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Scripting updates

Scripting updates

View a comprehensive history of all the new Javascript scripting feature updates and changes Construct 3 since the first release.

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Possible crash calling event functions from script
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Importing scripts could cause preview to fail
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Added runtime.storage APIs (accesses same storage as Local Storage plugin)
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Possible incorrect "never modified" warning when the only modifications were unary increment/decrement operators
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Possible incorrect "cannot access before initialization" warning when accessing variables of a higher scope from a function
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Incorrect scoping of "var" declarations in warning analysis
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Warnings that highlight class or function declarations will now highlight the identifier instead of the whole declaration
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New warning if declaring a "function" or "var" with the same name as another in the current scope
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Asset APIs to load external scripts & WebAssembly modules
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New 'Loading external script & WebAssembly' example
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Access global variables in event sheets via runtime.globalVars
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Access local variables in event sheets via localVars in script actions/blocks
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runtime.setReturnValue() function to make it easier to return script values from event functions
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Script interfaces for layouts and layers
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Editor now validates JavaScript code in your project before preview or export, prompting you to fix syntax errors
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Debugger CPU profiler now separately measures time spent in scripts
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Added warnings for unused variables, use-before-initalise and assigning to constants
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Lots of new APIs to use in scripts
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New example category 'Scripting' on Start Page, with 'Ghost shooter code' and 'Audio scripting' examples (more to come)
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Full code editor now used for editing code in event sheets
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Syntax highlighting for code in event sheets
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Error highlighting when editing code in event sheets or files
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Updated default script file template, and is now only used for first script
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Script files now run after the engine instead of before
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Exporting projects using script files now works