desktop/changelog.md

This document is the authoritative source for TurboWarp's changelogs. Everything else gets generated from this list by node scripts/generate-changelogs.js.

Prefix notes with "Windows:", "macOS:", or "Linux:" as needed. Do not use formatting or links.

1.13.0-beta.1 (2024-08-25)

• Added Steamworks extension
• Optimized pen rendering
• Removed restricted trademarks
• Various bug fixes

1.12.3 (2024-06-02)

• Fixed one-time data migration from versions before 1.9.0
• Fixed default URL in video extension

1.12.1 (2024-05-28)

• Updated packager
• Linux: Fixed incorrect metadata in .desktop launcher causing some desktop environments to behave strangely
• Linux: Flatpak version now detects drag-and-drop-related permission issues and suggests how to fix them

1.12.0 (2024-05-27)

• New extensions: Pen Plus V7, Simple 3D, Mobile Keyboard, Numerical Encoding V2, Ask Before Closing Tab, Font Manager
• Added cloud variables synchronization between all open desktop app windows. This can be disabled under the "Edit" menu
• Added optional Rich Presence support. This can be enabled under the "Settings" menu then "Desktop Settings"
• Optimized project loading by about 10%
• Improved high contrast extension colors
• Fixed protocol handler errors
• Fixed "Allow extensions to access any website" not allowing certain websites to be embedded using Iframe extension
• Various other bug fixes

1.11.1 (2024-04-13)

• Fixed addon errors

1.11.0 (2024-04-07)

• New addon: Multiple rows in backpack
• New extensions: List Tools, XML, Key Simulation
• The dango has become a cat
• Enabled Debugger addon performance tab
• Restored Scratch font with a new font that looks similar but without legal ambiguity
• Fixed various fullscreen-related bugs
• Various other bug fixes
• Windows: Restored 32-bit installers for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
• macOS: macOS 10.13 and 10.14 users will have to install a special "legacy" version of the app
• Linux: Fixed WebGL ("uniformSetters") errors on some distributions and Flatpak
• Linux: Fixed segfault on Wayland

1.10.1 (2024-02-05)

• Windows: Support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 has not been removed, however you will have to download a special version of the app that uses old versions of libraries. This is slower and less secure, but we will support it as long as it's not an unreasonable burden
• New addons: Rearrangeable custom block inputs, Skewing in costume editor, Square block text inputs, Compact editor, Customizable menu bar, Copy reporter values, Move sprite to front layer, Arrow key incrementation in editor
• New extensions: WebSocket, Pen+ V6, Asset Manager, HTML encoding
• Insert blocks by name addon was rewritten and works so much better
• Added high contrast mode
• Added dark blocks mode
• Added option to change accent color from red to blue or purple
• Added progress bar when loading projects from your computer
• Added more stage size controls when using large custom stage sizes
• Added support for generating Electron apps for ARM Linux computers
• Added many new APIs for extensions
• Fixed scripts imported from the backpack dropping in the wrong spot
• Fixed gamepad support and costume editor snapping addons when using custom stage sizes
• Fixed scroll bars when using custom stage sizes
• Fixed wake lock extension
• Fixed too many bugs to list here
• Removed hidden "Scratch" font due to license ambiguities (Custom fonts can be used as a workaround)

1.9.3 (2023-09-18)

• Fixed one-time data migration process not running sometimes

1.9.2 (2023-09-17)

• Fixed some edge cases in file saving and the one-time data migration process

1.9.1 (2023-09-13)

• Fixed option to create cloud variables missing
• Fixed custom username not saving
• Fixed bugs in the one-time data migration process
• Slightly optimized startup time
• macOS: Update menu bar

1.9.0 (2023-09-08)

• Desktop app was rewritten for improved security
• Added custom reporters
• Added custom fonts
• Added 15+ new extensions including Clipboard, More Motion, Iframe, Color picker, Custom Styles, and Wake Lock
• New restore point system that is more reliable, more efficient, and stores multiple restore points instead of just one
• The builtin extension, costume, backdrop, and sprite libraries let you mark items as favorites
• Extension gallery is now built into the extension list, not a separate window
• New update checker that shows you the changelog for each new version
• Can now ignore misspelled words or turn off the spellchecker entirely
• Allow importing .ogg, .flac, and .aac audio files
• Removed "for each" block from the palette because it causes various issues
• Improved error handling
• Fixed backpacking scripts and sprites that contain custom extensions
• Fixed text to speech blocks
• Fixed a lot of bugs

