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Construct Animate r433

TypeScript coding; more Monaco improvements; debugger improvements; bug fixes

01 April, 2025 ()

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It's the start of a new release cycle, and we have a huge update for you this week! Hot on the heels of our new Monaco-based code editor, we are now pleased to launch support for TypeScript coding in Construct! This was previously supported for external editors only, but now we've been able to combine support for that with the new Monaco code editor to allow coding with TypeScript in Construct itself. This is designed to be equivalent to the JavaScript coding capabilities, including support for TypeScript in event sheets (which was not previously possible even with an external editor). You can also mix and match JavaScript and TypeScript so you don't have to decide up-front which to use for a project. That also helps with transitioning existing JavaScript projects to TypeScript, and we've added some more tools to help with that, including the ability to switch code blocks in event sheets between JS and TS, as well as switching an entire project's language (which does things like rename project files but does not change your code for you). We've also started adding lots of TypeScript coding examples in the Example Browser with more to come.

Support for TypeScript is a major new addition to Construct's coding capabilities, bringing industry-standard type checking as well as useful tooling such as precise autocomplete, while maintaining interoperability with external code editors like VS Code. There's a lot more to do on providing examples, documentation and tutorials - that will all take a while but expect to see it developing in the months following the next stable release.

Other than that this release still includes more, including improvements for the new Monaco code editor, updates for the debugger, optimized 3D rendering in WebGL, refinements to TypeScript definitions, and of course a batch of bug fixes. Happy testing!

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TypeScript coding in the editor

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Example Browser: new 'Coding' filters 'Event sheets only', 'JavaScript', 'TypeScript'
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Example Browser: add TypeScript variants of many existing JavaScript example projects
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Monaco: use TypeScript definitions for JavaScript files (enables some parameter hints)
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Event sheet view: add language icon for scripts in event sheets
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Debugger: section to view hierarchy parent and children
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Debugger: ability to expand/collapse sections
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Debugger: add properties to control instance time scale
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Add system expressions ProjectID and ProjectUniqueID

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Remove support for CodeMirror
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Change some references to 'Script' to 'JavaScript'
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Rename scriptsInEvents.js to javaScriptInEvents.js
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Update Project Bar script/file icons
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Monaco: ensure editing scripts in event sheets matches event sheet font size
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Audio: improve handling of resuming from suspended/interrupted state

Changelog iconBug Fixes

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Possible error building spritesheets in some specific projects (regression r426)
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Tiled Background: fix precision issues with large image offsets in some cases
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Drawing Canvas: fix possible glitches drawing ellipses on some devices
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Debugger: window title did not update when used in a popup window
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Monaco: disable code folding for scripts in event sheets due to bugs
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Monaco: error using script files with certain special characters in the filename
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Monaco: crash if using more than 200 project files
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Monaco: updating scripts in events not working correctly when using files with CRLF line endings
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Timelines: fix incorrect calculations when combining size, scale and frame property tracks

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Optimize 3D rendering in WebGL (when EXT_conservative_depth supported)

Changelog iconLanguage updates

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Support translation for some languages in the Monaco editor

Changelog iconScripting updates

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Add IRuntime properties projectId, projectUniqueId, tickCount
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TypeScript: in type definitions use Vec2/3/4Arr type instead of number[]
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TypeScript: missing type definition for runtime.timelineController
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TypeScript: update various other type definitions

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  • Every each release cycle this is the same thing, hopping for a great improvment, and it always a disappointment at the end.

    There are so many things to do, rather than focusing on the raw code part of the software.

    Construct's strength lies in its Events. If I want to code, the other tools are better.

    • I just checked and at least 4, and probably more, previous stable versions barely added anything related to coding. And now we have a few release cycles to finally improve scripting after so much wait and you are "disappointed" lol. SO MANY THINGS are added to construct constantly. Honestly I don't know any piece of software that is updated with such pace. And you still complain, that's just crazy to me

      Construct has a lot of great things outside of events. Thats why people use it even if they ignore events completely. And its just hard to measure how powerful scripting is. Events are very limited just by nature of them, in addition to all the old-version-support devs have to care about when updating it, limiting it even further. Scripting is miles more flexible, so ignoring that feature would've been almost criminal

      • Hello nerdError,

        I feel like you're being attacked, I'm just giving my opinion and feeling, that's all.

        I understand that you seem to adore Construct 3, to the point of saying that this Update is “the best update ever”... Hum...

        But that's ok, there is something for everyone.

        I just think there are hundreds of more important things to do before working so hard on the code part (wich is not the strongest part of Construct, if I want to code I don't know why I would prefer Construct than others engine), bugs that have been there for years, essential features that aren't there, the beginnings of a 3D engine that was abandoned after a few updates, etc...

        This doesn't change the fact that I love Construct, it's great software, but as a “lambda” user I haven't been enthusiastic about an update for... more than a year I think?

        And I think that's a shame, but it seems that others love these update, some say it's “the best update ever”, after all, so maybe this is just me.

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