Transform2D RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_instance_get_transform_2d(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const {
+
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!multimesh, Transform2D());
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX_V(p_index, multimesh->instances, Transform2D());
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(multimesh->xform_format != VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_2D, Transform2D());
+
+	_multimesh_make_local(multimesh);
+
+	Transform2D t;
+	{
+		PoolVector<float>::Read r = multimesh->data_cache.read();
+
+		const float *dataptr = r.ptr() + p_index * multimesh->stride_cache;
+
+		t.elements[0].x = dataptr[0];
+		t.elements[1].x = dataptr[1];
+		t.elements[2].x = dataptr[3];
+
+		t.elements[0].y = dataptr[4];
+		t.elements[1].y = dataptr[5];
+		t.elements[2].y = dataptr[7];
+	}
+
+	return t;
+}
+Color RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_instance_get_color(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const {
+
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!multimesh, Color());
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX_V(p_index, multimesh->instances, Color());
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX_V(p_index, !multimesh->uses_colors, Color());
+
+	_multimesh_make_local(multimesh);
+
+	Color c;
+	{
+		PoolVector<float>::Read r = multimesh->data_cache.read();
+
+		const float *dataptr = r.ptr() + p_index * multimesh->stride_cache + multimesh->color_offset_cache;
+
+		c.r = dataptr[0];
+		c.g = dataptr[1];
+		c.b = dataptr[2];
+		c.a = dataptr[3];
+	}
+
+	return c;
+}
+Color RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_instance_get_custom_data(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const {
+
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!multimesh, Color());
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX_V(p_index, multimesh->instances, Color());
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX_V(p_index, !multimesh->uses_custom_data, Color());
+
+	_multimesh_make_local(multimesh);
+
+	Color c;
+	{
+		PoolVector<float>::Read r = multimesh->data_cache.read();
+
+		const float *dataptr = r.ptr() + p_index * multimesh->stride_cache + multimesh->custom_data_offset_cache;
+
+		c.r = dataptr[0];
+		c.g = dataptr[1];
+		c.b = dataptr[2];
+		c.a = dataptr[3];
+	}
+
+	return c;
+}
+
+void RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_set_buffer(RID p_multimesh, const PoolVector<float> &p_buffer) {
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(!multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(p_buffer.size() != (multimesh->instances * (int)multimesh->stride_cache));
+
+	{
+		PoolVector<float>::Read r = p_buffer.read();
+		RD::get_singleton()->buffer_update(multimesh->buffer, 0, p_buffer.size() * sizeof(float), r.ptr(), false);
+		multimesh->buffer_set = true;
+	}
+
+	if (multimesh->data_cache.size()) {
+		//if we have a data cache, just update it
+		multimesh->data_cache = p_buffer;
+		{
+			//clear dirty since nothing will be dirty anymore
+			uint32_t data_cache_dirty_region_count = (multimesh->instances - 1) / MULTIMESH_DIRTY_REGION_SIZE + 1;
+			for (uint32_t i = 0; i < data_cache_dirty_region_count; i++) {
+				multimesh->data_cache_dirty_regions[i] = false;
+			}
+			multimesh->data_cache_used_dirty_regions = 0;
+		}
+
+		_multimesh_mark_all_dirty(multimesh, false, true); //update AABB
+	} else if (multimesh->mesh.is_valid()) {
+		//if we have a mesh set, we need to re-generate the AABB from the new data
+		PoolVector<float>::Read r = p_buffer.read();
+		const float *data = r.ptr();
+		_multimesh_re_create_aabb(multimesh, data, multimesh->instances);
+		multimesh->instance_dependency.instance_notify_changed(true, false);
+	}
+}
+
+PoolVector<float> RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_get_buffer(RID p_multimesh) const {
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!multimesh, PoolVector<float>());
+	if (multimesh->buffer.is_null()) {
+		return PoolVector<float>();
+	} else if (multimesh->data_cache.size()) {
+		return multimesh->data_cache;
+	} else {
+		//get from memory
+
+		PoolVector<uint8_t> buffer = RD::get_singleton()->buffer_get_data(multimesh->buffer);
+		PoolVector<float> ret;
+		ret.resize(multimesh->instances);
+		{
+			PoolVector<float>::Write w = multimesh->data_cache.write();
+			PoolVector<uint8_t>::Read r = buffer.read();
+			copymem(w.ptr(), r.ptr(), buffer.size());
+		}
+
+		return ret;
+	}
+}
+
+void RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_set_visible_instances(RID p_multimesh, int p_visible) {
+
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(!multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(p_visible < -1 || p_visible > multimesh->instances);
+	if (multimesh->visible_instances == p_visible) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (multimesh->data_cache.size()) {
+		//there is a data cache..
+		_multimesh_mark_all_dirty(multimesh, false, true);
+	}
+
+	multimesh->visible_instances = p_visible;
+}
+int RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_get_visible_instances(RID p_multimesh) const {
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!multimesh, 0);
+	return multimesh->visible_instances;
+}
+
+AABB RasterizerStorageRD::multimesh_get_aabb(RID p_multimesh) const {
+	MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!multimesh, AABB());
+	if (multimesh->aabb_dirty) {
+		const_cast<RasterizerStorageRD *>(this)->_update_dirty_multimeshes();
+	}
+	return multimesh->aabb;
+}
+
+void RasterizerStorageRD::_update_dirty_multimeshes() {
+
+	while (multimesh_dirty_list) {
+
+		MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_dirty_list;
+
+		if (multimesh->data_cache.size()) { //may have been cleared, so only process if it exists
+			PoolVector<float>::Read r = multimesh->data_cache.read();
+			const float *data = r.ptr();
+
+			uint32_t visible_instances = multimesh->visible_instances >= 0 ? multimesh->visible_instances : multimesh->instances;
+
+			if (multimesh->data_cache_used_dirty_regions) {
+
+				uint32_t data_cache_dirty_region_count = (multimesh->instances - 1) / MULTIMESH_DIRTY_REGION_SIZE + 1;
+				uint32_t visible_region_count = (visible_instances - 1) / MULTIMESH_DIRTY_REGION_SIZE + 1;
+
+				uint32_t region_size = multimesh->stride_cache * MULTIMESH_DIRTY_REGION_SIZE * sizeof(float);
+
+				if (multimesh->data_cache_used_dirty_regions > 32 || multimesh->data_cache_used_dirty_regions > visible_region_count / 2) {
+					//if there too many dirty regions, or represent the majority of regions, just copy all, else transfer cost piles up too much
+					RD::get_singleton()->buffer_update(multimesh->buffer, 0, MIN(visible_region_count * region_size, multimesh->instances * multimesh->stride_cache), data, false);
+				} else {
+					//not that many regions? update them all
+					for (uint32_t i = 0; i < visible_region_count; i++) {
+						if (multimesh->data_cache_dirty_regions[i]) {
+							uint64_t offset = i * region_size;
+							uint64_t size = multimesh->stride_cache * multimesh->instances;
+							RD::get_singleton()->buffer_update(multimesh->buffer, offset, MIN(region_size, size - offset), &data[i * region_size], false);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
+				for (uint32_t i = 0; i < data_cache_dirty_region_count; i++) {
+					multimesh->data_cache_dirty_regions[i] = false;
+				}
+
+				multimesh->data_cache_used_dirty_regions = 0;
+			}
+
+			if (multimesh->aabb_dirty) {
+				//aabb is dirty..
+				_multimesh_re_create_aabb(multimesh, data, visible_instances);
+				multimesh->aabb_dirty = false;
+				multimesh->instance_dependency.instance_notify_changed(true, false);
+			}
+		}
+
+		multimesh_dirty_list = multimesh->dirty_list;
+
+		multimesh->dirty_list = nullptr;
+		multimesh->dirty = false;
+	}
+
+	multimesh_dirty_list = nullptr;
+}
+
 /* LIGHT */
 
