Legacy GM Background parallax scroll only when player moves?

[Agletsio]

Hi there,

I'm busy working on side-scroller.

I'm trying to make my background parallax scroll when I'm moving right or left.

At the moment I am able to do parallax scrolling with the background function in room editor.
And I am able to to make viewport follow my Player.

But my problem is I can't get them to work together. With the built in background setting in room editor (Hor. speed, Vert. speed) you can only set a constant speed, without factoring in your player movement.

And when using the "viewport follow player" setting, the backgrounds scroll as a whole and not individually to create the parallax effect.

Ideally I would want my background to only parallax scroll when my player is moving. How would I approach this?

Would I need to use code in Player step event to achieve this?

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[jazzzar]

if the player is moving background_hspeed[0....7] or background_vspeed[0...7] equals whatever you want, else if the player is not moving, set the value of hspeed or vspeed of the background to 0?

 

[Agletsio]

if the player is moving background_hspeed[0....7] or background_vspeed[0...7] equals whatever you want, else if the player is not moving, set the value of hspeed or vspeed of the background to 0?

Thanks!

Was actually working on this approach then I realised that I was referring to the backgrounds in my resource window instead of the ones in room editor. For some reason your reply sparked that revelation so many thanks!

 

[jazzzar]

Thanks!

Was actually working on this approach then I realised that I was referring to the backgrounds in my resource window instead of the ones in room editor. For some reason your reply sparked that revelation so many thanks!

my pleasure mate good luck

 

[Lotias]

Most people draw the backgrounds manually for a good parallax effect. Using the default room backgrounds tends to result in what appears to be slight lag on the parallax.