Way to determine if player is on upper or lower half of screen?

[OblivionSkull21]

My rooms vary in size, but the view is ALWAYS 320 x 240.

So, I'm wanting to determine if the player is on the upper half of that 320 x 240 view or the lower half so that
I can display text boxes accordingly. For example, if the player is on the lower half... then the text box should appear on the upper half and vice versa.

I already have a global.playeryposition that determines where the player is located at ALL times.

How would I achieve this?

 

[flyingsaucerinvasion]

does your view rotate?

 

[OblivionSkull21]

does your view rotate?

No, it simply follows the player.

 

[flyingsaucerinvasion]

if (player_y - view_yview) > (view_hview/2) then player is in lower half of view.

If using gms2, use corresponding camera get functions (look in manual under "cameras" section of gml reference).

 

[OblivionSkull21]

if (player_y - view_yview) > (view_hview/2) then player is in lower half of view.

If using gms2, use corresponding camera get functions (look in manual under "cameras" section of gml reference).

Awesome, it works!