1.8.1 (2023-06-20)

• Fixed issues using custom extensions in the packager (if issues remain, press "Reset All Settings" in packager)
• Fixed using an extension to fetch files from extensions.turbowarp.org in the editor
• Fixed Looks Plus "this sprite" option not working properly in clones

1.8.0 (2023-06-19)

• Added more than 40 new extensions including Animated Text (like Scratch Lab), Local Storage, BigInt, JSON, Clipping and Blending, Sensing Plus, Clones Plus, Looks Plus, and RegExp
• Updated many extensions including Stretch, Runtime Options, and Files
• To protect user privacy, builtin extensions now ask for permission before allowing the project to contact untrusted websites
• Custom extensions can now be loaded from files or text
• Added option to allow extensions to bypass CORS
• Added "random direction" option to point towards block
• Fixed script execution order occasionally changing after saving project
• Fixed zooming with ctrl+plus on some keyboard layouts
• Fixed exporting addon settings
• Fixed many other bugs
• Windows: Support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 will be removed in a future release
• Windows: Added native support for Windows on ARM

1.7.1 (2023-01-24)

• Added support for unsandboxed extensions from extensions.turbowarp.org
• The desktop app includes an offline copy of extensions.turbowarp.org
• Custom extensions will now be automatically loaded when you open a project made with recent versions of TurboWarp (a confirmation prompt appears for third-party extensions)
• Project saving now uses significantly less memory
• The old button to open the packager in the "?" menu has been moved; use the button in the "File" menu instead. The old button has mentioned the new location for a while. This matches the web app.
• Added "Rename broadcasts" addon (enabled by default)
• Added "Collapsing sprite properties" addon
• Added "Costume editor snapping" addon
• Added "Project volume slider" addon
• Added "Always show number pad" addon
• Added a few more switches to the "Block switching" addon
• Checkboxes in the toolbox are now dark in dark mode
• Allow creating monitors for mouse down, mouse x, mouse y, and days since 2000
• Fixed crash in costume editor using transparent colors with bitmap line tool
• Fixed costume editor color picker ignoring transparency
• Fixed some keyboard shortcuts not working when caps lock is enabled
• Fixed many other bugs
• Windows: Support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 may be removed in a future update
• macOS: Our app is now notarized by Apple

1.6.1 (2022-10-07)

• Fixed features that access your microphone or camera
• Fixed addon settings import not importing some color options

1.6.0 (2022-10-02)

• New addon: Pick colors from stage (enabled by default)
• New addon: Zebra striping
• Bitmap costume editor now supports transparency
• SVGs exported by TurboWarp and imported to TurboWarp won't be re-centered unnecessarily
• Sound editor now shows a sound's size, whether it's stereo or not, and its sample rate
• Maximum SVG size has been reverted to the same as Scratch due to too many crashes
• Added option to clone counter to only show icon
• Added "Turbo Robot" sprite to builtin libraries
• Added option to customizable new sprite position to apply to duplicated sprites
• Fixed "Saving project..." text disappearing before the project was actually saved
• Fixed save location still being updated if you cancel the confirmation to replace existing project
• Fixed unnecessary memory use when saving files
• Fixed loading some projects with many bitmap costumes
• Fixed block cherry picking breaking on certain blocks
• Fixed tangent block reporting slightly incorrect values in the compiler
• Fixed display stage on left side and two-column category menu compatibility bugs
• Fixed developer tools dark mode issue
• Fixed auto-hiding block palette bugs
• Fixed variable manager bugs
• Fixed sound editor layout bugs at certain window sizes
• Fixed some costume and sound lists having an unnecessary horizontal scrollbar
• Fixed color picker overlay not covering the entire page
• Fixed some icons being unnecessarily draggable
• Fixed loading Scratch 2 projects with unusual JSON
• Windows: Title bar now respects your computer's dark mode preference
• Linux: We now have a repository for Debian/Ubuntu and their derivatives
• Updated packager: settings export and import, optimized memory use of packaged projects

1.5.0 (2022-07-23)

