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Construct Animate r413

Folder project and Flowcharts improvements; better scripting performance; bug fixes

29 October, 2024 ()

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Notes

This week's release has improvements in all sorts of areas! First of all folder projects can now use 'Auto reload all on preview' for other types of folders - previously it was only available for scripts, but now you can use it for other kinds of file-based folders. There are also several Flowcharts improvements including support for multiple tags and the ability to use 'Preset' nodes as a kind of template to easily create similar nodes.

We've also boosted performance of scripting by optimizing the way Construct's script interfaces work. Previously calling Construct API methods, such as IWorldInstance properties and methods, generally involved a small lookup internally. This was very fast, but the overhead could add up. Now using the latest JavaScript features this lookup is completely avoided, which makes all accesses of Construct's script interfaces faster. Performance benchmarks making heavy use of Construct APIs should show measurable benefits.

We're now going to focus on moving towards a stable release, and so focus only on bug fixes and reliability improvements for the next few weeks. Happy testing!

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New Additions

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Project Bar: 'Auto reload all on preview' option for sounds, music, videos, fonts, icons & screenshots and files folders
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Flowcharts: save 'Preset' nodes to be used as a base to create other nodes
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Flowcharts: context menu option and keyboard shortcut (Ctrl/Meta + A) to select all nodes
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Flowcharts: add condition 'Compare node tag count' and expression 'NodeTagCount'

Changes

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Flowcharts: support using multiple space-separated tags
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Disable automatic browser translation of editor (server-side change)

Bug Fixes

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HTML layers: ensure HTML content respects layer interactive state and opacity
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HTML elements: try to preserve element state like scroll position when Z order changes
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'Wait for previous actions to complete' no longer waits for async actions run in previously called non-async functions
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Flowcharts: pressing 'Shift + Click' on a selected element removes it from the current selection
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Tilemaps: possible crash loading some tilemaps
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Flowcharts: 'path find' links blocking pointer events in areas where other elements should be interacted with
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Instances bar: instance items from global layers not shown after the parent layout item is no longer visible
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Instances bar: save and restore vertical scroll of the bar

Performance Improvements

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Improve performance of script interfaces

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