 RID RasterizerStorageRD::light_create(VS::LightType p_type) {
@@ -2889,6 +3499,13 @@ void RasterizerStorageRD::base_update_dependency(RID p_base, RasterizerScene::In
 	if (mesh_owner.owns(p_base)) {
 		Mesh *mesh = mesh_owner.getornull(p_base);
 		p_instance->update_dependency(&mesh->instance_dependency);
+	} else if (multimesh_owner.owns(p_base)) {
+
+		MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_base);
+		p_instance->update_dependency(&multimesh->instance_dependency);
+		if (multimesh->mesh.is_valid()) {
+			base_update_dependency(multimesh->mesh, p_instance);
+		}
 	} else if (reflection_probe_owner.owns(p_base)) {
 		ReflectionProbe *rp = reflection_probe_owner.getornull(p_base);
 		p_instance->update_dependency(&rp->instance_dependency);
@@ -2903,6 +3520,9 @@ VS::InstanceType RasterizerStorageRD::get_base_type(RID p_rid) const {
 	if (mesh_owner.owns(p_rid)) {
 		return VS::INSTANCE_MESH;
 	}
+	if (multimesh_owner.owns(p_rid)) {
+		return VS::INSTANCE_MULTIMESH;
+	}
 	if (reflection_probe_owner.owns(p_rid)) {
 		return VS::INSTANCE_REFLECTION_PROBE;
 	}
@@ -2914,8 +3534,29 @@ VS::InstanceType RasterizerStorageRD::get_base_type(RID p_rid) const {
 }
 void RasterizerStorageRD::update_dirty_resources() {
 	_update_queued_materials();
+	_update_dirty_multimeshes();
 }
 
+bool RasterizerStorageRD::has_os_feature(const String &p_feature) const {
+
+	if (p_feature == "s3tc" && RD::get_singleton()->texture_is_format_supported_for_usage(RD::DATA_FORMAT_BC1_RGB_UNORM_BLOCK, RD::TEXTURE_USAGE_SAMPLING_BIT)) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	if (p_feature == "bptc" && RD::get_singleton()->texture_is_format_supported_for_usage(RD::DATA_FORMAT_BC7_UNORM_BLOCK, RD::TEXTURE_USAGE_SAMPLING_BIT)) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	if ((p_feature == "etc" || p_feature == "etc2") && RD::get_singleton()->texture_is_format_supported_for_usage(RD::DATA_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8_UNORM_BLOCK, RD::TEXTURE_USAGE_SAMPLING_BIT)) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	if (p_feature == "pvrtc" && RD::get_singleton()->texture_is_format_supported_for_usage(RD::DATA_FORMAT_PVRTC1_2BPP_UNORM_BLOCK_IMG, RD::TEXTURE_USAGE_SAMPLING_BIT)) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
 bool RasterizerStorageRD::free(RID p_rid) {
 
