2023.11 brings lots of behind-the-scenes performance improvements to both the IDE and Runtime; various new functions have been added to expand what you can do with buffers and rooms; following on from the SDF Effects added last release, you can now apply these effects to text tracks within your Sequences; you can now create your own Game Strip projects (and there is a new template you can use to learn about Game Strips); and there is a very large number of bug fixes and also some of the popular community requests since our public request system was revealed a few months ago. [list] [*]For all the public general changes and bug fixes [url=https://github.com/YoYoGames/GameMaker-Bugs/milestone/4?closed=1]click here to open the Bugs Milestone page[/url] [*]For all of the public new features [url=https://github.com/YoYoGames/GameMaker-Feature-Requests/milestone/3?closed=1]click here to open the Feature Requests Milestone page[/url] [/list] [h2]Before You Update[/h2] Always ensure your SDKs and other external tools are the correct versions for this release before doing any builds - [url=https://help.yoyogames.com/hc/en-us/articles/227860547]Required SDKs FAQ[/url] Also, if you use antivirus/antimalware or any restricted user permissions on your machine, always check your external settings allow for this new release to work properly - [url=https://help.gamemaker.io/hc/en-us/articles/360022953052]User Permissions and Internet Access Required by GameMaker[/url] [h2]Changes To The Release Notes[/h2] [list] [*]The milestone pages linked already higher up this page show what is fixed or changed in this release (the "Closed" list on each page) [*]You can expand the "Show More" near the top of the page to read the overview/summarised information about what is in the release [*]To see what is already planned for upcoming releases or (in future!) went into old releases, you can do this on the Milestones list pages also: [url=https://github.com/YoYoGames/GameMaker-Bugs/milestones?direction=asc&sort=due_date]Bugs[/url] / [url=https://github.com/YoYoGames/GameMaker-Feature-Requests/milestones?direction=asc&sort=due_date]Feature Requests[/url] [/list]