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Desktop export updates; new demo game; various additions & bug fixes
05 August, 2025 ()
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Notes
In this release we've done some work on our desktop export options, particularly to support some new windowing features. There's now options to perform window operations like maximize, restore and minimize. Since other windowing features are in the Browser object, these actions are also in the Browser object, but in a special 'Desktop exports only' category. All desktop exports now also support exporting without a window caption, which removes all the system user interface around the window, and also making the window non-resizable.
There's also a batch of various additions in this release: you can now set the player name with Construct Game Services, there's a new RandomUUID Cryptography expression, Binary Data now supports hex strings as well as base64, there's now some extra expressions and a script interface for 9-patch, and you can also now detect fullscreen errors (when a browser blocks a request to enter fullscreen). We also have a great new demo game 'Tick tock toppings' for you to check out, where your job is to serve ice creams within a time limit from a variety of ice cream parlors. As ever, there's a few bug fixes too. Happy testing!
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Launch r451
New Additions
9-patch: add expressions to get margin sizes
New demo game 'Tick tock toppings'
Browser: add actions to maximize, minimize and restore window in desktop exports
Construct Game Services: 'Set player name' action
Browser: 'Focus' action now brings window to top in desktop exports
macOS WKWebView & Linux CEF: option to export non-resizable window
Browser: 'On fullscreen error' trigger
Cryptography: 'RandomUUID' expression
Desktop exports: option to export without window caption
Binary Data: GetHex expression
Binary Data: 'Set from string' action with options to set as text, base64 or hex
Changes
Construct Game Services: in desktop exports now focuses main app window after successful authentication
Construct Game Services: add more client-side rate limits to mitigate accidental misuse
Binary Data: deprecate 'Set from string' and 'Set from base64' actions as now covered by 'Set from string'
Disable worker mode in macOS WKWebView exports due to Safari issues
Bug Fixes
Possible crash on startup when checking for addon updates
Ensure legacy SDK v1 addons can still be automatically updated
Missing addons dialog incorrectly marked effects as legacy SDK v1
Pathfinding behavior not working (regression r450)
Error on preview if project contained deprecated NW.js plugin
Scripting updates
Add I9PatchInstance script interface
Add IRuntime events "window-maximized", "window-minimized"
Add ICGSObjectType method setPlayerName()
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