How do I ensure a plugin in updated?

I'm using this plugin.

construct.net/en/make-games/addons/84/greenworks

I've been using Version 0.71.0 for months, and only recently realised this was updated.

So I downloaded an installed the new plugin. However, I noted that my old project didn't show the new features of the update.

When I make a new project the features appear. In this case:

As mentioned, this doesn't appear in my old project. In fact, when I export it using NW.js and go through the process of adding the recommended files, it doesn't work at all, and I get multiple errors.

So my question is, how do I refresh the plugin to make sure it's using the correct one?

I tried removing the old one and then adding in back in again, but that didn't work either. By all accounts, it looks like Construct is insisting on using the old version of the plugin, even though I updated it.

Do you have bundle addons active?

I remember I had a similar issue and the reason was that the bundled addons would "overwrite" the installed addons even if they are an older version. This makes sense I think for compatibility.

To update, I think you can simply disable bundle addons, close & reopen project, enable bundle addons again. You need to make sure all addons you had bundled are installed otherwise you won't be able to open the project with a missing addon. And just in case, make a backup, you never know when things are going to implode.

Yes, that's the solution, thank you!

Seems odd that you can't update them. What an odd work around.

You can update bundled addons by right-clicking the project name in the Project Bar, selecting Tools -> View used addons, and right-clicking the bundled addon. If you have a newer version of the same addon installed, there should be an option to update it.

You can update bundled addons by right-clicking the project name in the Project Bar, selecting Tools -> View used addons, and right-clicking the bundled addon. If you have a newer version of the same addon installed, there should be an option to update it.

That's new to me :D, guess it isn't exactly something you can easily stumble upon by chance. Good to know!