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• • Ashley Construct Team Founder
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  • 8 Apr, 2021
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  Add a "press to start" message before starting the video.

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  The C3 runtime is far faster than the C2 runtime across a wide range of benchmarks.

  The CPU usage measurement is an estimate. You should not read too much in to it, especially with small variations like the one you described. The manual entry on the cpuutilisation expression describes its limitations in more detail. IIRC we also fixed some bugs in the cpuutilisation expression for the C3 runtime - in some cases activity is incorrectly not measured at all in the C2 runtime, so the C3 measurement should be considered more accurate.

  The 'Use worker' setting is also documented in Project properties with an explanation of each option.

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  I have changed Frame Rate Mode in Project settings from V-Synced to Unlimited (Full Frames) and glitch is gone.

  You must not do this when you publish your game, since it will cause extreme use of system resources, spin up fans, and drain mobile device batteries quickly.

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  I'm afraid it's not possible for Construct to preview your project without preparing the images. Construct 3 uses an in-editor spritesheeting system which is why it must prepare in the editor, where Construct 2 only did it on export. Since C3's release in 2017 I've not heard of it being a serious issue at all, especially since it only has to do it once after opening your project. It's not doing it every preview, right? Just once after opening, like I described?

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  It means once after opening the project. It remembers the prepared images for open projects. If you close the project and re-open it, it will do it again; if you close and reopen the browser it will do it again; but if you do something like change an object property while keeping the project open, it shouldn't do it again.

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  Usually this means you installed the wrong version of the addon, and got one that's incompatible with your project. Make sure you really have the right version of the addon. I'm afraid third-party addons are outside our control - you'd need to contact the addon developer for further support.

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  Browsers impose autoplay restrictions to avoid websites annoying users. There is no way around it, other than by changing the browser settings.

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  • 6 Apr, 2021
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  Yes, that looks like the same problem.

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  • 6 Apr, 2021
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  As noted in this thread, try again now and it should work again.

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  • 6 Apr, 2021
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  That looks wrong, but the change was made 2 months ago now. It seems to be working fine for everyone else. As ever, it's best to file an issue following all the guidelines, since it's usually impossible to tell what's going on without that information.

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  I just made an update to the build service to keep using the older version for the time being until we get round to updating for v20. If you export again now it should work.

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  If it works in all other browsers but is broken in one specific browser, it's most likely a problem with that browser, so you should report it to the browser maker.

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  The "Preparing images" step only needs to be done once per session. It may be done again if you change many images in your project, such as Sprite animation frames. If it does it repeatedly despite no such changes being made in the editor, it's probably a bug, so please file an issue about that.

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  It should work in the Safari browser. It's hard to say more without more information. Note the feature will only work on a secure (HTTPS) host.

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  • 6 Apr, 2021
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  The details around exporting and distributing are covered in the tutorial Exporting to macOS with the WKWebView wrapper. (Note WebView2 is specific to Windows, macOS uses WKWebView.)