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    GameMaker Disable Sandbox and Searching other files

    Hello! If I disable the sandbox I can't find a .ini file created by GameMeker in another run of my projects, I think this is true for all files (like file_text) Could someone explain to me why? And how can I save information with the sandbox disabled? Maybe use a .ini file in included files? I...
  2. RhyminGarFunkle

    SOLVED Help finding the memory leak in my script?

    Each time a room in my project is entered, there's a memory leak of about 1.5MB. After much hair-pulling, I narrowed it down to my script that loads .obj files as vertex buffers - changing it to return a basic two-triangle square vertex buffer completely eliminates the leak. I've scoured this...
  3. VoxPrincipalis

    GameMaker New Files Not Created When Exported

    When running my program in the editor, file_text_write() and file_bin_open(blahblah, 1 aka write) works as intended, creating the file anywhere I want, at any time. When exporting the game to an executable, files no longer can be created. I'm about to pop a blood vessel. Sandbox is disabled...
  4. VoxPrincipalis

    GameMaker File Association with Game

    Buen Wednesday y'all 🤠 Is there a way to have files be associated with my game? NOT with Game Maker, but let's say my game is a level designer, I would love there to be mechanic where users can open up the application simply by double clicking on a file, or dragging the file into the game...
  5. VoxPrincipalis

    Windows Sandbox Re-Enabled After Compilation

    When saving a text file in Game Maker it seems to be able to save anywhere when running from the ide. After compiling into a standalone exe, the game seems to be sandboxed again and will only save to the %localappdata% folder. How would I keep the sandbox disabled?
  6. E

    SOLVED Audio Settings?

    Hey guys i was working on option settings in my game so the problem is how to make audio settings using sliders? I mean i want to change it with arrow keys (not using mouse) like in some platformer games however i know the basics of that i can use audio groups and also use (sounds gain) or...
  7. JoeStormEL

    How to find all subfolders within a folder

    I already know how to find directories using file_find_first() and file_find_next(). Though I want to find every subfolder within a folder, which includes other subfolders in other subfolders. I need this to find files with a specific extension across all the folders.
  8. PotatoSnail64

    Discussion I accidentally deleted gms2 and all of my files are gone

    I was clearing space from my Drive, and I accidentally deleted gamemaker studio 2 from my computer. I deleted it from the "add or remove programs" feature in settings, and I pressed uninstall. I have the steam version of gamemaker if that makes a difference. When I reinstalled gamemaker through...
  9. Coded Games

    Adding sounds from included files

    Did some searching in the manual but is there no way anymore to add sounds to your game from included files?
  10. S

    Question - IDE My game files are now empty...

    I left making my game for about a month, then when coming back to it, found out my game had been deleted- sort of. When entering the project, nothing was there, no sign of any game. However, when checking out my files, I realized they were still there, just empty. I have no idea how to get them...
  11. bsabiston

    "ghost" Included files

    I had a file in my "Included Files" that I renamed to something else. Yet if I try to open the old name, it still opens the file. I tried printing out the working directory, and it is a folder within Application Support. Why is the game still able to access this old file with the old name...
  12. S

    Object events disappeared from IDE

    Hi everyone, I have a troubling issue with an object in Gamemaker. It's called obj_game, and I can see in its corresponding folder (navigating to the objects/obj_game directory) that it has multiple event scripts: Create_0.gml Draw_64.gml Keyboard_76.gml KeyPress_27.gml KeyPress_76.gml...
  13. giraffeman210

    saving with a parent object

    I followed a tutorial to save objects and it said that if I gave each object the same parent object it would still load the individual objects correctly. However when I save and load, it loads every object as the parent object. Is there something I did wrong? Here is the save code and the load...
  14. S

    Trying to get a struct to a variable from a .txt or .json file

    Hey all, I want to use a txt or json file containing a struct with all the dialogue for the game (so I could swap in translations etc) but with all my attempts at searching how to do this correctly I still haven't managed to. If I have a .txt or .json file containing: { "teststring": "this is a...
  15. G

    Android Encryption / Decryption file in the included files folder

    Hello I would like someone to help me Encryption / Decryption an html file in the included files folder, thanks! :(
    • Gonzonalta
    • Thread
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  16. RizbIT

    iOS location of included files on ios with latest versions

    I compile an app previoulsy compiled with older version of Xcode and GMS it worked fine. it had lots of included ogg sound files Now using latest xcode and GMS runtimes I find that the app although it compiles, I cant access or play those sounds. The app cant find them, but Xcode does show...
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    "Always reload changed files" not doing anything?

    So I have that selected in general preferences, but when I edit an image for a sprite outside gamemaker and save it... gamemaker doesn't reload the changed image? I've been reading and it seems that it's only to reload files changed inside the gmx... but what good is that? who goes inside the...
  18. J

    GameMaker Saving nested data structures to file

    Hi everyone. I have a puzzle game with an Undo feature that works by taking a snapshot of the game after each move and putting it on a stack. By 'snapshot", I mean a ds_map that holds all the data I need. DS_STACK ---- DS_MAPS, with each one containing... ---- ---- two integers ---- ---- a...
    • JapanGamer29
    • Thread
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Programming
  19. FoxyOfJungle

    I have found a real boring CRITICAL BUG in GMS2

    Hello, first of all, I'm an advanced user in Game Maker since version 4.3... I'm having a headache with a bug about zip_unzip() (It's not what you are thinking) I am trying to unzip a file that is not in the included files, however there is a bug that in a way that I write the script, it...
  20. FoxyOfJungle

    GameMaker [SOLVED] zip_unzip() - How to save in a different location?

    The new version of Game Maker Studio 2.2.3.436 lets you disable the engine sandbox, this works with the "file_" functions, but doesn't work with zip_unzip(). Is there any way to extract a zip to any location outside of "appdata"? I'm basically doing an update system, and I need to extract the...
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