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Animations editor improvements; SDK improvements; loads of bug fixes
22 January, 2018 ()
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Notes
This release adds the ability to erase with drawing tools in the Animations Editor by setting the alpha to zero. It's a convenient way to erase and also allows for different erase shapes. There have been several other improvements and fixes to the Animations Editor; see the changelog for full details.
We've also made a few more SDK improvements. For users, you can now multi-select addons to install from the Addon Manager, which makes it a bit easier to batch-install addons. You'll also be notified when adding a new addon that can't be bundled when 'Bundle addons' is enabled. For developers, there's a new read-only property type, a fix for CSS dependencies, and addons should now be translatable too.
Finally we spent the last two weeks or so in a "bug bash" at Scirra - a concerted effort to investigate and close off old bugs. It took some time to make progress but we've closed around half of our outstanding bugs. As part of that we once again have a big batch of bug fixes in this release! We'll be back to our normal schedule soon so we can focus on new features once again. Please remember that we spend a huge amount of developer time just on bugs, and you can help make sure we can spend more time on new features by filing useful bug reports that follow the guidelines as closely as possible.
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Launch r80
New Additions
Animations Editor: now erases with any drawing tool when the alpha channel is 0
Animations Editor: fill and border toggles in the rectangle & ellipse tools
Addon Manager: can now multi-select .c3addon files to install
Audio: PlaybackRate expression
Bug Fixes
Not all keyboard shortcuts worked in popup windows
Crash pressing enter on prompt when adding a layout
Edge: show error when using Remote Preview since it doesn't support it
Settings: could not change back to default theme when logged out
Debugger: did not remember watch items
Debugger: in some cases could not remove watch groups
Layout view: adjust selection boxes to better fit objects
Warn about adding new addons to project that cannot be bundled when 'Bundle addons' is enabled
Xbox Live: possible error signing in twice
Right-to-left text in an event variable name could display incorrectly
Animations Editor: ensure completely solid stroke when using 100% hardness with the brush and eraser
Animations Editor: proper error feedback when using invalid values upon importing an image as a sprite sheet
Animations Editor: make sure the color palette image is fully loaded before using it
Animations Editor: possible crash when renaming animations or animation folders
Animations Editor: possible crash while using drawing tools
Animations Editor: use the correct step when modifying the value of a toolbar slider by using the corresponding spinner arrows
Animations Editor: incorrect value returned by toolbar slider when changing the value using the corresponding spinner
Project Bar: possible crashes with some combinations of drag and drop
SDK updates
Added a new "info" property type to display read-only values
Fix external-css dependencies not being loaded in preview mode
Installed addons can now load translated language files if provided
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