GML Placing a script in parent object and use default sprites for child object?

[Artie_Kyle]

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the confusing title, but basically I have a parent object and I'm placing a script in it that uses the sprite you have, so I want all the children to use the script but maintain their default sprites, so what exactly do I call in the parent object?

Is there like a default sprite setting I can assign for sprite_index?

Thanks!

 

[FrostyCat]

The parent object will refer to sprite_index in the script, then the children will inherit that behaviour to use with their own assigned sprites. You don't need any special handling here.

 

[Artie_Kyle]

So what do I put in the argument then? Just write sprite_index and it'll take the default sprite of the child?

 

[Relic]

Yes, or you could not pass anything at all and in the script just use sprite_index. When the script runs, the scope is still on the calling instance and has access to all the variables, built in or not, of the calling instance.

 

[Artie_Kyle]

Yup! That actually did it! Never even knew you could just write sprite_index as a value like that until right now.

Thanks, guys!