Downloading an old version of Defold

Questions
1

I’m following the instructions on this page to download an old version of Defold for Mac:

I go to this URL to get the hash:
https://d.defold.com/stable/

The url to 1.2.169 is “https://d.defold.com/stable/#4ebe7a1d548eae2398717ed46f9d7d1b103d5503”.

I use the hash to create this link:
https://d.defold.com/archive/4ebe7a1d548eae2398717ed46f9d7d1b103d5503/stable/editor2/Defold-x86_64-darwin.dmg

But get this error:

404 Not Found
Code: NoSuchKey
Message: The specified key does not exist.
Key: archive/index.html
RequestId: D2BF6FA77085FA0A
HostId: V9B4FkfI7znfZ3xQYMsRnY+xboIVWnBNaEVrrOvbBNUpnwju5fbAhG21boXKJHsfz7aZaWfXvqE=

Where am I going wrong?

2

Hmm, strange. The latest couple of releases and all future releases will also be uploaded on GitHub in the Releases tab:

Scroll to the bottom of the list to find the editor builds

3

Bear with me here. Which link, out the sea of links, is the Mac editor?

screencapture-github-defold-defold-releases-tag-1-2-169-2020-06-12-14_31_40
screencapture-github-defold-defold-releases-tag-1-2-169-2020-06-12-14_31_403012×8596 2.45 MB

Edit: To be able to produce a functional build today I downloaded the second link, editor-alpha.editor2.Defold-x86_64-darwin.dmg which seems to work.

I’d rather not be on the alpha, so I’d still like to know how to download the stable v1.2.169 if at all possible.

4

Editor-alpha means you are using an editor that will be updated when new editor features are pushed. The engine is the stable 1.2.169 engine released every 4 weeks.

5

That’s all groovy. But where can I find a link to the stable version to download? There only seems to be one .dmg file on Github for Mac, which is the alpha.

6

That build is using the stable 1.2.169 engine. There is no stable editor. The editor gets new releases all the time as we add features to the editor, but the engine stays the same (until we release a new stable engine). Open Help->About and verify that engine SHA1 is matching:

http://d.defold.com/stable/info.json

7

Dangerous words. :slight_smile:

It does indeed match! I assumed the “alpha” meant it would receive alpha and beta updates, rather than only “stable” updates. Confusing Friday! If that isn’t the case, is there no way of opting out of the beta updates (well, other than just not updating)?

8

I think we also store a stable (non updating editor) somewhere. I’ll look into it.

9

Well, if you don’t want the beta version, download the “editor-alpha” version, which is the one we link to here:
http://d.defold.com/stable/

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10

Ok, got it. Thanks for all your patience guys!