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    Game faster in download then testing

    I was trying to improve upon the game I build for the 50th GMC Jam (building bullseye) when I noticed something odd in my tests the game ran a lot slower then with the exported version. I just want to know why, and how to stop it from happening next time I export. (I realized this because it was...
  2. shadowpeach

    GameMaker Need help with up/down sprites not displaying the correct animation

    I'm trying to create a player character that can move in all directions, but only has two directional sprites which is right and left. Think of it like how the characters move in Sonic Battle. The problem is, the left and right sprites work fine and I even got idle animations to work properly...
  3. Beesim

    In wall problem

    Making a platform type game and the horizontal collision doesn't seem to work even though the vertical does and the only difference is x and y values. The issue is my player being able to walk inside the floors but be able to stand on top. code: if (place_meeting(x+hsp,y,Obj_floor)) { while...
  4. JelleB

    global hp?

    Is there a way to have an hp variable that can be accessed anywhere in the game? I want the variable to stay the same until i change it. I'm pretty sure you use global variables?
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    GML How do I customize a menu inserted into o_game?

    Hey everyone, I am trying to create a customized menu as a separate object, however, the code in the object is not working. It should show a list of text options as the you'll see in the code below, however, currently it shows a black screen. Previously, the menu was drawn as a non-interactive...
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    Mac OSX GML: hp bar using hp sprites not working

    hi, im fairly new to game maker studio, and im having trouble with my healthbar. i coded it myself, but i cant get it to work, when i try to run the game i get an error upon running. this is the error message: ERROR!!! ...
    • chessmates
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    • Forum: Programming
  7. W

    How to code breeding in game

    I am wanting to make a web browser breeding game, or at least a game with breeding mechanics. A example of the type of game I want to create would be lioden. Basicly each character can have up to 10 markings in slots 1-10. There will be a list of markings made but each character can only have 1...
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    GML mark of the ninja visual queue for sounds

    Hi i'm having trouble imitating the ringlike visual queue to represent the sounds. I got the the rings appearing every .5 seconds when running but I cant figure out how to erase them. they just stay there and slowly fill up the map. i was wondering if anyone can help me with that?
    • Matthew Imamura
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    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Programming
  9. M

    GML Toggling dual-wielding with one key

    I have 3 gun objects for an FPS I'm making. One is the main gun object (pstl) and two are when the gun is dual wielded (leftpstl and rightpstl respectively). All are children of the parent gun object (par_gun). The main problem I have with this system is that when I press the toggle key to...
    • MegaJim73
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    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Programming
  10. N

    How to get Gamemaker to remember the last room you were in?

    I am trying to get Gamemaker to remember the last room I was in so that every time I enter a room I can choose the starting location based on what direction my character came in from. My first idea was labeling the lastroom = room right before I transitioned from room to room, but the first...
    • Nyarlathotep
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    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Programming
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    Legacy GM [NEED HELP!!!] PAUSE MENU

    Thanks for looking, I have this code for a pause menu for 4 options: The "{# #}" Just represents the code group as a whole when I copied and pasted them. I am only getting 3 of the four options to show. Create: {# /// Initialize the menu title = "Game Paused"; option[0] = "Return"...
    • Isaiah Reyes
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    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Programming
  12. S

    Need to run the game automatically at windows startup. Help!

    Hey Everyone. I'm working on a Mining-Simulation game. I wanna create an option/button within the game itself, which if enabled/pressed would automatically run the game at windows startup every time. Any idea how it can be done? Any code? Your guidance would be most appreciated. Btw, I'm using...
    • Shawnee
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Programming
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    GameMaker Help needed with code, collision_free

    I need some help coding this. What I want is to collide with solid objects but the things I wrote are either a) too long to read or b)not exactly what i wanted. (edit: the game is more like a Zelda/Pokemon platform) This here allows me to move and also collide with solid objects, which I want...
    • Daniel Letchford
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Programming
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    GameMaker Continuing a dialogue

    HI, I need some advice to continue a dialogue. I follow the steps on this guy's dialogue tutorial. I have no plans on making a dialogue choice game. I just wanted to make a simple dialogue that continues the text. I add this dialogue code in my game. This is the blue dog's dialogue code...
    • BlueBird02
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    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Programming
  15. D

    fatal error when using particles to make blood! :(

    I am making a topdown shooter and am trying to code the blood effects below is all my code in all the areas that pertain to the blood code: this is the actual particle code in the create step of obj_blood_cont this is from following a video tutorial //Blood system partblood_sys =...
    • darakin
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
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    GameMaker Trouble with attack animation not working/playing only one frame

    Hello! I'm really new to programming and game dev, and have run into a problem with my code. No matter what I've looked up and tired nothings been able to fix my problem. Does anyone know what i'm doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated, thank you. Below is my step code. I have a creation...
    • Lovecraft
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    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Programming
  17. N

    Malformed If Statement

    Gamemaker won't compile and says this code has a malformed If statement, but I can't find any out of place semicolons. //get the players input key_right = keyboard_check(vk_right); key_left = -keyboard_check(vk_left); key_jump = keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space); //react move = key_left +...
    • Neptunion
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
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    GML How to keep direction of player and use arrow keys to shoot?

    Hey everyone, I'm new to Game Maker and also new to this forum. I currently need help with keeping the player facing the direction it was moving. As of now, whenever the player is done moving the sprite resets and faces to the right when done moving. I want it to face whichever direction it was...
    • Dukino
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    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Programming
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    My player object is sinking, please help!

    I have a well functioning room and there's a portal. When I go to the portal with my player object I teleport to another room. In that room there is a different type of blocks on which player object should be able to jump and move on. BUT, the player is sinking. I assume there is a mistake in my...
    • Jestermask
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  20. X

    i need help with a health bar issue

    Hi all, I'm currently working on a game for my college course, everything seems to be working fine, but the issue is the health bar, when the game starts up the health bar isn't at 100% more like 70% I think it might be a sequence issue but I'm not sure :/ I'll be ever so grateful if someone...
    • xWonderGirlx
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Programming
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