Can a version that supports SDK1, such as R420, be permanently retained?

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  • I checked the historical available versions and found that only up to R296 is retained. I don't oppose your upgrade to SDK2, but can you ultimately keep a version that still supports SDK1? I don't need new features, but I simply cannot update all projects using SDK1 plugins one by one.

    Therefore, could I request that you retain a version that supports SDK1 for the sake of maintaining old projects? For example, the author of "ProUI" has stopped maintaining it, and while I can modify the plugin myself to ensure my old projects run properly, it is nearly impossible to remove ProUI from all old projects and replace it with built-in components to achieve the same functionality.

  • you can always open an older version of construct like this:

    editor.construct.net/r296

    Just make sure that version doesn't collide with your installed plugins, in case they are more recent. Or open an incognito tab, and install proui to work temporarily there.

  • What I mean is that I can still open version R296 now, but what will happen after July when SDK1 is completely unsupported? Old projects may not be accessible at all. What I want to know is whether a version that still supports SDK1 can be retained after full SDK1 deprecation, so that we can maintain and make minor changes to our old projects without needing new features.

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  • Hi, old versions seem to be supported indefinitely. This has always been the case, even with Construct 2. For Construct 3, you simply need to use the link (https://editor.construct.net/rXXX/) as mentioned in the first reply.

    A more established alternative, however, is using LTS (Long Term Solution?) releases.

    construct.net/en/make-games/releases/lts

  • What I mean is that I can still open version R296 now, but what will happen after July when SDK1 is completely unsupported? Old projects may not be accessible at all. What I want to know is whether a version that still supports SDK1 can be retained after full SDK1 deprecation, so that we can maintain and make minor changes to our old projects without needing new features.

    SDK v1 is available r388.2, which was the last stable sdk v1 in my opinion. As long as you remain r388.2 or less, you should be good to open your old projects. After that release, scirra made multiple changes that also affected the sdk v1 and I'd rather avoid to keep it "clean".

    As chadory said, this seems to be supported indefinitely. On the other hand, the LTS version will be available for around 2 years, it will support sdk v1 and sdkv2 and will contain the latest c3 improvements.

  • Let me clarify a few points:

    • Old releases are permanently available in the archive. We never go back and remove things from old releases. So any release which can use SDKv1 addons will always be able to do so.
    • Continuing to support software means fixing bugs, issuing updates, and answering support questions. In this sense, old releases are not supported, although they can still use SDKv1 addons. (Perhaps some confusion comes from terminology like "old releases support SDKv1 addons": they can still use SDKv1 addons, but we do not provide bug fixes or customer support.) So the old releases will always remain there, but if you run in to problems, they won't be changed nor can we provide assistance for them.
    • According to our current schedule, SDK v1 addons will continue to work in all releases, up until the middle of this year (June/July). At that point we will make a Long Term Support (LTS) release that still works with SDK v1 addons. That LTS release will be supported for another 18 months (to the end of 2026). Therefore there will be a version of Construct that is supported with bug fixes, updates, customer assistance etc. and can still use SDK v1 addons for around 2 years from now.
    • After that LTS release comes out, future beta and stable releases of Construct will only support SDK v2 addons. However you can continue to use the LTS release for a supported version of Construct that can use SDK v1 addons. Even after the LTS release is no longer supported (from 2027), it will still be there in the archive and can still be used and will still work with SDK v1 addons; it's just we won't be providing bug fixes, updates or customer assistance with it.

    Hope that helps clarify the situation.

  • Hi Ashley, how about the Construct 3 Build Service for the LTS releases?

  • For the duration a release is supported, we will also make sure all associated services work with that release, including the mobile app build service, Remote Preview, and minifying. This means all these services will continue to work with the LTS release I previously mentioned through to the end of 2026. Beyond the end of its support period though, we cannot guarantee whether those services will continue to work - they may stop working soon afterwards, or work for a long time afterwards; it depends on what changes we need to make and when beyond the end of support.

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