A new version of the Defold game engine was released, version 1.2.126. The nicest new feature of this release is the ability to do side by side editing in the Defold Editor. The Defold Engine is a 2D lua powered free engine from King. If you are interested in learning to use the Defold Engine, be sure to check our tutorial series available here.
Details from the release notes:
Engine
DEF-3137
– Added: AddeddmExtension::RegisteriOSUIApplicationDelegate()
to Native Extension SDKDEF-3024
– Fixed: Renamed (internal) AxTls symbols with a namespace to avoid libcrypto/libssl clashesDEF-3146
– Fixed: Fix win32 accumulating error in dt when “variable_dt” checked in game.projectDEF-3161
– Fixed: Set content length explicitly to zero for 204 (no content) responsesDEF-3237
– Fixed: Improved error handling for extension errors on Win32DEF-3216
– Fixed:factory.create()
now allowsnil
for the properties argumentDEF-3218
– Fixed: Fixed rare assert when adding and deleting many objects during the same frameDEF-3238
– Fixed: Reenabled logging when using lldbEditor
DEFEDIT-1312
– Added: Side-by-side editingDEFEDIT-1345
– Fixed: Defold 1.2.124 not launching on macOS High Sierra 10.13.4DEFEDIT-1348
– Fixed: Add exception printing & logging during application startupDEFEDIT-1349
– Fixed: Add util directory to reflection check build stepDEFEDIT-1350
– Fixed: The debugger is no longer workingDEFEDIT-1351
– Fixed: Shift+Enter from the Find field should Find Previous in code editor and consoleDEFEDIT-1352
– Fixed: Undo after auto-complete no longer removes the whole lineDEFEDIT-1353
– Fixed: Text selection almost invisible when searchingDEFEDIT-1355
– Fixed: Error when syncing new project from editorDEFEDIT-1356
– Fixed: Error when changed a value (scale) on a template node and then tried to reset itDEFEDIT-1357
– Fixed: AssertionError when trying to attach to a running engine while buildingDEFEDIT-1358
– Fixed: Breakpoints no longer get copied when you make new lines on a line with a breakpointDEFEDIT-1359
– Fixed: You can now mouse click to select autocomplete resultDEFEDIT-1360
– Fixed: Correctly syntax-highlight numbers inside all-caps Lua constantsDEFEDIT-1361
– Fixed: Lua keywords inside strings will no longer trigger indentation changes