What you may have missed in October 2014

In October 2014

New releases

• Release 183 Beta - Further PhoneGap improvements; bug fixes.
• Release 184 Stable - Stable update: major new features, improvements, and bug fixes.
• Release 185 Beta - Function improvements, seamless improvements and more.
• Release 186 Beta - Better autocomplete, other various improvements.
• Release 186.2 Beta - Fixed a bug in r186

Beta users,

please provide feedback to Ashley, he's planning on releasing a stable release ASAP but needs feedback first.

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 Mini board - rexrainbow - https://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-mini-board_t116865
• Plugin rex_fnCallPkg - rexrainbow - https://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-rex-fncallpkg_t106856
• Behavior Fade Adv - shinkan - https://www.scirra.com/forum/behavior-fade-adv_t117484
• Plugin Paypal Payments - lanceal - https://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-paypal-payments_t117380
• WebSQLDatabase - cranberrygame - https://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-websqldatabase_t117996

WebGL Effects

Not an effect but a discussion on how to program your own shaders in GLSL

Blog posts

• Ashley
  • HTML5 does not have a new best friend - An article in which Ashley comes back on Readwrite's article named HTML5 best new friend - And it's Apple not Google and explain his own opinion on the matter as some datas from Scirra's blog post on iOS8 HTML5 games performances are used in Readwrite's post.
  • Chrome and Android push HTML5 further - An article in which Ashley comes back on Google's "answer" to the recent iOS8 announcement with its own Android 5.0 Lollipop and the HTML5 features it's pushing forward on mobile.

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 2013
• What you may have missed in January 2014
• What you may have missed in February 2014
• What you may have missed in March 2014
• What you may have missed in April 2014
• What you may have missed in May 2014
• What you may have missed in June 2014
• What you may have missed in July 2014
• What you may have missed in August 2014
• What you may have missed in September 2014

To finish up, during October, two community members took on them to make an official C2 podcast.

They released three episodes so far and need you to listen to it and participate as guests as well. So be sure to check out their thread as well as their website.

Really worth your time !

See you next month.