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Comments in actions, 'Wait for previous actions to complete' & more
13 May, 2019 ()
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We have some more new features for you today!
• Comments in actions lets you add comments in between actions. Previously you could only add comments above entire event blocks. This is useful if you have an event with lots of actions, to help organise them and describe each section separately.
• A new system action Wait for previous actions to complete. This is a new kind of wait action, similar to Wait 1 second, but instead waiting for any actions that run in the background to complete. For example the AJAX Request action triggers On complete when it finishes, but now you can put Wait for previous actions to complete after the Request action and then use the data right after that. This means you can do the whole AJAX request in a single event, and you don't need to worry about tags either. Lots of different actions in Construct now support this. See the video for more!
Another change worth pointing out is that previously if you installed Construct 3 as an app in Chrome, it turns out this accidentally installed a specific version, and would mean after the next release you'd always see update prompts. This is now fixed from this release onwards, but note it only affects new installs.
As usual there's a range of other bug fixes and improvements, including WebGL 2 is now (again) enabled on Android, since the full fix for the GPU issue is now in Chrome 74, and the Timeline plugin is now visible for everyone. Stay tuned for more updates!
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Launch r149
New Features
Async actions, and 'Wait for previous actions to complete' system action
New Additions
Advanced Random plugin: new "Weighted random" feature allows you to create a list of items with odds of being picked that you choose
File dialog: options for sorting by date modified / file name / file size
Changes
Re-enabled WebGL 2 on Android (once again), since Chrome 74 has the full fix
From this release onwards, installing Construct 3 as an app will load either editor.construct.net or editor.construct.net/beta, instead of a specific version
Event sheet view: inserting conditions/actions from context menus or keyboard shortcuts now inserts after the selected condition/action
Event sheet view: moved toggle context menu options to a submenu to avoid the menus getting too big
Timeline plugin now enabled by default (was previously accidentally still behind 'experimental features' setting)
Bug Fixes
Event sheet view: cutting and pasting a function with parameters reverted call action parameters to defaults
'Replace with built in function' did not preserve disabled state of 'Call function' actions
Adding a comment created two undo points
Prevent errors loading web fonts stopping the runtime starting up
C3 runtime check for unsupported Internet Explorer not working
Timeline Bar: Mixed selections of keyframes elements and row elements did not have a consistent behavior when compared to selections of just rows or just keyframes
Timeline Bar: Use the correct background color in light and dark themes
Timeline Bar: Crash when creating undo points due to incorrect language strings
Animations Editor: Graphical glitch in the Checkerboard board pattern
Animations Editor: Possible crash when using the rectangle select tool
Animations Editor: The color palette did not resize properly in the simplified mode for objects without animations
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