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Animations editor import improvements; Layout View improvements & more
17 December, 2024 ()
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Notes
This week we have some more great updates for you: first of all there's now new properties to set a template to use when dragging and dropping an instance from the Project Bar to the Layout View. This means you can now choose which instance is the default one that is created this way. This release has a range of other improvements for the Layout View, including improved support for hierarchies, and some usability fixes.
The Animations Editor has also had its sprite sheet import dialog overhauled, and now it's much more powerful. If you've ever had to deal with spritesheets that have multiple animations spread across a single image, the new import dialog allows you to choose ranges of frames to import, helping manage this case much more easily. It's also got a variety of other tools to help you manage importing spritesheets, so take a look and try it out.
Another nice addition in this release is that when adding a new object, behavior, or effect, you can now use a pin to top option to make your favorites always appear at the top of the dialog for quicker access. There's also two great new examples to check out!
Please note: this is our last scheduled beta release of the year. The team will be taking a well-earned break over the next couple of weeks, during which time there will not be any beta releases and support may be limited. We'll be back to normal in early January.
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Launch r420
New Additions
New object type properties to specify template to use when dragging from Project Bar to Layout View
New examples 'Neon escape', 'Tasty cappuccino'
Context menu options to pin plugins/behaviors/effects to top of dialogs when adding
Changes
Animations editor: new dialog to import frames and animations from sprite sheets
Animations editor: use the term 'sprite sheet' instead of 'sprite strip'
Add/edit family dialog: focus search field by default
Layout View: dropping a replica from Project Bar now creates entire hierarchy if 'Propagate hierarchy' is enabled
Bug Fixes
Layout View: align edges/space did not handle hierarchies
Layout View: could not drag selection after Tab+Click
Layout View: selecting multiple instances with Ctrl/Shift did not apply container/hierarchy select mode
Layout View: context menu for tilemaps could sometimes have double separator
Event Sheet View: ensure icon sizes scale with the text size
Animations editor: crash opening in the editor in mobile layout (regression r417)
Animations editor: match toolbar dropdowns and spinner height
Performance Improvements
Optimize distance calculations (of particular benefit to 3D Shape)
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