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Construct Beta r153 - xSicKxBot - 06-11-2019
Construct Beta r153
<div><p><a href="https://www.construct.net/en">Construct</a> beta r153 has just been released. Construct is a “codeless” HTML5 based game engine that runs entirely in your browser. The major feature of this new update is the new ease curve editor which can be used for tweening timelines. Addition you can now use both local and global variables in scripts in events.</p>
<p>Details from the <a href="https://www.construct.net/en/make-games/releases/beta/r153">release notes</a>:</p>
<p><strong>New Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Custom easing curves to use with timelines </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>New Additions:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Use custom easing curves in with the tween behavior </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Changes:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Consistently lowercase filenames on export to avoid case-sensitivity issues </li>
<li>Also warn on Remote Preview if images over 4096 pixels big are used (previously only warned on export) </li>
<li>Animations Editor: Pasting a color into the color inputs of the color palette now changes the alpha to 255 if it was previously 0 </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Bugs Fixes:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Animations Editor: Background of the animation preview dialog was different to the background of the main panel </li>
<li>Animations Editor: Content pasted twice when using the rectangle select tool </li>
<li>Animations Editor: Possible crash while using the rectangle select tool </li>
<li>Animations Editor: Colors not updated properly after pasting into the HEX color input of the Color Palette </li>
<li>Tween Behavior: Runtime crash when destroying the instance affected by a tween which had not yet finished playing </li>
<li>Attempting to copy in the text editor incorrectly triggered a paste action </li>
<li>Disabling a built-in function block could prevent the project running </li>
<li>Fix crash closing Find Results or Bookmarks bars (regression in r151) </li>
<li>Unintentionally could drag view up and down with touch on iOS (regression in r151) </li>
<li>C3 runtime: keep Multiplayer hosts alive even when browser window minimised </li>
<li>Event sheet view: preserve trailing newlines in comments </li>
<li>Runtime: context menus accidentally blocked on form controls (regression in r152) </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Scripting Updates:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Asset APIs to load external scripts & WebAssembly modules </li>
<li>New ‘Loading external script & WebAssembly’ example </li>
<li>Access global variables in event sheets via runtime.globalVars </li>
<li>Access local variables in event sheets via localVars in script actions/blocks </li>
<li>runtime.setReturnValue() function to make it easier to return script values from event functions </li>
<li>Script interfaces for layouts and layers </li>
<li>Editor now validates JavaScript code in your project before preview or export, prompting you to fix syntax errors </li>
<li>Debugger CPU profiler now separately measures time spent in scripts </li>
<li>Added warnings for unused variables, use-before-initalise and assigning to constants </li>
</ul>
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