 	if (texture_owner.owns(p_rid)) {
@@ -2972,6 +3613,12 @@ bool RasterizerStorageRD::free(RID p_rid) {
 		Mesh *mesh = mesh_owner.getornull(p_rid);
 		mesh->instance_dependency.instance_notify_deleted(p_rid);
 		mesh_owner.free(p_rid);
+	} else if (multimesh_owner.owns(p_rid)) {
+		_update_dirty_multimeshes();
+		multimesh_allocate(p_rid, 0, VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_2D);
+		MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_rid);
+		multimesh->instance_dependency.instance_notify_deleted(p_rid);
+		multimesh_owner.free(p_rid);
 	} else if (reflection_probe_owner.owns(p_rid)) {
 		ReflectionProbe *reflection_probe = reflection_probe_owner.getornull(p_rid);
 		reflection_probe->instance_dependency.instance_notify_deleted(p_rid);
diff --git a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_storage_rd.h b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_storage_rd.h
index 3cfd5601e8..ef22a6689b 100644
--- a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_storage_rd.h
+++ b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/rasterizer_storage_rd.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public:
 	struct MaterialData {
 
 		void update_uniform_buffer(const Map<StringName, ShaderLanguage::ShaderNode::Uniform> &p_uniforms, const uint32_t *p_uniform_offsets, const Map<StringName, Variant> &p_parameters, uint8_t *p_buffer, uint32_t p_buffer_size, bool p_use_linear_color);
-		void update_textures(const Map<StringName, Variant> &p_parameters, const Map<StringName, RID> &p_default_textures, const Vector<ShaderCompilerRD::GeneratedCode::Texture> &p_texture_uniforms, RID *p_textures);
+		void update_textures(const Map<StringName, Variant> &p_parameters, const Map<StringName, RID> &p_default_textures, const Vector<ShaderCompilerRD::GeneratedCode::Texture> &p_texture_uniforms, RID *p_textures, bool p_use_linear_color);
 
 		virtual void set_render_priority(int p_priority) = 0;
 		virtual void set_next_pass(RID p_pass) = 0;
@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@ private:
 
 		RID proxy_to;
 		Vector<RID> proxies;
+
+		VS::TextureDetectCallback detect_3d_callback = nullptr;
+		void *detect_3d_callback_ud = nullptr;
+
+		VS::TextureDetectCallback detect_normal_callback = nullptr;
+		void *detect_normal_callback_ud = nullptr;
+
+		VS::TextureDetectRoughnessCallback detect_roughness_callback = nullptr;
+		void *detect_roughness_callback_ud = nullptr;
 	};
 
 	struct TextureToRDFormat {
@@ -281,6 +290,43 @@ private:
 
 	RID mesh_default_rd_buffers[DEFAULT_RD_BUFFER_MAX];
 
+	/* MultiMesh */
+	struct MultiMesh {
+		RID mesh;
+		int instances = 0;
+		VS::MultimeshTransformFormat xform_format = VS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D;
+		bool uses_colors = false;
+		bool uses_custom_data = false;
+		int visible_instances = -1;
+		AABB aabb;
+		bool aabb_dirty = false;
+		bool buffer_set = false;
+		uint32_t stride_cache = 0;
+		uint32_t color_offset_cache = 0;
+		uint32_t custom_data_offset_cache = 0;
+
+		PoolVector<float> data_cache; //used if individual setting is used
+		bool *data_cache_dirty_regions = nullptr;
+		uint32_t data_cache_used_dirty_regions = 0;
+
+		RID buffer; //storage buffer
+		RID uniform_set_3d;
+
+		bool dirty = false;
+		MultiMesh *dirty_list = nullptr;
+
+		RasterizerScene::InstanceDependency instance_dependency;
+	};
+
+	mutable RID_Owner<MultiMesh> multimesh_owner;
+
+	MultiMesh *multimesh_dirty_list = nullptr;
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ void _multimesh_make_local(MultiMesh *multimesh) const;
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ void _multimesh_mark_dirty(MultiMesh *multimesh, int p_index, bool p_aabb);
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ void _multimesh_mark_all_dirty(MultiMesh *multimesh, bool p_data, bool p_aabb);
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ void _multimesh_re_create_aabb(MultiMesh *multimesh, const float *p_data, int p_instances);
+	void _update_dirty_multimeshes();
 	/* LIGHT */
 
 	struct Light {
@@ -485,7 +531,7 @@ public:
 
 	_FORCE_INLINE_ MaterialData *material_get_data(RID p_material, ShaderType p_shader_type) {
 		Material *material = material_owner.getornull(p_material);
-		if (material->shader_type != p_shader_type) {
+		if (!material || material->shader_type != p_shader_type) {
 			return NULL;
 		} else {
 			return material->data;
@@ -612,30 +658,69 @@ public:
 
 	/* MULTIMESH API */
 
-	virtual RID multimesh_create() { return RID(); }
+	RID multimesh_create();
 
