Release Notes

April 2018

Features

• Video motion extension
• Locally save and load SB3 files from you your computer
• Updates to the sprite / sound / costume tile design
• New library design and improved search
• Uploading sounds and costumes from file (svg, jpg, png, mp3, wav)
• Initial version of the "How-To" library with step-by-step tutorials and videos
• Minor changes to block names and colors
• Minor updates to operator block ordering and language

Bugs

• Various fixes to the paint editor
• Various performance improvements
• Fix sprite dragging after using "say"
• Fix "say" block on empty costume sprites
• Fix some issues when switching sprites while using "My Blocks"
• Allow browser "back" button to escape from libraries

March 2018

Features

• "When stage clicked" block that switches between sprite/stage correctly.
• Vector text tool (first implementation)
• New menubar

Bugs

• Fix some issues in the sprite, costume, sound, and backdrop libraries
• Fix issues where new backdrop was not selected in paint editor when added
• Improved performance of the sound and costume tabs
• Improved performance of the paint brush in the vector paint editor
• Improved performance of loudness block
• Improved error handling when sb2 projects are loaded
• Improved say bubble positioning

February 2018

Features

• Duplicate options for sounds/costumes in context (right click) menu
• New asset menu system including:
  • "Surprise" sprite, backdrop, costume and sound buttons
  • "Blank" sprite and backdrop buttons
• Add small drag threshold for selecting sprite on stage
• Sharing blocks between sprites (aka "Share the Love")
• Loading a Scratch 2.0 project via the preview modal

Bugs

• Make all button images not draggable
• Fix a crash when deleting costumes using the context menu
• Fix issues with projects that name a sprite “Stage”
• Fix issues with “Stop” block causing crashes
• Fix issues with sprite thumbnails being scaled incorrectly
• Fix issues where the rendering engine (stage) may stop working due to too many WebGL contexts being created

January 2018

Features

• New sprites, backdrops, sounds, and costumes added to libraries
• Add "escape" button support for exiting fullscreen mode
• Reorder the motion category
• Add new layer control blocks to the "looks" category
• Add user alerts for lack of Internet Explorer support
• Add user alert for lack of WebGL support
• Improved rendering quality of vector sprites when scaled up

Bugs

• Fix audio issues with Mozilla Firefox that could result in a fatal exception being thrown (crash)
• Fix various issues with Microsoft Edge that would result in fatal exceptions being thrown (crash)
• Fix responsive rendering issues with Mozilla Firefox
• Fix various rendering issues with Microsoft Edge
• Fix various issues with monitor positioning and visibility
• Fix issue caused by dragging a duplicated sprite
• Fix issue with pen trails while dragging a sprite
• Fix memory utilization issue ("leak") with audio buffers
• Fix issue with initial "undo" state in the paint editor when importing an "empty" costume
• Fix issues with missing cursor preview in paint editor

December 2017

Features

• “New Message” option implemented in broadcast dropdown
• Broadcast message now takes inputs
• Unused broadcast messages are deleted when changing sprites
• “More” category now called “My Blocks”
• “Data” category now called “Variables”
• Block language changes: secs => seconds, use “Make” instead of “Create”
• “Make a Block” modal implemented including arguments and “run without screen refresh”
• Update looks blocks ordering
• “Next Backdrop” block now visible to sprites
• Layer blocks changed to have menus, “go to front/back” and “go forward/backward N layers”
• New “drag mode” block
• “Size” property now directly editable in sprite info area (removed rotation style)
• Welcome preview intro
• Browser unsupported warning modal (needs follow-up)
• Feedback google form
• New sound editor design
• Coming soon tooltips on un-implemented features (language switcher, variable options, text tool, bitmap editor, etc.)
• Default project now comes with “count” variable automatically
• Extension blocks now render with their icons in front
• Extension categories now show an icon
• “Flip Horizontal/Vertical” action in paint editor
• “Curved/Straight” point editing action in paint editor
• Paint bucket in paint editor
• Eye dropper in color pickers for the paint editor
• New styles for selection box in paint editor
• Different colors used for variables and list blocks

Bugs

• Fix project-destroying errors after duplicating blocks
• Fix double-rendering bug in renderer
• Fix touching-color not working for hidden sprites
• Prevent hidden sprites from stealing clicks
• Fix sprite dragging for touch devices
• Show new costumes/sounds in the editor automatically
• Remove broken “collapse” option from context menu on blocks
• Prevent attempting to delete the last costume
• Fix modal titles for list, message and variable creation
• Limit undo stack size on sound editor
• Fix default input values on graphics effects blocks
• Do not leave a pen trail when dragging sprite with pen down
• Fix legacy pen blocks “set pen color to”
• Fix importing of certain costumes in paint editor
• Fix convex hull calculation preventing certain costumes from rendering
• Fix mobile color bug in renderer
• Stop all sounds for all targets when “stops all sounds”
• Reset sound effects on stop
• Prevent layering blocks from sending sprites behind the stage
• Clear “answer” on green flag