Construct 3 r227

Notes

In this release we've updated the minifier used on export. The minifier we use is Google Closure Compiler which is written in Java. The updated minifier is based on directly compiling the Java code to JavaScript and WebAssembly. Hopefully it will work exactly the same as it did before, but run faster. The download is bigger though, so it may take a moment to load the first time you use it, but once it's ready it should be faster than before. This also makes it possible to keep updating the minifier in future, since Google retired their own JavaScript version. Also as WebAssembly technology continues to improve we'll keep it updated in future to ensure it's as small and fast as possible.

As with the minifier, occasionally it's necessary to do maintenance work to ensure our internal code can be simplified where possible, modernised when things go out of date, and adjusted to make sure we can keep maintaining Construct in the long term. Towards this we're also revising many internal details about how touch input is handled in the editor. This will also make it possible to better handle pen input in future. It'll probably take at least a few weeks to sort through the various updates that need to be done. In the mean time there is a chance some aspects of touch input in the editor may unintentionally change or stop working. We'll be doing our own testing to catch these, but we might miss some, so keep an eye out for anything not working as expected and as usual please file an issue following all the guidelines if there's a problem.

Other than that we have a range of other improvements and fixes, including autocomplete support for the new scripting modules, and a keyboard shortcut to reload script files in folder-based projects. Stay tuned for more updates!