-	void multimesh_allocate(RID p_multimesh, int p_instances, VS::MultimeshTransformFormat p_transform_format, VS::MultimeshColorFormat p_color_format, VS::MultimeshCustomDataFormat p_data = VS::MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_NONE) {}
-	int multimesh_get_instance_count(RID p_multimesh) const { return 0; }
+	void multimesh_allocate(RID p_multimesh, int p_instances, VS::MultimeshTransformFormat p_transform_format, bool p_use_colors = false, bool p_use_custom_data = false);
+	int multimesh_get_instance_count(RID p_multimesh) const;
 
-	void multimesh_set_mesh(RID p_multimesh, RID p_mesh) {}
-	void multimesh_instance_set_transform(RID p_multimesh, int p_index, const Transform &p_transform) {}
-	void multimesh_instance_set_transform_2d(RID p_multimesh, int p_index, const Transform2D &p_transform) {}
-	void multimesh_instance_set_color(RID p_multimesh, int p_index, const Color &p_color) {}
-	void multimesh_instance_set_custom_data(RID p_multimesh, int p_index, const Color &p_color) {}
+	void multimesh_set_mesh(RID p_multimesh, RID p_mesh);
+	void multimesh_instance_set_transform(RID p_multimesh, int p_index, const Transform &p_transform);
+	void multimesh_instance_set_transform_2d(RID p_multimesh, int p_index, const Transform2D &p_transform);
+	void multimesh_instance_set_color(RID p_multimesh, int p_index, const Color &p_color);
+	void multimesh_instance_set_custom_data(RID p_multimesh, int p_index, const Color &p_color);
 
-	RID multimesh_get_mesh(RID p_multimesh) const { return RID(); }
+	RID multimesh_get_mesh(RID p_multimesh) const;
 
-	Transform multimesh_instance_get_transform(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const { return Transform(); }
-	Transform2D multimesh_instance_get_transform_2d(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const { return Transform2D(); }
-	Color multimesh_instance_get_color(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const { return Color(); }
-	Color multimesh_instance_get_custom_data(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const { return Color(); }
+	Transform multimesh_instance_get_transform(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const;
+	Transform2D multimesh_instance_get_transform_2d(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const;
+	Color multimesh_instance_get_color(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const;
+	Color multimesh_instance_get_custom_data(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const;
 
-	void multimesh_set_as_bulk_array(RID p_multimesh, const PoolVector<float> &p_array) {}
+	void multimesh_set_buffer(RID p_multimesh, const PoolVector<float> &p_buffer);
+	PoolVector<float> multimesh_get_buffer(RID p_multimesh) const;
 
-	void multimesh_set_visible_instances(RID p_multimesh, int p_visible) {}
-	int multimesh_get_visible_instances(RID p_multimesh) const { return 0; }
+	void multimesh_set_visible_instances(RID p_multimesh, int p_visible);
+	int multimesh_get_visible_instances(RID p_multimesh) const;
 
-	AABB multimesh_get_aabb(RID p_multimesh) const { return AABB(); }
+	AABB multimesh_get_aabb(RID p_multimesh) const;
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ VS::MultimeshTransformFormat multimesh_get_transform_format(RID p_multimesh) const {
+		MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+		return multimesh->xform_format;
+	}
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ bool multimesh_uses_colors(RID p_multimesh) const {
+		MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+		return multimesh->uses_colors;
+	}
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ bool multimesh_uses_custom_data(RID p_multimesh) const {
+		MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+		return multimesh->uses_custom_data;
+	}
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ uint32_t multimesh_get_instances_to_draw(RID p_multimesh) const {
+		MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+		if (multimesh->visible_instances >= 0) {
+			return multimesh->visible_instances;
+		}
+		return multimesh->instances;
+	}
+
+	_FORCE_INLINE_ RID multimesh_get_3d_uniform_set(RID p_multimesh, RID p_shader, uint32_t p_set) const {
+		MultiMesh *multimesh = multimesh_owner.getornull(p_multimesh);
+		if (!multimesh->uniform_set_3d.is_valid()) {
+			Vector<RD::Uniform> uniforms;
+			RD::Uniform u;
+			u.type = RD::UNIFORM_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER;
+			u.binding = 0;
+			u.ids.push_back(multimesh->buffer);
+			uniforms.push_back(u);
+			multimesh->uniform_set_3d = RD::get_singleton()->uniform_set_create(uniforms, p_shader, p_set);
+		}
+
+		return multimesh->uniform_set_3d;
+	}
 
 	/* IMMEDIATE API */
 
@@ -919,7 +1004,7 @@ public:
 
 	bool free(RID p_rid);
 
-	bool has_os_feature(const String &p_feature) const { return false; }
+	bool has_os_feature(const String &p_feature) const;
 
 	void update_dirty_resources();
 
diff --git a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shader_compiler_rd.cpp b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shader_compiler_rd.cpp
index 3908fbec3f..1aa48a82fc 100644
--- a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shader_compiler_rd.cpp
+++ b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shader_compiler_rd.cpp
@@ -482,8 +482,10 @@ String ShaderCompilerRD::_dump_node_code(const SL::Node *p_node, int p_level, Ge
 			//code for functions
 			for (int i = 0; i < pnode->functions.size(); i++) {
 				SL::FunctionNode *fnode = pnode->functions[i].function;
+				function = fnode;
 				current_func_name = fnode->name;
 				function_code[fnode->name] = _dump_node_code(fnode->body, p_level + 1, r_gen_code, p_actions, p_default_actions, p_assigning);
+				function = NULL;
 			}
 
