How to stop C3 from forcing updates?

You can load a specific release from the releases page. If you browse to editor.construct.com it will always serve the latest stable release.

How about an option to not be reminded to update every time C3 is launched?

When a new version of C3 is available, it asks if I want to update to it. If I say no, the popup disappears and I stay on my current version.

However, upon reloading C3, it automatically updates to the latest version and asks if I want to see the release notes.

This is very problematic for my team, as C3 updates can make some pretty major changes internally that affect files in source control, etc.

Switching to the LTS is an option we will probably do, but, you know, we like updates too, just when we're ready for them!

(None of us use C3 inside the browser, so we can't just stick to a version URL. We "install" editor.construct.net which should recommend the latest stable but not force users to it!)

Always open the link to the version you need.

editor.construct.net/r440-2

I also install to a desktop app and doing so from a specified older version will still eventually force me to update when the next stable release drops. It's very odd and quite annoying.

If you load the editor from editor.construct.net it always auto-updates. There's a complicated mechanism using a Service Worker to handle that which I think would be difficult to change, and besides I think it makes sense that the base domain always serves the latest stable release (it's not like a new user visiting for the first time wants to load an old release there). If you install Construct as a desktop app, it does exactly the same thing as the browser, so if you install from editor.construct.net that's still the update process you'll get.

If you load an old stable release in the browser it does still notify you. I actually thought we'd already added a setting to cover that, but I must have forgotten. I've added a setting to turn off update notifications for the next release, so you can make sure loading old releases doesn't keep prompting you to update. Note however this does not affect the update process for editor.construct.net: as the actual files served there are updated, then it will still update you even if you turned off update notifications, and so the editor still also shows an update notification to tell you that's going to happen.