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Hi, I'm coming here with pretty unusual question. So, I was working on an undertale fan-game, but my hard drive broke. I still have game's exe and win files because I uploaded it on mediafire. I'm not sure how can I prove I made it, but I have many screenshots of me working on game in gms2 and...

Hello, I'm having a strange problem that I don't have a clue what is causing it... I have a script to LOAD my game data from a file (let's say the file name is "save.sav"), when the game starts I have an object that checks if the file exists: if (file_exists(working_directory + "save.sav"))...

I'm loading a text file with lines like; 1,5,12 And I need to convert it into an array. I understand (more or less) how I would have to do this, but frankly as more of an artist than a programmer; when I think about it my soul tries to leave my body. Because I know I will stumble over it...

So I am trying to make a system to save/load high scores, and to do that I need to know how to use the ds_grid and ini files. I need nine different sets of high scores, each containing up to ten entries, each entry consisting of a 4-letter name input by the player, followed by the score, and if...

Hello, Hope you're all comfy and safe at home. I'm working on a project that exports like a thousand images upon clicking a button in-game. The game freezes until all images are exported, which takes about 15 seconds. As of now, I keep track of the exportation's progress by writing to the...

Hello. Because my brain isn't filled with enough knowledge, there are questions to be answered, and this is the place I've chosen to ask them. The title probably says it all about what I am asking about. That's all I have to say before I ask these questions. The GMS documentation page about...

I want to load an image / sprite from file on disk outside sandbox post runtime. I have asked this question before and get the response you can't do it it's a sandbox. However I have reason to believe this is no longer the case. I have also found a button that says enable disable sandbox so...

Hi, I want to load a large JSON file (more than 40k lines when formatted) and decode it. The system that I'm using at the moment works perfectly fine if all the data is contained in one line (loading the text into a string takes less than 1 second). However, if the JSON is formatted, it takes...

Hello all, So I recently noticed that GMS 2 (latest version) is duplicating room files for some reason. These rooms do not show up in GMS but I see the files in Finder (on MacOS). Has anyone else seen this problem or know a solution to it? Here are some screenshots: Some rooms being...

Is it possible to create and open a .bat file with gms, can you tell me the codes if possible

Hi. I'm making a puzzle game, and the puzzle layout is randomly generated. I've made a bot script that runs through every puzzle, and if it solves it, the random seed gets saved to a .ini file. This list of seeds will eventually number over 1,000, and the game picks one item from it -...

Hi everyone, So after finishing a demo version of my android game, I wanted to include some trackers ( number of deaths on levels, time spent..etc) and give the demo to players, then the game save a file with all the stats which the players are supposed to send me back for my analytics The...

I have made two projects, one is the actual game, and one is an editor I made inside game maker that creates ini files that my actual game will use that contains a ton of data the game will need to access. Is there any way I can move all these ini files I'm creating to the game project folder...

Hi. I would like to know if there is any way to check if a file size is more than certain kb. In this case, I want to check if the following file size is more than 50kb: working_directory+"/folder/test.jpg" Someone knows? Thank you in advance. Mataca

I am making a windows based program that saves and loads a custom ini file (not ".ini" diff extension) Is there any Dll's or any way at all to let windows know that this custom file ext is associated with my program? I would also then need a way to begin my program with opening this file. Is...

Static Data on the marketplace Static data helps you load your data by completely eliminating the need for calling functions! Just add a file to the included files and have it show up as a global variable! Comes with txt, csv, json and bin file loaders out of the box. Easily add your own...

I wanted to create a small jump and run editor, but I have 2 problems 1.I have a room I can draw pixels that pixels can I export as a screenshot Now I want the game takes the images and replace the sprites 2. Is it possible to save a map like this Object: ini_open ( "map.ini")...

[Made for GameMaker Studio 2] This extension is for Windows and macOS. Allows you to drag and drop files and folders to your game window. Returns the full path to every file dropped separated by a new line. The DLL's full source code included. Very big thanks to Josh Ventura, for writing...

Does anyone know how to find where the actual executable is stored? I've tried using program_directory and working_directory but they just return locations stored in app data. I'm trying to have my game packaged in a zip with a text file that includes data about the weapons in the game. Is this...

I just have a simple question this time. Is it possible, within GMS 1.4, to create your own file format? To explain further: Say you have all the info for a 3D model, vertecies, normals, UVs and so on, and you want to export this as your own custom format. How, if possible without a DLL, would...