 			//place functions in actual code
@@ -763,7 +765,6 @@ String ShaderCompilerRD::_dump_node_code(const SL::Node *p_node, int p_level, Ge
 								sampler_name = actions.custom_samplers[texture_uniform];
 							} else {
 								if (shader->uniforms.has(texture_uniform)) {
-									print_line("shader from texture uniform " + itos(shader->uniforms[texture_uniform].filter) + ", " + itos(shader->uniforms[texture_uniform].repeat));
 									sampler_name = _get_sampler_name(shader->uniforms[texture_uniform].filter, shader->uniforms[texture_uniform].repeat);
 								} else {
 									bool found = false;
diff --git a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shaders/scene_forward.glsl b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shaders/scene_forward.glsl
index d64276a2bf..1bd11c4288 100644
--- a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shaders/scene_forward.glsl
+++ b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shaders/scene_forward.glsl
@@ -86,16 +86,50 @@ layout(location =8) out float dp_clip;
 void main() {
 
 	instance_index = draw_call.instance_index;
-
-	/*if (draw_call.instance_increment) {
-		instance_index += gl_InstanceIndex;
-	}*/
-
-	vec3 vertex = vertex_attrib;
+	vec4 instance_custom = vec4(0.0);
+#if defined(COLOR_USED)
+	color_interp = color_attrib;
+#endif
 
 	mat4 world_matrix = instances.data[instance_index].transform;
 	mat3 world_normal_matrix= mat3(instances.data[instance_index].normal_transform);
 
+	if (bool(instances.data[instance_index].flags & INSTANCE_FLAGS_MULTIMESH)) {
+		//multimesh, instances are for it
+		uint offset = (instances.data[instance_index].flags>>INSTANCE_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_STRIDE_SHIFT)&INSTANCE_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_STRIDE_MASK;
+		offset*=gl_InstanceIndex;
+
+
+		mat4 matrix;
+		if (bool(instances.data[instance_index].flags & INSTANCE_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_FORMAT_2D)) {
+			mat4 matrix = mat4(transforms.data[offset+0],transforms.data[offset+1],vec4(0.0,0.0,1.0,0.0),vec4(0.0,0.0,0.0,1.0));
+			offset+=2;
+		} else {
+			mat4 matrix = mat4(transforms.data[offset+0],transforms.data[offset+1],transforms.data[offset+2],vec4(0.0,0.0,0.0,1.0));
+			offset+=3;
+		}
+
+		if (bool(instances.data[instance_index].flags & INSTANCE_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_HAS_COLOR)) {
+#ifdef COLOR_USED
+			color_interp *= transforms.data[offset];
+#endif
+			offset+=1;
+		}
+
+		if (bool(instances.data[instance_index].flags & INSTANCE_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_HAS_CUSTOM_DATA)) {
+			instance_custom = transforms.data[offset];
+		}
+
+		//transposed, so multiply in opposite order
+		world_matrix = matrix * world_matrix;
+		world_normal_matrix = mat3(matrix) * world_normal_matrix;
+
+	} else {
+		//not a multimesh, instances are for multiple draw calls
+		instance_index += gl_InstanceIndex;
+	}
+
+	vec3 vertex = vertex_attrib;
 	vec3 normal = normal_attrib;
 
 #if defined(TANGENT_USED) || defined(NORMALMAP_USED) || defined(LIGHT_ANISOTROPY_USED)
@@ -103,10 +137,6 @@ void main() {
 	float binormalf = tangent_attrib.a;
 #endif
 
-#if defined(COLOR_USED)
-	color_interp = color_attrib;
-#endif
-
 #if defined(TANGENT_USED) || defined(NORMALMAP_USED) || defined(LIGHT_ANISOTROPY_USED)
 
 	vec3 binormal = normalize(cross(normal, tangent) * binormalf);
@@ -124,7 +154,7 @@ void main() {
 	vec4 position;
 #endif
 
-	vec4 instance_custom = vec4(0.0);
+
 
 	mat4 projection_matrix = scene_data.projection_matrix;
 
@@ -768,7 +798,7 @@ void light_process_spot(uint idx, vec3 vertex, vec3 eye_vec, vec3 normal, vec3 a
 		transmission,
 #endif
 #ifdef LIGHT_RIM_USED
-		rim * omni_attenuation, rim_tint,
+		rim * spot_attenuation, rim_tint,
 #endif
 #ifdef LIGHT_CLEARCOAT_USED
 		clearcoat, clearcoat_gloss,
@@ -932,7 +962,7 @@ void main() {
 	float normaldepth = 1.0;
 
