can i ref this in script?

[tonywarriner]

 

[FrostyCat]

Yes, like this:

inst_2056D1A7.x = room_width/2;

Or more generally, anywhere that takes an instance ID.

In actual practice, you'd probably want to rename that to something more intelligible before doing this.

 

[Gizmo199]

yes and you can also re name it per room if you wanted to reference it for a specific room. Just remember if you rename the instance-id to "player" in say room0 it won't let you also rename the instance-id of it to "player" in room1

 

[tonywarriner]

Thanks. And can I read it? For example, if I wanted, for any given object, to read that name and render it out on screen for debug purposes, for example...?

 

[TheouAegis]

Thanks. And can I read it? For example, if I wanted, for any given object, to read that name and render it out on screen for debug purposes, for example...?

No. They're essentially just macros you create for instances added to the room. Unlike resource names, GM doesn't save instance names to the code.

 

[tonywarriner]

No. They're essentially just macros you create for instances added to the room. Unlike resource names, GM doesn't save instance names to the code.

Ok, understood. Thanks for the replies...