What you may have missed in December 2016

In December 2016

New releases

• Release 241 Beta - Bug fixes & happy holidays!

The features listed here are only the "highlighted" features for each release. Check each release page to see the complete changelog and comments for each version)

Be sure to keep updated to the

most recent release of Construct 2

If you think you have found a bug in Construct 2 you can report it in this forum BUT

• Make sure it is not already a reported bug by searching through the "Bugs" forum
• Make sure it is not a bug in your events, a difference between what you have coded and what you would expect
• Make sure you're using the very latest version of Construct 2 (beta possibly, stable if this is the very latest release available)
• Attach a .capx of the issue in the simplest manner possible (no 100+ events capx, no 10 mb capx)
• Make sure to read Bug report requirements before posting and providing all the required informations (your configuration, the steps to use to reproduce the bug, any relevant information you can provide)

It is really important since about 50% of reports aren't bugs which takes time out of working on Construct2 directly.

Be responsible, help everybody by making sure it's not your events in cause first.

NW.JS

• v0.19.2 (Chromium 55) [Requires r217+]
• v0.19.0 (Chromium 55) [Requires r217+]
• Get the latest and current version and make sure you are using the appropriate Construct 2 release : https://www.scirra.com/nwjs

Third part addons

• [Behavior]Fader - Colludium - https://www.scirra.com/forum/behaviour-fader_t185577

WebGL effects

• [FX and APP]GLSL Fragment Shader Examples - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-s-glsl-fragment-shader-examples_t185126 - chrisbrobs
• [Effect]Sun - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-sun_t185302 - chrisbrobs https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4jH2atWrpuxNjh4dy1TNHQ5YVU
• Glass FX; Zig zag; FBMFlood; Pixel Flood; CDisplace; tCircle; Lego FX; QBertify FX; Stripify FX; LQS - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-ice-glass-fx_t184935 - Gigatron

Blog posts

• Scirra
  • It's beginning to look a lot like... Sale time - An article that announced a sale on Construct 2 that happened early December. If you are learning from it through this sum up, I'm afraid you have missed on it.
• Ashley
  • 2016 in Web Technology - An article in which Ashley take a look back at 2016 from the web technology perspective, making a sum up of features and improvements, a look at the status of HTML5 and Construct 2 plus a quick word on Construct 3 and Scirra.

Reminder

• You can consult all or the newest tutorials
• You can check the top or the newest games in the arcade
• You can find even more games and other kind of projects in "Your creations" forum category, either completed creations or works in progress.
• You can listen to the unofficial C2 podcast
• If you haven't already, be sure to check out the videos playlist "C2 academy" up on youtube ! New videos get added on a regular basis on subjects YOU have asked for !!!
• Get help using Construct2 in the "How do I forum or even in the "Beginner's questions forum. Those are the forums to ask and find answer to technical questions about Construct 2 (don't forget to also consult the sticky "How do I Frequently Asked Question")
• The manual gets updated with each new stable release, be sure to consult it.
• A list of all completed plugins and behaviors is maintained as sticky in the "Completed addons" forum.
• A list of the published webGL effects is maintained in the "Effects" forum.
• If you have some plugins, behaviors or effects of your own you want to share, please post them in the appropriate forum with a title tag (either [Plugin], [Behavior] or [Effect]). Don't hesitate to ask moderators when doing so in case you're confused where would be the better place to post.

Former retrospect

As an added bonus, here is a list of the former "What you may have missed" posts for the year.

• What you may have missed in December 2015 (contains links to all the previous 2015 months recap)
• What you may have missed in January 2016
• What you may have missed in February 2016
• What you may have missed in March 2016
• What you may have missed in April 2016
• What you may have missed in May 2016
• What you may have missed in June 2016
• What you may have missed in July 2016
• What you may have missed in August 2016
• What you may have missed in September 2016
• What you may have missed in October 2016
• What you may have missed in November 2016

Happy new year 2017.

Here's to new opportunities, games and tools.

Thank you

Thank you for this summary.