 #if defined(SCREEN_UV_USED)
-	vec2 screen_uv = gl_FragCoord.xy * screen_pixel_size;
+	vec2 screen_uv = gl_FragCoord.xy * scene_data.screen_pixel_size;
 #endif
 
 	float sss_strength = 0.0;
@@ -1182,7 +1212,7 @@ FRAGMENT_SHADER_CODE
 				transmission,
 #endif
 #ifdef LIGHT_RIM_USED
-				rim * omni_attenuation, rim_tint,
+				rim, rim_tint,
 #endif
 #ifdef LIGHT_CLEARCOAT_USED
 				clearcoat, clearcoat_gloss,
diff --git a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shaders/scene_forward_inc.glsl b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shaders/scene_forward_inc.glsl
index d6b6aa4301..4d1a1c9495 100644
--- a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shaders/scene_forward_inc.glsl
+++ b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shaders/scene_forward_inc.glsl
@@ -118,11 +118,20 @@ layout(set=0,binding=8,std140) uniform SceneData {
 #endif
 } scene_data;
 
-#define INSTANCE_FLAGS_FORWARD_MASK 3
+#define INSTANCE_FLAGS_FORWARD_MASK 0x7
 #define INSTANCE_FLAGS_FORWARD_OMNI_LIGHT_SHIFT 3
 #define INSTANCE_FLAGS_FORWARD_SPOT_LIGHT_SHIFT 6
 #define INSTANCE_FLAGS_FORWARD_DECAL_SHIFT 9
 
+#define INSTANCE_FLAGS_MULTIMESH  (1 << 12)
+#define INSTANCE_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_FORMAT_2D  (1 << 13)
+#define INSTANCE_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_HAS_COLOR  (1 << 14)
+#define INSTANCE_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_HAS_CUSTOM_DATA  (1 << 15)
+#define INSTANCE_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_STRIDE_SHIFT 16
+//3 bits of stride
+#define INSTANCE_FLAGS_MULTIMESH_STRIDE_MASK 0x7
+
+
 
 struct InstanceData {
 	mat4 transform;
@@ -217,6 +226,11 @@ layout(set=0,binding=15,std430)  buffer Skeletons {
 
 //layout(set = 1, binding = 0) uniform textureBuffer multimesh_transforms;
 
+layout(set=1,binding=0,std430) buffer Transforms {
+    vec4 data[];
+} transforms;
+
+
 /* Set 2 Instancing (Multimesh) data */
 
 #if 0
diff --git a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shaders/tonemap.glsl b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shaders/tonemap.glsl
index 6797ff9f77..f54c938e24 100644
--- a/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shaders/tonemap.glsl
+++ b/servers/visual/rasterizer_rd/shaders/tonemap.glsl
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ vec3 tonemap_filmic(vec3 color, float white) {
 	vec3 color_tonemapped = ((color * (A * color + C * B) + D * E) / (color * (A * color + B) + D * F)) - E / F;
 	float white_tonemapped = ((white * (A * white + C * B) + D * E) / (white * (A * white + B) + D * F)) - E / F;
 
-	return color_tonemapped / white_tonemapped, vec3(0.0f), vec3(1.0f);
+	return color_tonemapped / white_tonemapped;
 }
 
 vec3 tonemap_aces(vec3 color, float white) {
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ vec3 tonemap_aces(vec3 color, float white) {
 	vec3 color_tonemapped = (color * (A * color + B)) / (color * (C * color + D) + E);
 	float white_tonemapped = (white * (A * white + B)) / (white * (C * white + D) + E);
 
-	return color_tonemapped / white_tonemapped, vec3(0.0f), vec3(1.0f);
+	return color_tonemapped / white_tonemapped;
 }
 
