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Construct 3 r429

Monaco updates; Remote Preview and Flowcharts improvements; new example & bug fixes

04 March, 2025 ()

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Notes

This week we've continued to work on integrating the new Monaco code editor. With this release we believe it should be comparable to the old code editor, with support for things like autocomplete, formatting documents and some remaining issues sorted out. If you notice anything still amiss, please do let us know by filing an issue, as we are aiming to have the new Monaco code editor enabled by default for the next stable release in a few weeks.

Another improvement in this release is Remote Preview is now dockable - previously Remote Preview showed in a dialog which you could move around or open to a popup window, but you could not dock it like the Layers Bar. Now the dialog is fully dockable like other bars, including as a tab in the main view, and it can be left open when not running Remote Preview. This should make it easier to manage long-running Remote Preview sessions, as now you can dock the window somewhere and leave it there while you continue to work on your project.

Other improvements in this release are Flowcharts now allow for disabling nodes, providing an easier way to test changes to flowcharts without having to actually delete things. A disabled node will automatically go to its default output. There's also a new example Bowling using JavaScript coding, and a batch of bug fixes. Happy testing!

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Changelog iconNew Additions

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Monaco editor: add back Construct-specific autocomplete (e.g. runtime.objects)
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New example 'Bowling'
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Monaco editor: add back beautify/minify options for JSON
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Monaco editor: add 'Format document' option for HTML and CSS
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Remote Preview: use responsive layout to better handle narrow sizes
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Flowcharts: allow disabling nodes in the editor and bypassing them at runtime through a default output

Changelog iconChanges

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Remote Preview: window is now dockable
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Monaco editor: remove some context menu options from scripts in event sheets
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Monaco editor: disable command palette in scripts in event sheets
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Monaco editor: allow Escape to close autocomplete first for scripts in event sheets
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Browser: deprecate action and expression to execute JavaScript from a string (use scripts in event sheets instead)

Changelog iconBug Fixes

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Remote Preview: runtime stats not appearing in client list
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Monaco editor: some interface elements like autocomplete were clipped to the editor box
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Monaco editor: undo handling not consistent between script and non-script files
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WebGPU: did not allow the full maximum texture size supported by hardware
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Using multiple bundled behaviors could save project incorrectly (regression r420)
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Flowcharts: node outputs not being selected in some circumstances
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Flowcharts: sometimes difficult to connect nodes
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Flowcharts: Properties Bar not updated when clicking on the row of a reference node
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Hierarchies: fix issue restoring saved state
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Hierarchies: container instances in a hierarchy not being created properly
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Tilemap bar: crash selecting an instance in the Instances bar while the auto tiling or patch brush tools are selected in the Tilemap bar

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  • Great update! Is it possible to disable/enable flowchart nodes through events? This would be absolutely huge if so.

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      No, it's not possible, at least not right now.

      That is something that can be handled through event sheet logic though, when the flow lands on a given node you can process it and decide if an output is available or not. If it's not, it effectively is like disabling the node that is linked to it at runtime.

      The feature is similar to commenting lines of code, a quick way to turn something on/off without outright deleting or disconnecting it.

  • Great changes!

  • Great Changes! Hopefully expression dictionaries also supported dockable!

  • main.js:29 The powerPreference option is currently ignored when calling requestAdapter() on Windows. See crbug.com/369219127

    main.js:29 [LANG] Failed to find 'es-ES' string plugins.colyseus_sdk.conditions.schema-compare-current-value-at.params.cmp.desc'

    main.js:29 [LANG] Failed to find 'es-ES' string plugins.colyseus_sdk.conditions.schema-compare-current-value-at.params.value.name'

    main.js:29 [LANG] Failed to find 'es-ES' string plugins.colyseus_sdk.conditions.schema-compare-current-value-at.params.value.desc'

    main.js:29 [LANG] Failed to find 'es-ES' string plugins.colyseus_sdk.conditions.schema-compare-current-value-at.list-name'

    main.js:29 [LANG] Failed to find 'es-ES' string plugins.colyseus_sdk.conditions.schema-compare-current-value-at.display-text'

    main.js:29 [LANG] Failed to find 'es-ES' string plugins.colyseus_sdk.conditions.schema-compare-current-key.description'

  • crush when generating the application in any version... and yesterday it worked fine in the stable version... and now it fails without any change

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      It's not clear what issue you're talking about. If you run in to a problem please file an issue following all the guidelines, as that makes sure you provide enough information for us to be able to help.

      • The problem arises when you choose Image Optimization during export... if you check it... the export fails.

        I have a world event tomorrow with my game.. where 16 Twitch proplayer influencers are going to play.. and I can't update the game on steam.. oh my god

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  • Great update, I appreciate the hard work! Go Scirra!

  • Great work, as always! If you have plans to add a better interface for 3D editing, that would be awesome!