> Well, that's fine, and don't use plugins in C2 or any other third-party plugin? And in terms of the interface, which of the two do you like best? (I'm referring to C3 or C2)
Unless a client asks me to use a third part plugin (that I usually strongly suggest to avoid), I don't use anything that is not vanilla C2.
I do have a couple of additional plugin in C2, but so far I try to don't use them to avoid compatibility issues.
About the interface, I prefer the old one, though C3 has now lots of great improvements, like suggestions when typing, options to zoom in and out tilemap window, enable/disable collision for single tile of the tilemap, etc.
On the other hand, some things in C3 are missing, like for example the possibility to call the functions using a string instead of selecting all the functions available. That slows down sometimes process that could be automated, like make a loop and call the functions in the loop like "Function " & loopindex could do.
Of course C3 is still growing, so as the time past the balance will go towards C3 more and more in the future, however, despite my great support for Scirra's team, I'm really against subscription policies, so I prefer to own things rather than renting. That's why my projects are mostly done in C2.
Our world is already going quite bad following the "You will own nothing and will be happy." idea imposed by the WEF, so I try to keep myself alive as best as I can at 360 degrees, trying to avoid mid and long term problems. That's why I am also transitioning to Linux.
I totally agree with what you say about subscriptions, I also continue using C2 although I also tend to use C3 to try out new things that come out. In my case, I tend to use third-party plugins from time to time such as Canvas or Rex_waitevent and Litetween, I normally use Rex's since they don't give me as many bugs compared to the others I have, and apart from that, I get anxious for some reason thinking that if one day Scirra and its servers close and we're left without C3.