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  1. Z

    GML Saving big array to file

    How do you save effectively a 512x256 array onto a file? right now past 20% the file becomes like 2.5mb and saving goes to a snail pace. the values are simply from 0-32 or so.
    • zendraw
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    • Forum: Programming
  2. M

    Legacy GM [SOLVED] How does game maker write/read bytes to buffers?

    I searched for "endian" and "significant" in the manual, but it didn't give me anything. Little endian or big endian?
    • Monsi
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  3. NathanAuckett

    Texure Page Size vs Count

    Hi all. We are trying to optimize our game. We use allot of large graphical assets and because of this we have allot of texture swaps. Reading this post: http://www.yoyogames.com/blog/23 , this is not ideal. So we made efforts to reduce our swap count. By using the largest texture page size...
  4. M

    Handling Big Numbers

    Hello reader, I am currently making an incremental idle game with Game Maker Pro (Mac) I have come upon a problem where once a value reaches 2 billion or so, the object that is assigned to draw the value on screen gives us a negative number. For example, if your money is at 3 billion, it will...
  5. M

    Database or Arrays

    Ok so if i have more than 1000 lines of arrays, what is the best between arrays and database?
    • Maxdax5
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    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Programming
  6. T

    Room size

    I need really big game space, like 100K X 100K or even better, infinite, but I can't have room that big. Anyone knows some good workaround? It's a top down space game kind of similar to asteroids.
    • TypicalHog
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Programming
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