What you may have missed in March 2014

In March 2014

New releases

• Release 164 Beta - New multiplayer engine
• Release 164.2 Beta - Bug fixes and lag compensation improvements
• Release 165 Beta - Ejecta exporter for iOS

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

• Plugin Synaptop API - Robsta - https://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-synaptop-api_t100503

WebGL effects

• Normal mapping - necromaster
• Plasma - necromaster
• Voronoi - necromaster

Blog posts

• Scirra
  • 1 million downloads - An article to announce the millionth download of Construct2 and remind of the special 24 hours raffle downloading Construct2 that day was entering users into.
  • Raffle winners - An article that lists the winners of the raffle and the price they won, as well as how to claim their prizes. Congratulations to all winners.
• Ashley
  • How the Construct 2 WebGL renderer works - A technical article about the inner workings of the webGL renderer, its batch commands, memory usage and export-time optimisations.
• Tom
  • A safer BitCoin exchange - An article presenting the current state of BitCoin exchanges and proposing as well as wondering about solutions to make them more secure.

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.
• 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 2013
• What you may have missed in January 2014
• What you may have missed in February 2014

Conclusion

About two months after the introduction of the new forums, there are still some quirks that need to be ironed out and Tom is hard at work chasing them.

But overall, the new forums are far more robusts and allow for a better navigation, a very nicely working Search function that is a great help finding out any information.

The community is active as never and has been quick to take over the different forums categories and fill them with support and useful informations.

That closes this summary post for March, see you next month.

Thx!

Thanks!