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Cloud savegames; timelines in debugger; 9-patch improvements & more
12 August, 2025 ()
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In this release we've added support for cloud savegames to the Construct Game Services plugin! This allows you to easily make cross-device savegames based on the account that you log in with, and it works with every export platform. There are more features in the works around this, so stay tuned.
There's also a new timelines section in the debugger to help you understand how your timelines are working, with options to view the instances involved with them, and playback controls like starting and pausing playback.
The 9-patch plugin was due some attention, and so we've also brought a range of improvements to it. You can now dynamically load an image from a URL and change the various settings, including the margin sizes, at runtime. It also renders better at small sizes, making it more useful for things like health bars. A new image scale option means you can do things like animate the size more consistently. All these capabilities are also now exposed with its new script interface. Overall the 9-patch object should be much more flexible and useful in new situations.
Other changes include a new 'Move file' action in the File System object (currently only supported on Windows, but support for macOS and Linux will follow shortly), a great new 'Pottery' example demonstrating a clever combination of mesh distortion and coding, two more examples for Construct Game Services, and as ever some bug fixes. Happy testing!
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Launch r452
New Additions
Debugger: show more information about timelines
Construct Game Services: support for cloud save
9-patch: 'Load image from URL' action
New examples 'Pottery', 'Online leaderboards', 'Cloud save'
9-patch: 'Set margins' action
Linux CEF: add missing window caption/resizable settings
9-patch: allow per-instance settings for edges, fill and seams, and add actions to set
File System: 'Move file' action (Windows only - macOS and Linux support to follow)
9-patch: image scale X/Y to scale image within the object
9-patch: add debugger properties
Changes
Rename example 'Savegames' to 'Local savegames'
9-patch: change rendering to better handle resizing to very small sizes
Windows WebView2: update to SDK v1.0.3405.78
Bug Fixes
Construct Game Services: some expressions had wrong return type
Construct Game Services: error using ScoreCountryAt() expression if server did not provide a country
Possible fix for dialogs getting stuck when changing browser tab
Find results bar: did not preserve scroll position correctly when changing search term
SDK updates
Add editor IProject method GetProjectFileBySID()
Scripting updates
Add I9PatchInstance method replaceImage()
Make I9PatchInstance margin values settable
Add I9PatchInstance properties 'edges', 'fill', 'seams'
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