 vec3 tonemap_reinhard(vec3 color, float white) {
diff --git a/servers/visual/shader_language.cpp b/servers/visual/shader_language.cpp
index c343e23881..5ef51e3e1a 100644
--- a/servers/visual/shader_language.cpp
+++ b/servers/visual/shader_language.cpp
@@ -307,6 +307,12 @@ const ShaderLanguage::KeyWord ShaderLanguage::keyword_list[] = {
 	{ TK_HINT_WHITE_TEXTURE, "hint_white" },
 	{ TK_HINT_BLACK_TEXTURE, "hint_black" },
 	{ TK_HINT_NORMAL_TEXTURE, "hint_normal" },
+	{ TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_NORMAL_TEXTURE, "hint_roughness_normal" },
+	{ TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_R, "hint_roughness_r" },
+	{ TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_G, "hint_roughness_g" },
+	{ TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_B, "hint_roughness_b" },
+	{ TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_A, "hint_roughness_a" },
+	{ TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_GRAY, "hint_roughness_gray" },
 	{ TK_HINT_ANISO_TEXTURE, "hint_aniso" },
 	{ TK_HINT_ALBEDO_TEXTURE, "hint_albedo" },
 	{ TK_HINT_BLACK_ALBEDO_TEXTURE, "hint_black_albedo" },
@@ -5171,6 +5177,18 @@ Error ShaderLanguage::_parse_shader(const Map<StringName, FunctionInfo> &p_funct
 							uniform2.hint = ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_BLACK;
 						} else if (tk.type == TK_HINT_NORMAL_TEXTURE) {
 							uniform2.hint = ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_NORMAL;
+						} else if (tk.type == TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_NORMAL_TEXTURE) {
+							uniform2.hint = ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ROUGHNESS_NORMAL;
+						} else if (tk.type == TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_R) {
+							uniform2.hint = ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ROUGHNESS_R;
+						} else if (tk.type == TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_G) {
+							uniform2.hint = ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ROUGHNESS_G;
+						} else if (tk.type == TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_B) {
+							uniform2.hint = ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ROUGHNESS_B;
+						} else if (tk.type == TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_A) {
+							uniform2.hint = ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ROUGHNESS_A;
+						} else if (tk.type == TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_GRAY) {
+							uniform2.hint = ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ROUGHNESS_GRAY;
 						} else if (tk.type == TK_HINT_ANISO_TEXTURE) {
 							uniform2.hint = ShaderNode::Uniform::HINT_ANISO;
 						} else if (tk.type == TK_HINT_ALBEDO_TEXTURE) {
diff --git a/servers/visual/shader_language.h b/servers/visual/shader_language.h
index 3a1ded0547..da5b0600ff 100644
--- a/servers/visual/shader_language.h
+++ b/servers/visual/shader_language.h
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ public:
 		TK_HINT_WHITE_TEXTURE,
 		TK_HINT_BLACK_TEXTURE,
 		TK_HINT_NORMAL_TEXTURE,
+		TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_NORMAL_TEXTURE,
+		TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_R,
+		TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_G,
+		TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_B,
+		TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_A,
+		TK_HINT_ROUGHNESS_GRAY,
 		TK_HINT_ANISO_TEXTURE,
 		TK_HINT_ALBEDO_TEXTURE,
 		TK_HINT_BLACK_ALBEDO_TEXTURE,
@@ -576,6 +582,12 @@ public:
 				HINT_ALBEDO,
 				HINT_BLACK_ALBEDO,
 				HINT_NORMAL,
+				HINT_ROUGHNESS_NORMAL,
+				HINT_ROUGHNESS_R,
+				HINT_ROUGHNESS_G,
+				HINT_ROUGHNESS_B,
+				HINT_ROUGHNESS_A,
+				HINT_ROUGHNESS_GRAY,
 				HINT_BLACK,
 				HINT_WHITE,
 				HINT_ANISO,
diff --git a/servers/visual/visual_server_raster.h b/servers/visual/visual_server_raster.h
index be19a935e9..8543289083 100644
--- a/servers/visual/visual_server_raster.h
+++ b/servers/visual/visual_server_raster.h
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public:
 
 	BIND0R(RID, multimesh_create)
 
-	BIND5(multimesh_allocate, RID, int, MultimeshTransformFormat, MultimeshColorFormat, MultimeshCustomDataFormat)
+	BIND5(multimesh_allocate, RID, int, MultimeshTransformFormat, bool, bool)
 	BIND1RC(int, multimesh_get_instance_count, RID)
 
 	BIND2(multimesh_set_mesh, RID, RID)
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ public:
 	BIND2RC(Color, multimesh_instance_get_color, RID, int)
 	BIND2RC(Color, multimesh_instance_get_custom_data, RID, int)
 
-	BIND2(multimesh_set_as_bulk_array, RID, const PoolVector<float> &)
+	BIND2(multimesh_set_buffer, RID, const PoolVector<float> &)
+	BIND1RC(PoolVector<float>, multimesh_get_buffer, RID)
 
 	BIND2(multimesh_set_visible_instances, RID, int)
 	BIND1RC(int, multimesh_get_visible_instances, RID)
diff --git a/servers/visual/visual_server_scene.cpp b/servers/visual/visual_server_scene.cpp
index 3f33ec945c..96831d1cc2 100644
--- a/servers/visual/visual_server_scene.cpp
+++ b/servers/visual/visual_server_scene.cpp
@@ -1863,7 +1863,6 @@ void VisualServerScene::_prepare_scene(const Transform p_cam_transform, const Ca
 		bool keep = false;
 
 		if ((camera_layer_mask & ins->layer_mask) == 0) {
-
 			//failure
 		} else if (ins->base_type == VS::INSTANCE_LIGHT && ins->visible) {
 
diff --git a/servers/visual/visual_server_wrap_mt.h b/servers/visual/visual_server_wrap_mt.h
index d8cd6771c1..a58d36f279 100644
--- a/servers/visual/visual_server_wrap_mt.h
+++ b/servers/visual/visual_server_wrap_mt.h
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public:
 
 	FUNCRID(multimesh)
 
-	FUNC5(multimesh_allocate, RID, int, MultimeshTransformFormat, MultimeshColorFormat, MultimeshCustomDataFormat)
+	FUNC5(multimesh_allocate, RID, int, MultimeshTransformFormat, bool, bool)
 	FUNC1RC(int, multimesh_get_instance_count, RID)
 
 	FUNC2(multimesh_set_mesh, RID, RID)
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ public:
 	FUNC2RC(Color, multimesh_instance_get_color, RID, int)
 	FUNC2RC(Color, multimesh_instance_get_custom_data, RID, int)
 
-	FUNC2(multimesh_set_as_bulk_array, RID, const PoolVector<float> &)
+	FUNC2(multimesh_set_buffer, RID, const PoolVector<float> &)
+	FUNC1RC(PoolVector<float>, multimesh_get_buffer, RID)
 
