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  • I think if you delete the web app manifest (appmanifest.json) then it will never appear. I don't think there's any harm in leaving it though - I've seen install prompts even on major news websites.

  • All Construct web exports are progressive web apps (PWA) that are eligible for installing as an app. IIRC the eligibility criteria changed fairly recently to be more relaxed and allow more types of pages to be installable, even if they don't provide offline support. This article explains the installability critera.

  • Last I tried using Proton to run a Windows WebView2 export didn't work. Use the Linux CEF exporter instead.

  • As per the Forum & Community guidelines, please only post in English. I used Google Translate on your post. See also this post - it is difficult for anyone to help you without more information.

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  • Last I tried the Windows emulation on Steam Deck didn't work very well for Windows WebView2 exports. I'd recommend using a Linux export anyway as it runs directly on the OS rather than using a complex emulation layer which could be a source of bugs, compatibility problems or performance issues.

  • You could use Steam Cloud to sync save files between devices. See the Steamworks plugin documentation which covers that.

  • It's much easier to help if you provide a project file that other people can open and try out. Your code sample alone isn't enough to try it, so you probably won't get any help with just that.

  • It's probably because if you create a folder named 'images' in the root 'Files' folder, it ends up using the same name as the Construct built-in 'images' folder used in exported projects. Construct should prevent you using these names, but that wasn't implemented. I've added a check for that to prevent it happening again - as we're close to a stable release that check is in for the next release cycle (first beta after the next stable release).

  • If you want to keep using NW.js, you can - it's still there in the r449 LTS release. Our stats show the vast majority of users are on the latest Construct release and also the vast majority of desktop exports are now for Windows WebView2, macOS WKWebView, and Linux CEF instead of NW.js. So I'd say that basically the switch has already happened, which means it's a bit late to be asking to change anything back.

  • For context, this Reddit comment I posted a while back explains some more of the reasons from moving away from NW.js. I know these transitions can be disruptive, but in the long run it's necessary to improve things, and by now the new exporters should support pretty much everything NW.js used to, such as with the File System object for accessing files and folders on disk.

    I'm actually glad we moved away from NW.js, because shortly after the move, this bug broke support for Steam. As the relevant feature is undocumented and unsupported, nobody is obliged to fix it, so it may well be broken permanently now. I always knew it was a risk relying on things like that because of the chance of exactly this scenario, and that was part of the motivation to move away from NW.js. Luckily we avoided that particular nightmare. Presumably if we had stuck with NW.js, that bug would be causing serious problems, and everyone would be demanding a fix or talking about other better technologies we ought to be using instead. Also moving to new technologies has enabled further improvements, such as better support for dual-GPU devices in the latest releases.

    In these cases we have to choose between continuing to suffer the faults of the technologies we've already chosen, or switch to better technologies and do our best to smooth the transition between them. If we have to choose between short term gain with long term pain, or short term pain with long term gain, in the end it's always best to choose the latter.

  • Multiplayer tutorial 1: concepts covers this in the section about connectivity.

  • The signalling server is available in the store, but I do not recommend using it if you are not already familiar with administrating servers and configuring network setups - we do not provide support for those topics.

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