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    Legacy GM Game gets very laggy when there are a lot of enemies

    I have a problem with this game I am working on, where in the harder stages of the game, when there are a lot of enemies in the room, the game lags a lot. It may be because I have all my rooms set to 120fps, but I doubt that would be it. I don't use the draw event when objects are outside the...
  2. Dagoba

    Legacy GM Recognize the same child from the same parent

    Hello! In my game, there are 8 different objects with the same parent. I want to know, how to check during collision if the child objects are the same objects. If for example an apple, tomato and pear are par_fruit's children, how to check if apple collides with another apple? I tried this...
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    Legacy GM [SOLVED] 3D FPS GUI Display Issue

    In following along an old tutorial on how to create a 3D FPS in GM:S, I've encountered an issue in which the GUI is not displaying properly. Here is an image of an FPS when it was made in GameMaker 8: And here is a screenshot of the FPS I made in GameMaker: Studio: As you can see, the...
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    Legacy GM With() returns <unknown_object>; (Resolved)

    I've encountered a strange bug while using scripts. Normally when I use "with" statement to target a specific object, it goes well, without stutter, but for some completely unknown reason, compiler tells me that the object and variable aren't defined before usage. ERROR!!! ...
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    GML Inconsistent directional walk speed

    Been working on a little project, I needed to make a smooth movement with working directional look, although I've been experiencing inconsistent speed problems. I'm not an expert at maths, but I do know that the problem lies in the fact, that x_vect and y_vect (similar to hspeed, vspeed) are...
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    other player ship dont update rotation

    I have a problem guys :/ i'm tryng made a multyplayer game like a moba in the space but i encountered a problem when the server need update the image angle of the player enemy how can i update this rotation?all work good only that dont work :/
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    3D Lightning: why i can lose the floor and the roof?

    using the light, when i start, the light works normaly. but when i move, depending on start\end world distance, i can lose the floor and the roof. why i can lose the floor\roof(go to black color)? did i miss something or have to do with deph, instead only Z and Range?
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    Legacy GM [SOLVED] Horizontal movement screwed up

    I'm having problems with programming horizontal movement in my prototype game. I've been trying to get my character to move left and right. Simple enough, but for some bizarre reason I can't comprehend, I've been making my character jump when it wasn't supposed to during my latest play tests...
  9. Tommah

    GML How to implement Steam Workshop

    This is not about uploading to GM: Studio's workshop. I have a game on Steam and am trying to implement workshop with that game for custom levels/maps. I have the game saving and loading everything just fine, but when I go to upload to our Workshop it gives me an Error and creates an entry in...
  10. Erayd

    Android Global Built in Error after new update

    Some code that's worked in my game for months just stopped working after the new update went through. I'm thinking perhaps someone might be able to shed some light on the issue here? I'll post the code below for reference, it's only a few lines. Basically I compile the game and I get the error...
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    [SOLVED] My room_goto keeps going to the wrong room

    I don't know why but when I click on my object it goes to the wrong room even though I coded it correctly. Here is my code I want to go to rm_lvl1 but it goes to a different room. Create Event: execute code: // Set the image speed to 0 image_speed = 0; Step Event: execute code: // Check if...
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    GM 1.4 Opens Then Closes Seconds Later

    Hello, Just wondering if anyone knew how to solve the problem I am having opening GM 1.4 Studio. As soon as I open GM 1.4, I see the program pop up then close seconds later, so I can't even touch the program It just closes every time. Here's a list of what I have tried so far to fix my issue...
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    GML cant shoot bullet when key is pressed

    create event: shotgun.ammo=7; ctrl_press event: if(shotgun.ammo>0) { shotgun.ammo=-1; instance_create(0,-17,obj_shotgunbullet); } else if(shotgun.ammo==0) { instance_change(obj_pistol,false); } this error is been showing ___________________________________________...
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    Please help with this libpng problem for Android

    I understand that they "Fixed" this said libpng thing in the EA version or in GMS 1.4.1760 but when I updated my license to said version in the Target drop down menu when i want to create executable (.apk) for Android it gives me a target that says "Andoid/Fire (test)" and the create executable...
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    Overlapping sound effects : can it be fixed

    I am relatively new to game maker and am currently creating a 2D platformer for a school project. In short ; I have created enemy AI s that only become visible when the player comes within a defined distance of them. I want to similarly have a sound effect partnered with their visibility. So...
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    Legacy GM [SOLVED] Enemy AI - Follow player

    I'm making a top down game and I'm using this to make the enemy follow the player: Create: grid= mp_grid_create(0,0,room_width/8,room_height/8,8,8) mp_grid_add_instances(grid,obj_solid,1) path=path_add() Step: mp_grid_path(grid,path,x,y,obj_player.x,obj_player.y,1) path_start(path,2,"",1)...
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    Legacy GM [solved]Fatal memory error - Windows bug or GMS?

    Hi. I have been getting this message regularly despite my game running fine before. It always seems to happen when a green box pops up asking if I want to record gameplay footage. I'm not too sure if that's a Windows 10 function interfering with GMS 1.4? If so - would there be any point...
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    Legacy GM triangle of background flickering through foreground objects

    I'd been working on a top-down game where the view follows the player for a while. I'd gotten pretty far along when I noticed that sometimes a triangle of the background color would appear in the upper-left corner of the screen while the player is moving. I removed everything from the game...
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    GML Need help with collisions and alarms

    Hi - I've been having problems with how to collect resources with a collision event. What I want to happen is the player collides with the tree to cut some wood. The wood appears in their inventory every five seconds. The problem is that the alarm that I'm using never goes down due to it...
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    [SOLVED] Collision with enemies

    Hi :) I'm trying to make my first game , so I'm not doing that well with coding. Can you please help me with something? My game is a runner type of game . My player object can only jump and enemies ( car objects) come towards the player. When these two objects collide it's game over ,but I want...
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