 	FUNC2(multimesh_set_visible_instances, RID, int)
 	FUNC1RC(int, multimesh_get_visible_instances, RID)
diff --git a/servers/visual_server.cpp b/servers/visual_server.cpp
index 66e0d67938..0c72a09a91 100644
--- a/servers/visual_server.cpp
+++ b/servers/visual_server.cpp
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ void VisualServer::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("mesh_clear", "mesh"), &VisualServer::mesh_clear);
 
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("multimesh_create"), &VisualServer::multimesh_create);
-	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("multimesh_allocate", "multimesh", "instances", "transform_format", "color_format", "custom_data_format"), &VisualServer::multimesh_allocate, DEFVAL(MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_NONE));
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("multimesh_allocate", "multimesh", "instances", "transform_format", "color_format", "custom_data_format"), &VisualServer::multimesh_allocate, DEFVAL(false), DEFVAL(false));
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("multimesh_get_instance_count", "multimesh"), &VisualServer::multimesh_get_instance_count);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("multimesh_set_mesh", "multimesh", "mesh"), &VisualServer::multimesh_set_mesh);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("multimesh_instance_set_transform", "multimesh", "index", "transform"), &VisualServer::multimesh_instance_set_transform);
@@ -1653,7 +1653,8 @@ void VisualServer::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("multimesh_instance_get_custom_data", "multimesh", "index"), &VisualServer::multimesh_instance_get_custom_data);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("multimesh_set_visible_instances", "multimesh", "visible"), &VisualServer::multimesh_set_visible_instances);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("multimesh_get_visible_instances", "multimesh"), &VisualServer::multimesh_get_visible_instances);
-	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("multimesh_set_as_bulk_array", "multimesh", "array"), &VisualServer::multimesh_set_as_bulk_array);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("multimesh_set_buffer", "multimesh", "buffer"), &VisualServer::multimesh_set_buffer);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("multimesh_get_buffer", "multimesh"), &VisualServer::multimesh_get_buffer);
 #ifndef _3D_DISABLED
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("immediate_create"), &VisualServer::immediate_create);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("immediate_begin", "immediate", "primitive", "texture"), &VisualServer::immediate_begin, DEFVAL(RID()));
@@ -2151,12 +2152,6 @@ void VisualServer::_bind_methods() {
 
 	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_2D);
 	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D);
-	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(MULTIMESH_COLOR_NONE);
-	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(MULTIMESH_COLOR_8BIT);
-	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(MULTIMESH_COLOR_FLOAT);
-	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_NONE);
-	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_8BIT);
-	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_FLOAT);
 
 	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(REFLECTION_PROBE_UPDATE_ONCE);
 	BIND_ENUM_CONSTANT(REFLECTION_PROBE_UPDATE_ALWAYS);
diff --git a/servers/visual_server.h b/servers/visual_server.h
index 2ab521c7c0..06dba99860 100644
--- a/servers/visual_server.h
+++ b/servers/visual_server.h
@@ -319,21 +319,7 @@ public:
 		MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_3D,
 	};
 
-	enum MultimeshColorFormat {
-		MULTIMESH_COLOR_NONE,
-		MULTIMESH_COLOR_8BIT,
-		MULTIMESH_COLOR_FLOAT,
-		MULTIMESH_COLOR_MAX,
-	};
-
-	enum MultimeshCustomDataFormat {
-		MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_NONE,
-		MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_8BIT,
-		MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_FLOAT,
-		MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_MAX,
-	};
-
-	virtual void multimesh_allocate(RID p_multimesh, int p_instances, MultimeshTransformFormat p_transform_format, MultimeshColorFormat p_color_format, MultimeshCustomDataFormat p_data_format = MULTIMESH_CUSTOM_DATA_NONE) = 0;
+	virtual void multimesh_allocate(RID p_multimesh, int p_instances, MultimeshTransformFormat p_transform_format, bool p_use_colors = false, bool p_use_custom_data = false) = 0;
 	virtual int multimesh_get_instance_count(RID p_multimesh) const = 0;
 
 	virtual void multimesh_set_mesh(RID p_multimesh, RID p_mesh) = 0;
@@ -350,7 +336,8 @@ public:
 	virtual Color multimesh_instance_get_color(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const = 0;
 	virtual Color multimesh_instance_get_custom_data(RID p_multimesh, int p_index) const = 0;
 
-	virtual void multimesh_set_as_bulk_array(RID p_multimesh, const PoolVector<float> &p_array) = 0;
+	virtual void multimesh_set_buffer(RID p_multimesh, const PoolVector<float> &p_buffer) = 0;
+	virtual PoolVector<float> multimesh_get_buffer(RID p_multimesh) const = 0;
 
 	virtual void multimesh_set_visible_instances(RID p_multimesh, int p_visible) = 0;
 	virtual int multimesh_get_visible_instances(RID p_multimesh) const = 0;
@@ -1100,8 +1087,6 @@ VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(VisualServer::CanvasOccluderPolygonCullMode);
 VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(VisualServer::RenderInfo);
 VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(VisualServer::Features);
 VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(VisualServer::MultimeshTransformFormat);
-VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(VisualServer::MultimeshColorFormat);
-VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(VisualServer::MultimeshCustomDataFormat);
 VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(VisualServer::LightOmniShadowMode);
 VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(VisualServer::LightDirectionalShadowMode);
 VARIANT_ENUM_CAST(VisualServer::LightDirectionalShadowDepthRangeMode);