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  • Release 48 - Maintenance Update

    Hi everyone, there is a new maintenance update for the Construct Master Collection, please click here to read the release note and download the update.

    Thank you.

  • Hi haypers, this happens when the Mobile Advert Families Programs plugin is added last in the Construct 3 project. I requested a feature to fix this with the Construct 3 Build Service, but just like most of my requests for mobile to support SDK integrations, this was unprioritized by the Construct Team as well.

    For the fix, you can use the public issue with the Mobile Cloud Save plugin.

    1. Fix using the Construct 3 editor.
    2. Fix using the text editor (reliable fix).

    If this happens, you only have to do this once in your project.

    Basically, the goal is to put the Mobile Advert Families Programs plugin at the top of the objects list of the Construct 3 project.

    The plugins that need this fix in the collection when this bug occurs are the following:

    1. Mobile Cloud Save
    2. Mobile Advert Families Programs

    I'll try to bring this issue up again with the Construct Team. Unfortunately, this is the only way to support the listed plugin features while still following the Construct 3 Build Service guidelines while also supporting the built-in Mobile Advert object. There is another workaround, but it takes more time through a plugin than for the Construct 3 engine to just support it itself.

    We should have references about this in the Discord Community as well.

    I hope that helps.

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  • Release 47 - Maintenance Update

    Hi everyone, there is a new maintenance update for the Construct Master Collection, please click here to read the release note and download the update.

    Thank you.

  • Hi, you can use our Mobile IAP (Pro) plugin if you need subscriptions and other advanced features.

    constructcollection.com/documentations/mobile/mobile-iap

    The latest Billing version is also in Beta on our Discord server, pending a stable release.

    discordapp.com/invite/eS3HK88

    Ashley

    Therefore addon developers have, as a minimum, over a year to update their addons (one year starting from the next stable release). We will review this schedule over time and milestones may be delayed if necessary, but we are publishing this as a guide for addon developers to plan with on the assumption that this schedule will be adhered to.

    I would like to request that this timeline be extended to at least 2 years. Not because it takes time for us plugin developers to port the plugins to Addon SDK v2, but because I doubt the API will be able to catch up with the needs of the plugin developers.

    For context, it's been 5 years, and the scripting interface is still incomplete. It's only recently that the majority of the features have been interfaced with the scripting API, but that's still only relative to the event sheet.

    Assuming it took a year to cover all essential APIs for the plugin developers to get to work, which I doubt, they still cannot just instantly port all the plugins; additional time is still needed.

    Even if the plugin developers can work concurrently as new APIs roll out as new update releases, you cannot expect them to, especially those who are doing this only out of the kindness of their hearts for the community in their free time.

    Ashley

    As I've said before, I am keenly aware of the amount of work this will create, and that is regrettable. However, please understand that we are not doing this for fun: the current compatibility disasters and future risks are in my view so severe, that this is very much necessary, despite the magnitude of the problem it will create in the short to medium term. If you don't believe me or disagree with that judgement, I'm there's not much more I can add, other than to say that you either learn the lessons of history, or you are doomed to repeat them. The industry came up with encapsulation to solve these kinds of problems, and we are moving towards that industry-standard approach. If we postponed this by a few years and then were forced to do it anyway, it would be even more difficult and even more addons would need updating. So if it's going to happen - and in my view it absolutely has to - then the sooner we act the less bad it will be.

    Why are you trying to convince or gaslight everyone into believing that the developers are too lazy to update the plugins? That's not the issue here; the issue is that you are pushing for Addon SDK v2, making it look like it will solve all our problems with encapsulation when it barely has any API in it.

    You are launching an Addon SDK v2 with an incomplete API and blaming plugin developers that we do not cooperate. We're aware of what you're trying to do; you are making yourself look good and making it look like you have every customer's best interest in mind. 

    When, in reality, you are the one not cooperating. How are we supposed to port the existing plugins into the latest Construct 3 editor where, otherwise, other engines would work?

    Ashley

    We aim to solve this problem and ensure customer's projects can continue working even in the long term without maintenance by the addon developer.

    You say this like plugins don't break every now and then, every few updates. The only difference now is that 1) it's impossible to support existing, essential, and commonly used plugins; 2) the cons outweigh the pros; and 3) the reason is ironic; it creates the problem it attempts to prevent.

    Construct 2 never had such issues. A plugin from a decade ago still works even now. My projects from a decade ago in Construct 2 still work even now.

    Wouldn't you call that ironic? Every time you try to prevent project breaks, our projects break more and more.

    customer's projects can continue working even in the long term

    All my projects use Spriter; when Addon SDK v2 becomes mandatory, my projects will all break. Nice job, problem solved!

    You created the problems you sought to prevent.

  • Yeah, mobile export as well.

    Windows Defender log after having quarantined my exports:

    Detected: Trojan:Script/Wacatac.H!ml

    Hi Ashley, this seems like a serious issue.

  • Hi everyone, releasing a new update soon.

    If you have any feedback, please make sure to write it this week so that I can apply it in the next release.

    Thank you!

  • Release 46 - Stability Update

    Hi everyone, there is a new stability update for the Construct Master Collection, please click here to read the release note and download the update.

    New plugins

    1. PlayFab Master Collection (v2)
    2. PayPal - Web payment service!

    Thank you.

  • The PayPal plugin is now production-ready! I am really looking forward to the release of this new plugin.

  • Hi everyone, I'm preparing for the next version update. There is also an upcoming new PayPal plugin for web payments, if you have any concerns, please visit the Discord Community by clicking the link below.

    https://discord.com/invite/eS3HK88

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