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Construct 3 r506

Stable release: 3D lighting, 3D model updates & more

14 October, 2026 ()
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It's a new stable release of Construct! If you're updating from the last stable release r495.2 then this update includes changes from r496, r497, r498, r499, r500, r501, r502, r503, r504 and r505. Can you believe we've now reached 500 releases of Construct? Highlights include:

⭐ New support for 3D lighting! Add the 3D light object, and also make use of new material properties on objects and the layout ambient light property.

⭐ Lots of 3D model updates including animation blending, importing FBX and OBJ files, support for alpha testing, modifying bones and meshes at runtime, using objects as textures, and updates for the import process

⭐ Project-wide layer changes (replicate layer and batch rename)

⭐ New experimental improved support for the Steam Overlay with Windows WebView2 exports - see this thread for more details

⭐ A new demo game Arcane Express and 6 other new examples

⭐ Many more additions, changes and bug fixes

Note that in this release, support for the legacy Z axis scale Normalized has been removed. The 3D Camera property Z axis scale has also been removed, as it was only applicable in Normalized mode.

We'll be starting a new beta release cycle soon. If you'd like to help test it when it's out, try the beta release opt-in: choose Notify me about updates for beta releases in Settings. Stay tuned for more updates!

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3D model: set default blend weight to 1

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3D model: spelling mistakes in some descriptions

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  • yay finally a stable, thanks!

  • The editor is weirdly broken. Everything shows stretched, including the grid, and many elements behave like they were on layers with parallaxes different to 100%, 100%. Some elements seem to appear and dissapear when I move the scroll bar. The project runs fine but the editor is unusable right now.

  • You broke the engine. Now my game doesn't respond to swipes. The project just freezes solid whenever I try to play a level. And it’s no longer possible to roll back to the previous version using standard methods. So, it’s not entirely clear what kind of stability you’re talking about. I have a save file from the previous version, and everything works fine there. So, the issue isn't with the project itself. The game freezes specifically after the update. Using the F12 key, I can see that touches are being registered, but they aren't actually triggering anything—the timer isn't running. If everything were working, I wouldn't be writing this. Also, errors have appeared in the console.

  • Awesome update for 3D features!! PS: new example Arcane Express is crashing

  • how you set billboard effect without billboard behavior for piggy?

  • I'm the OP for the post about the layer batch edits. Love that this exists now, it really was needed. Only complaint I have as of now is that it doesn't seem to replicate effect parameters, which ironically is what got me to make the original post ._. Is that some bug or is this not implemented? Could you look into it please?

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      Please file an issue if it's not working like you want - things only mentioned in comments are easily lost and forgotten!