gamemaker 1.4

Hiya! I am using Game Maker 1.4. I am having troubles getting accurate collision detection with my obj_player and my obj_fire_hydrant. I am modifying the collision shapes to be only specific areas of both objects, but when I run the game, the parameters I set are ignored; it's as if the...

Hiya! I am using Game Maker 1.4. I am trying to make a city-type atmosphere in my game that changes day to night and back. I want something that I can code right into an object that is always present in my main overworld map, but something that will not reset if I enter a building and reenter...

Hey so my text engine thing works fine and all, but I'm having trouble making a sound play every time a letter appears on screen since the time function doesn't stop after the text finishes, could anybody help me figure out how to make it stop when the string is done writing? I tried things to...

Hey so I had a problem with my textbox that made it loop over and over again or just not be able to be used again after it closed, if you're having problems, you can either copy and paste my code or try and figure out how you can fix yours. Create Event: begintext = false draw_set_font(font0)...

I have made an example project showing how time can be reversed a few seconds back and replayed. In this case, it is a replay of a football /soccer game. When a goal is scored, the replay is shown. The match AI is not perfect and I will keep working on it. This example includes all the source...

I need some help with making an audio detector that detects, for example, a snare while an audio file is playing that has multiple snares in it. Every time a snare is heard, it will trigger something to spawn, or something. I've looked everywhere, literally everywhere for an answer to this and...

Hi. I am currently making a game that is targeted on android platform. I am currently using gamemaker 1.4 All I want is to make my game appear in the the sharing options. (something like this) If a user select my game, I would want my game to be opened, get the link as an input and save...

Hello! So I started playing around with GameMaker's 3D functions a few days ago and have been trying to build my own Minecraft clone (original, I know). I've had very few issues thus far, however now I'm stuck. I'm trying to build a system that allows the player to build/break blocks, just like...

Hey, i was wondering how do you make the google play to approve your game made with gamemaker studio 1? I have developed couple years a game, and now im about ready to release it on google play. But i have encountered problem as the google play doesn't like some security issue, as my setup was...

I'm trying to make a Shooter on Gamemaker Studio 1.4 and didnt find any tutorial about it. The idea is a Megaman-like game plus upwards shoot using only code, but I just started using GML and dont have any other experience in programing. Sorry if I mispell something, i'm Brazilian and have a...

I received this code error message after watching tutorials my college issued to me. I did take "calarvae_attack();" out and the game loaded however my enemies do not perform the attack animation as they are suppose to. How can I make the enemies attack the player back when approaching...

I've been watching tutorials issued by my college and have noticed that when using game_get_speed(gamespeed_fps); it does not work as gamemaker 1.4 doesn't recognise "game_get_speed." Are there any alternatives? I've tried room_speed but that also shows an error.

I'm a college student currently studying Games Design, I've been using the tutorials provided by my college to create a game using Gamemaker v 1.4 but have came across an error while creating hit boxes. I think something doesn't exist within the code but don't understand what I'd need to do to...

Hello, I'm creating a survival game and I have a crafting system, but when I move with the inventory open the crafting image has a delay or something (See images, I cant upload a video so the three images are taken one after the other and the images where taken when I was walking to the left)...

Hello devs, I am creating a "board" game where you can encounter different events such as "open a treasure", "hunt event","shop" and of course "battle" While the board is always on the screen (let's say it's drawed on the draw event), the current event is displayed in draw gui event, Event...

Hello. For some reason, I can't download GMS 1.4 anymore. I have a GMS 2 license, and I was able to download 1.4 previously, but I'm suddenly unable to find any download button or link. Is it because I'm trying to download it on a Mac?

I tried testing my game on v1.4999 yesterday and at first it would load and read path.file too long/compile error. Later my game took forever (1 hour) to load but as soon as it began compiling it just stopped. Can someone help me fix this? I’ve been working on my game for way too long for it to...

How do I program it like that -> if the player jumps from above onto an object -> it deletes itself (the object)? And how can I program it like that: if the player jumps from left or right, the player himself deletes himself? (I know and already have the jump code, I just need the other thingies)

I need to make a pause screen where you can swap items and such.. What would be the best way to go about this? I know how to pause things.. But how do I make the actual menu?

Okay so, whenever I walk into a wall (Going right) I end up going too far in and I think that's why I can't walk down or up unless I walk left and un-stick myself. I feel like this is an easy fix but no matter how many things I try I can't seem to figure it out. Solid: Chara (The parts that I...