backgrounds

I have been using in my project 4 600x600 backgrounds tiled (as they are smaller than the room), the first is just a solid colour, the other backgrounds have some scattered sprites. I am implementing random events on the game and one of them requires a different background which is a radioactive...

I'm trying to import my 1.4 project into GMS 2 but I have a small optimisation problem concerning backgrounds. GMS 2 creates a couple of compatibiliy scripts for backgrounds, but they are not very cpu friendly. __background_get_element is my main concern, it takes up a lot of step % because it...

IDE v2.2.0.343 Runtime v2.2.0.261 Windows 10 VM output I am trying to get a background to move in the current room, the room has a single instance layer with an object. According to the manual...

I imported my project from GMS1, and I notice that my custom splash screen does not display. I have a splash screen room with one object, and it's creation code has this: splash = "SplashScreen.png"; bg = background_add(splash,false,false); __background_set( e__BG.Index, 0, bg )...

Backgrounds tile fine both vertically & horizontally when I manually load them as project resources, but if I add backgrounds with background_add() they only tile down and to the right (so blank going left and up past world coordinates {0,0}) . I'd really like to be able to load backgrounds...

Hello, not sure if this belongs in this thread or should be asked at all but I'm developing a game and I'm currently making art for it, I did a character which is 32x32 and has a neat little walk cycle but I was wondering what the recommended background dimensions should be to scale, I'm quite...

Please, I am not stupid, but I have trouble making a background from a surface. I wanted to make a Pause system where in a room, you press Pause and you go to a pause room whose background is an image of the room you left behind. This gives the illusion that you are still in the same room, and...

Hopefully this is not a duplicate, but I could not find anything related to messed up backgrounds in this forum! Also, I had no idea what prefix to put... there was no "possible bug" one... Anyways, when I place a background thru the tab with all the sprites and stuff, it places PERFECTLY fine...

I'm working on adding parallax backgrounds to my game and am struggling with GMS2's new syntax. Back in 1.4 a developer could scroll background images using the background_x and background_y variables, which I understand are now obsolete and have been removed from GMS2. What would be the...

Hello, I have an issue and not the slightest idea as to what might be causing it or what could fix it. My game runs just great, until I add in backgrounds. My goal is to have parallax scrolling, so multiple background layers are required. I have not introduced any scrolling features to the...

I can't seem to get this to work, I'm trying to make a really simple block matching game, and I want the bg to change every time the game's level increases. But I tried using draw_background combined with background_hspeed and that didn't work. I tried room_set_background and still nothing. How...

I was testing out dynamically creating background layers today, and I noticed a strange behavior. I don't know whether it's an error in my code, or a bug with GMS2. What happens is that the game draws a duplicate sprite. One of the sprites is properly centered around the layer x and y, and...

Hello everyone, Im trying to make a room that has a black background with a tiled wood background on a portion of the screen. This might be way simpler than Im making it, but Im clueless. here is my code: Create: MaxX = (room_width*0.8)/background_get_width(bgWood) MaxY =...

I'll start off by saying I'm new to game making but I like to think out of the box to solve problems. So what I want to do is essentially erase part of a background and the way I think I want to do that is create a circular background on the other and then erase the circle I created to have a...

hello! i am trying to make a running game. In that game i want to change the background after every 40 seconds like in game like jetpack joyride. how can i ? any ideas..?? Also, A location in my game contains 4 backgrounds which are parallex. i want to change the location(backgrounds) every...

Is it possible to create a game with low poly backgrounds and sprites (I'm thinking à la Monument Valley)? If not, I know that there's a tool for it in Unity. If I made models and such in Unity would I be able to import them into GameMaker? I really like the aesthetic of low poly.