- Replace the third-party `pixi-spine@4.0.4` with the official Esoteric Software runtime for PixiJS v7 (`@esotericsoftware/spine-pixi-v7@4.2.116`).
- The new runtime only fully supports skeletons exported from **Spine 4.2**. Older exports (e.g. 4.0) may partially render but mesh deformations won't work due to a Spine JSON schema change (`deform` → `attachments`).
* For now, this is limited to instances inside custom objects. This will be made available in the future for all instances in scenes if this works well.
* Typically, when resources are downloaded from a CDN, then sometimes, for
various reasons, a request for a resource may fail. In such cases, it’s
very useful to have retry for avoiding intermittent issues.
* New actions are available to save & load the game state, making Saving & Loading as easy as adding 1 action to your game!
* While it will work in most cases, it has a few limitations and hasn't been thoroughly tested on all types of objects/behaviors and games, so it is for the moment tagged as **Experimental** while we gather feedback and improve it
* Check out the wiki for more info: https://wiki.gdevelop.io/gdevelop5/all-features/save-state
* This adds two new settings, available in the Project Properties and in the Scene Properties dialog, to allow to specify the strategy for preloading resources of the scenes and unloading them. By default, a game will preload in background the resources of all scenes. It will never unload these resources (so scene switching is fast).
* You can now choose to unload the resources of a scene when the scene is left using the "Resources unloading" field. If the scene is launched again later, it will load its resources again.
* You can also choose to change the preloading to disable it for all scenes (by modifying the setting in the project properties) or enable it/disable it on a scene by scene basis. This can be useful for large or modular games where you anticipate the player to only play some scenes, or if you want to reduce the resources that needs to be loaded on a web game.
* This allows to fully release resources, textures and anything else that is linked to a gdjs.RuntimeGame. This can be useful if multiple games must be loaded/unloaded/changed in a single web page.
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* When an object is selected (or when "Edit object" button is clicked in the properties panel after choosing an instance), the properties panel will show the properties of the object.
* This allows for fast edition of most elements of an object: appearance, properties, but also behaviors, variables and effects. Most workflow and iterations on your game should be faster, from adapting the appearance of a text to tweaking behaviors and updating the preview to check the result in realtime.
* This allows playing around with instances directly on the canvas instead of relying on the actions to flip or change opacity and needing to start a preview
* Still to do:
* Properly handle effects (disable 3D effects) for layers
* Handle hot reloading properly
* Avoid duplicating the configuration of the custom object inside each object created from it. Instead, only store the modified values.
* Add a "Extract as a custom object ("prefab")" when selecting instances in a scene.
* Add a dialog to give choice between 2D or 3D object when creating one.
* Make sure "behavior shared data" are properly handled (physics, pathfinding...)
* Check if we need to give an expression to translate coordinates from the parent to the local custom object.
* Ensure a deleted custom object does not break the editor
Co-authored-by: Davy Hélard <davy.helard@gmail.com>
* An object changing layer during the game is now properly moved to the layer on the other players games
* Video object can be synced as well
* Pathfinding behavior is now properly synced, allowing a smooth prediction on other players games
* Spine object is now synced as well
* This allows to use animatable 2D objects created with Spine (purchase a licence on [their website](https://esotericsoftware.com/) if you're interested).
* 2D skeletal animation allows for very smooth animations, and keep resource usage low compared to animations made of frames like Sprite objects. It's perfect for 2D games and can be used for animated characters, avatars, UI elements.
* Many thanks to @f0nar and @LousyMolars for their work on this new feature and associated game examples!
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Co-authored-by: Vladyslav Pohorielov <vpohorielov@playtika.com>
Co-authored-by: Gleb Volkov <glebusheg@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Florian Rival <Florian.rival@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Davy Hélard <davy.helard@gmail.com>
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