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Construct 3 r442

New Asset Browser; new demo game; optimized mesh distortion; scripting updates & more

03 June, 2025 ()

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We've been working on a new Asset Browser feature for Construct, and this release includes the first version of it! There's still plenty of work to be done on it and we have a range of features and changes already planned, but as ever we like to release updates early so you can try them out and give us your feedback as early as possible. The Asset Browser is designed to conveniently browse and search the free bundled assets, as well as any of your purchases from the Asset Store, providing a quick way to import them to a project. For now you can open the Asset Browser by choosing Menu - View - Bars - Asset Browser (we'll be adding easier ways to access it in future). Give it a spin and let us know what you think!

This release includes a range of other additions and updates, including some fixes for regressions in r441 from the renderer upgrades, as well as optimizing mesh distortion rendering, which now internally makes use of the high-performance mesh drawing capability which is more efficient both in CPU and GPU usage. We also have a great new demo game Mythinsects which has several levels of a battle strategy game with opposing bases. Happy testing!

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Changelog iconNew Features

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New in-editor Asset Browser

Changelog iconNew Additions

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New demo game 'Mythinsects'
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Debugger: Text width/height properties for Text & SpriteFont
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Support for opening folder projects by drag-and-drop

Changelog iconChanges

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Windows WebView2: update to WebView2 SDK v1.0.3296.44

Changelog iconBug Fixes

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Particles rendering incorrectly (regression r441)

Changelog iconPerformance Improvements

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Optimize mesh distortion rendering

Changelog iconScripting updates

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Fix possible incorrect rendering after drawMesh() (regression r441)
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Add missing TypeScript definitions for IRuntime events "pretick", "tick2"
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Internationalization: add createContext() method returning I18NLookupContext
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Fix error calling ILayout getVanishingPoint()
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Add ILayout isUnboundedScrolling

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    Update: it looks like the Asset Browser isn't loading anything due to an issue caused by the release system. We're looking in to it!

  • Internationalization getting scripting support is amazing. Is there documentation or will that come with the next stable?

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      We normally update documentation after the next stable release. If you use TypeScript you can usually experiment with new APIs fairly easily with that as it uses the type definitions to help you call the new APIs correctly.

  • great update!

    Though the asset browser just states "No connection, can't download source". Will report properly if it persists

  • Fixed particles yes!