Construct 0.98.3 released

Download 0.98.3 now!

This build has some more bug fixes (lots for bone movement!), and a few extra bits thrown in. We're announcing this build slightly different this time around - this build is announced on the forum, but won't yet be posted to the site front page, nor will it popup a new release prompt in old builds. Once a day or two has passed and we're confident this is a solid build, we'll do all that.

We're also in the process of moving the site to a new server since our old server ran out of bandwidth (!). That's why we were down for a blip, thanks to Gullanian for donating his spare bandwidth. Full changelog:

Behaviors

• [ADD] Two new modes to Grid Movement behavior: NPC and manual. NPC will randomly wander within the x/y boundaries set in properties, just like NPCs in RPG games. Manual allows you to move objects manually on the grid
• [FIX] You can now delete joints in the Bone Movement
• [FIX] Hitting delete in Bone Movement now won't cause a crash on exit
• [FIX] Other properties now can't be opened if the layout editor is locked by a behavior (eg Bone Movement)
• [FIX] Crash exiting layout editor if a behavior has locked it (eg. Bone Movement)
• [FIX] Undo now works when editing behavior properties
• [FIX] 'Animation is playing' under Bone Movement now working
• [FIX] Drag & Drop: Only picks topmost object if you try to drag two overlapping objects

Event Sheet Editor

• [ADD] Insert group to the right click event menu
• [FIX] Selecting traits/families would sometimes crash
• [CHANGE] Groups/events now add under the last selected item
• [CHANGE] When dragging downwards or upwards, the editor will now scroll

General

• [ADD] Cloning an object that has images or animations now clones the images and animations
• [FIX] Zoom Y rate now fixed
• [FIX] Double clicking an empty error when adding a behavior would crash
• [FIX] Adding/moving/dragging/deleting layers now sets layouts to 'changed', so quitting will prompt to save
• [FIX] Crash when editing animation images in the event sheet editor
• [FIX] Layout reordering (again)
• [FIX] Adding private variables when adding an object to a family correctly sets the number/text type of the added variables
• [FIX] Cannot name an object the same as an attribute (eg. 'Solid')
• [FIX] Translation mixup in resource bar; right clicking a binary resource now shows 'remove' instead of 'add'

Picture editor

• [FIX] Pasting to other editors now works
• [FIX] Crash switching tools sometimes
• [CHANGE] Last tool is now remembered when the picture editor is next opened

Plugins

• [ADD] XAudio2: Full 2D sound positioning to match Directsound capabilities
• [ADD] 'For each item' and 'For each group' to INI object
• [ADD] 'Get animation frame count' to Sprite
• [ADD] Enabled property to the HTML control
• [FIX] XAudio2: panning a mono sound crashed
• [FIX] Text to speech object now works
• [FIX] Particles were never seen at their first frame before, only their second
• [FIX] Colour filter now affects particles
• [FIX] Sprite now accounts for the animation angle with auto mirror and auto flip (so you dont have to draw your object at 0 degrees)
• [CHANGE] Particle Spray - particles created per frame are distributed over the time gap, preventing fast moving large rate particles having 'gaps'
• [CHANGE] Button, Edit, Combo Box and HTML, List box, and Progress bar now render using Direct-X, removing the old control drawing system, which was largely inaccurate or flickered

Runtime

• [ADD] 'NormalRandom(mean, sigma)' system expression: normally distributed random function
• [FIX] Objects that use negative widths or heights (eg. Sprite) no longer vanish when they are near the edge of the screen
• [FIX] Modulus operator (a % b) now converts both parameters to integers if they are floats then calculates modulus, eg. 12.2 % 5 = 2 (means system expressions which return floats like timer can work with modulus)
• [FIX] Change display size/change fullscreen in the same tick crashed runtime

Whoah, that's a lot of bug fixes! Glad to see that the bone behaviors "Animation is Playing" condition has been fixed. I'll download it later and see if I come across any new bugs.

Nice update! Lots of useful stuff in there

And thanks for the hosting Gullanian!. I saw the "Bandwidth exceeded" message earlier today and got a little worried. But on the other hand, I guess that means more people are visiting the site so maybe that's not a bad thing

thankx deadeye

but when i checked update from construct 0.98.2 it said you are updated

This release is being released on the forum first before the updaters and website are changed, so if there's any last minute bugs they don't circulate.

Woah, so many bug fixes already after 0.98? Great! And some useful-looking additions too. And that normal random! Thanks!

And thank you for Gullanian too! (Btw. is he younger or older brother :D?)

Construct crashes for me now when i use grid movement.

Temp.exe has stopped responding.

This is why we pre-released it .

Seems something's got muddled in it, having a look.

What object are you using it on?

I can't get a crash.

The box object.

It does seem to work fine with sprites so far.

Thanks.

Any chance you can add pathfinding to the object too?

Ah right yes it doesn't work correctly with boxes for some reason, I'll have a look into that.

Pathfinding's on the long term list for it, I've got several plans for it after 1.0 .

Also, Gullanian's older, though you wouldn't think it to read his posts.

Outstanding work as always.

Let me know if your having hosting issues as I have some contacts in the business.

Uploaded a new version with fixed 'Add animation angle' text and highlighted actions in XAudio2. Will be posting on front page now.

You guys work fast.

Always a surprise when visting the boards

Good work fellas!

~Sol