• New addon: Reverse order of project controls
• New addon: Hide stage and sprite pane
• Allow creating unlimited cloud variables
• Fixed backpacking JPEG costumes
• Fixed turbo mode stored in projects not applying properly
• Added option to disable hidden window throttling
• Fixed some bugs in the auto-hiding block palette addon
• Linux: Support for 32-bit x86 has been removed
• macOS: Fixed uncloseable packager windows if opened from a fullscreen editor window
• Updated packager: list color, version number, macOS Electron, Scratch Link support, more

1.4.0 (2022-06-24)

• Moved the builtin copy of the TurboWarp Packager to the File > Package project menu
• Added a sound duration indicator to the sound editor
• Added partial support for the "Threads" tab in the debugger addon, including single stepping
• Fixed high CPU usage when project is paused
• Increased maximum resolution of large vector costumes
• Updated backpacked item previews to support transparency
• Updated dark mode with improved inputs, improved scrollbars, and support for the debugger and gamepad addons
• Fixed developer tools find bar covering up controls in certain conditions
• Fixed variable manager causing crashes when variables are too large
• Improved style of many modals and prompts to be more cohesive
• Fixed block context menus immediately selecting item and closing after being opened on some systems
• Fixed interface allowing invalid framerates and invalid stage sizes
• Fixed custom extensions being able to corrupt projects if they return unexpected values
• Fixed custom extension error handling
• Fixed various other bugs
• Linux: Support for 32-bit x86 systems will be removed in v1.5.0 (32-bit ARM is not affected)
• Linux: Added support for Linux on Apple Silicon
• macOS: Reduced app startup time
• Added donation links
• Updated packager: adds support for "☁ room id" special cloud behavior

1.3.1 (2022-05-18)

• Fixed crash on some Linux systems
• Gamepad addon now supports buttons other than the left button and is compatible with pointerlock in the packager
• Updated packager: relicensed to Apache 2.0 from LGPL3.0 for fewer restrictions, added "☁ set clipboard" and "☁ pasted" support to special cloud behaviors
• Various other bug fixes

1.3.0 (2022-05-03)

• New addon: Customizable default costume editor colors
• The app now registers itself as a file handler for .sb and sb2 files in addition to .sb3
• Optimized comparison blocks
• Fixed more crashes on app startup on some systems

1.2.2 (2022-04-13)

• Fixed mouse actions in gamepad support addon in packager
• Fixed blocks like "insert x at any of list" to insert at a random location

1.2.1 (2022-04-10)

• Fixed crash on startup on some systems
• All windows now have proper language hints, fixes CJK characters looking weird in some windows
• Added error message when any child process dies unexpectedly, not just renderer processes

1.2.0 (2022-04-09)

• Added option to configure which microphone and camera the app should use
• Added option to disable hardware acceleration
• Fixed stage size stored in projects
• Reduced costume editor flicker when switching costumes
• Added text inputs to costume editor color components
• Fixed monitor position after resizing stage
• Fixed vertical centering of variable monitor values in certain conditions
• Fixed lines between tiled stamps when high quality pen is enabled
• Reduced lag related to folders addon

1.1.3 (2022-2-21)

• Fixed "Mouse position" addon

1.1.2 (2022-02-20)

• Fixed automatically loading project in packager
• Fixed significant lag when displaying variable monitors caused by the "Hide new variables" addon
• Fixed builtin sound library not working when offline or in certain regions of the world (China)
• "Remove Miscellaneous Limits" now also disables mouse X and Y coordinate rounding

1.1.1 (2022-2-13)

• New addon: Customizable block text style
• New addon: Search sprites by name
• New addon: Enhanced full screen
• The right-click menu on a variable monitor now has an option to hide it
• Stage size can now be changed without reloading the editor
• Stage size can now be stored in a project
• Fix storing gamepad settings in projects
• Fix onion skinning layers being slightly misplaced
• Improve sound editor performance on very large sounds
• Updated packager
• Many bug fixes

1.0.0 (2022-1-15)

• The costume editor now supports dark mode
• If a dark background makes it hard to edit your costumes, it's possible to change the theme of the costume editor without effecting the rest of the interface
• Significantly optimized memory use of costumes
• Improved project exporting to compress project.json by up to to 30%
• Many compiler optimizations and compatibility fixes
• When you right click on a misspelled word detected by the spellchecker, you will now see some suggested replacements
• Updated integrated packager
• Various bug fixes
• Updated translations