What you may have missed in January 2015

In January 2015

New releases

• Release 193 Beta - Open external image editor; bug fixes.
• Release 194 Beta - Bug fix update.
• Release 194.2 Beta - Some more bug fixes.
• Release 195 Stable - Stable update: many improvements and bug fixes.

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 How to report bugs 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.

Third part addons

• Behavior Chipmunk Physics - R0j0hound - https://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-chipmunk-physics_t110815
• Behavior Emitter - hazneliel - https://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-emitter_t122856
• Behavior Container Helper - prominent - https://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-container-helper_t122744
• Behavior Animation List - prominent - https://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-animation-list_t122484
• Plugin NFC - armaldio - https://www.scirra.com/forum/nfc-plugin_t122476

WebGL effects

• Adjust hue - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effect-adjust-hue_t122359 - R0j0hound
• Various effects (with gif demo) - https://www.scirra.com/forum/effects-by-somebody-neat-things-big-gifs_t123401 - Somebody
  
  
  

Blog posts

• Scirra
  • Evolving Construct 2's export options - An article in which Ashley makes the point on the various exporters available (especially targeting mobile export) with Construct 2 as of January 2015.
  • The future of Construct - An article in which Ashley speaks about the next step for the Construct franchise. The idea of Construct 3 is officially announced.
  • Scirra Store Winter Sale - Tom announces sales in Scirra's online store, and especially a 30% discount on Construct 2 Licenses until the 3rd February 2015.
• Ashley
  • Don't let the government break the TLS - Ashley presents consequences that could come from laws proposed in UK to the overall security on internet.
  • Using lerp() with delta-time - Ashley presents the mathematical correct way to use the expression lerp() with the delta-time to make smooth movements framerate independent.

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
• 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 2014

A nice start of year.

Lots of activity, Construct 3 has been officially announced and a sale.

About C3, despite still being described as an hypothesis coming after at least a year of work a lot of people had their imagination running in the forums on the subject.

Just remember, nothing is set in stone yet, and most of things are yet to be considered. Don't expect definitive answers for now. For now the focus is still Construct 2 and in the long run, projects you made in Construct 2 should work in C3 with no issue. So don't refrain, if you want to use and consider buying C2 go for it now.

Also if you are reading this post before the 3rd February, you might want to take advantage of Scirra's Winter Sales and grab some C2 licenses while they are on discount.

See you next month.

there are two little thingies I see in the post (nothing big)

"In December 2014" well it is in january 2015 (I guess a copy paste too quick)

"As an added bonus, here is a list of the former "What you may have missed" posts for the year." there is december (which was not on the 2015 year, unless you meant to post all the 2014 ones, it seems you do it generally at some point, could be wrong though).

"Beta users, please provide feedback to Ashley, he's planning on releasing a stable release ASAP but needs feedback first." feels also off as the current release is stable, and I think was out some days ago.

However those are just little things, I love your recap' posts of the month, they are really awesome.

Thanks for the notices, fixed, that's what copy/paste leads to.

As for December 2014, the post itself contains links to all 2014's posts.

Each year I keep the link to the previous December month of the past year for this very reason.

As we are in early 2015, there is nothing but this link.

Thanks for the summary, love it.