- When activated, the JSON of the project is saved with properties always in alphabetical order. Fields in events are also never omitted.
- The preference is controlled via `gdevelop-settings.yaml` (already read
by the IDE on project open):
```yaml
# gdevelop-settings.yaml
preferences:
canonicalEventSerialization: true
```
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Co-authored-by: Viktor Vovk <vvovk@playtika.com>
Verify that a behavior's custom action whose events Create the object
passed as parameter (FireBullet-style) leads to the newly created
instances being picked in the calling scope, while a previously created
instance of the same object remains untouched.
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- This will track alive/dead instances of some C++ classes and will throw a JS error in case of usage of a already destroyed object from JavaScript. This should avoid crashing/corrupting the wasm/C++ side by calling a method on an object already destroyed. Instead the exception stays on JS side, without reaching the C++ implementation.
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- For advanced use cases where it's important to run events on each instance of an object with an ordering, the For Each can now have an ordering: an expression can be written and will be evaluated for each instance separately. The For Each will then execute for each instance in the order of the result of the expression.
- It's possible to change the direction (ascending or descending)
- It's also possible to give a limit (for example, 1 will allow to pick just the instance with the highest/lowest value for the expression).
- Examples are provided in the UI for common use cases (maximum value of a variable, health points, ammo, distance to another object...)
- Also fix generated code for events (and Else) not working with 'use strict' (only show in developer changelog)
- Also improve the UI to not show horizontal bars for disabled events and comments
- "For Each Child Variable" now also properly support choosing local variables for the variable to iterate on, and for the variable where to store the child and the optional variable where to store the name.
- The loop counter starts from 0 and is automatically increased by 1 each time the event is repeated.
* 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.
* This is not finished yet:
- Documentation needs to be written.
- Menu item (and shortcut?) to quickly toggle between a standard event and a else event must be added so it's easy to switch from one to the other.
- Design must be adapted to make it clearer that the else event is "linked" to the previous one and is not run if the previous event is run.
- This is an AI agent that takes a request and takes actions on a project: it can create scenes, find and create objects, add, remove behaviors, modify them, put instances on the scene, create or modify events, and more to come (layers, setup leaderboards, etc...).
- It's still in beta and there is room for improvement on many things, but is already useful for prototyping and learning - beginners notably are able to see what the AI can do and learn the concepts of GDevelop. For intermediate and power users, it's useful to try new things, or get things done while working on something else.
- Experiment with it and always make backup of your project before starting - in the future restoration points will be added to go back to a previous state if the result is not good or broken.
* 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.
* Choose a starter game and quickly replace objects and tweak their behaviors. The game is then automatically published so it can be shared: this is perfect for new users to get a taste of how a game works and make their own remix of a game before going further.
Florian Rival