Offline Construct 3 app is just a fake

- Unfortunately it is true, if at the beginning of work with Construct3 you have no internet connection you may be sent to the free mode. And even if you have a connection and during the work the internet is lost, you will have problems with previewing.

- Unfortunately, the company is too afraid of piracy. But pirates have long ago learned how to get around it and so only ordinary users suffer.

- Honest result can be considered when only a build on the server or an update requires access to the network.

True, piracy still happens, and actually, in the case of the game engine, piracy is good, it will enlarge the cover in the engine markets, and enlarge the community, which will lead to the growth of the engine at the end

Like Windows OS, Microsoft could kill piracy very fast but it will kill the OS as well, this is why they just make problems for pirates but do not close the OS completely

another argument about working in a browser allowing to work on the phone is also not an argument, because it is impossible to work on the phone, especially on modern phones with swipe controls

so, this online browser app is just decreasing the popularity of the Construct

And when you are saying that the app can work online, but it is not working online it is just a Lie to your customers

I've never been able to get offline mode to work, even when i get the message saying its ready of use offline. Luckily its not so much a problem as i have reliable internet.

I've never liked how Scirra doesnt credit accounts for downtime. If they are down for a day, then you should get an extra day added to you subscription.

Report it to Scirra if offline mode doesn't work, reproduce it by switching off Internet router and such - I see others chime in that offline mode doesn't work, but I've been one of the lucky ones and it's always worked fine for me whenever my Internet went down.

Scirra have to think about pricing models and such, it's their full time jobs, they're likely weighing up different options and trying things to see what works for them - turns out the subscription system works for them. That's it, here we are. It's affordable to many but not all, but has excellent gains for the user if they did make a game that sold well.

The part that's more curious to discuss is the free version restrictions - that feels more important to focus on to foster growth and such.

Companies cannot kill piracy, otherwise that would have happened by now. It's much like anti-cheat, we have kernel-level anticheats, surely that is impossible for cheaters to beat? Nope, cheaters worked around this, whether running the game in a VM or using secondary hardware to work around this. The only current "true" anti-cheat/anti-piracy method is if it's even more cloud-based (i.e. Google Stadia, or NVIDIA GeForce Now).

Whenever I try it, offline support works. I just tried it again and it works for me. Usually whenever people complain about this, it turns out they're making some mistake, such as not waiting for the "ready to use offline" notification, or using browser privacy settings that prevent Construct saving itself for use offline.

If you run in to a problem with offline support please file an issue - but note the steps to reproduce need to include clearing your browser cache, loading Construct, waiting for the "ready to use offline" notification, and then proceeding to reproduce the problem.

Whenever I try it, offline support works. I just tried it again and it works for me. Usually whenever people complain about this, it turns out they're making some mistake, such as not waiting for the "ready to use offline" notification, or using browser privacy settings that prevent Construct saving itself for use offline.

If you run in to a problem with offline support please file an issue - but note the steps to reproduce need to include clearing your browser cache, loading Construct, waiting for the "ready to use offline" notification, and then proceeding to reproduce the problem.

anyhow, something is wrong in the update process

Each time I need to update the app, it is good that it is updating, because previously I even wasn't able to update it.

But without internet, I will not be able to launch the app

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1OsiTurixo

Here is my guess:

Your C3 shortcut is linked to a specific version, so it keeps going back to old version when you close it. This probably breaks offline mode too because I am guessing C3 only stores the last version of C3 that you were using (meaning that it updates to latest version, prepares offline mode for latest version, close C3, turn off Internet, open C3, it tries to open old version that isn't ready for offline mode).

Check the shortcut, I assume you want beta every time so you would have the shortcut be editor.construct.net/beta

Then, once you have done this, open C3 again, make sure you are logged in to C3, and wait for the notification at bottom-left that tells you that offline mode is now ready.

Then you can test it out, close C3, turn off Internet, open C3, and it should work.