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  1. T

    Development What is the best way to keep a game file outside GameMaker (local)?

    I would like to keep my game files somewhere I can get every time, I thought of Google Drive but just placing each file of sprite, background, script, etc. separately in Drive is quite an overwhelming idea... please help me!
  2. feckmakesgames

    GameMaker Help with chairs (not sure what else to name this)

    Yes, you heard that right, I need help creating chairs for my current project. This current project is sort of in the same vein as Diner Dash or other games where you have to help customers/patrons in a certain amount of time before they get up and leave, resulting in you losing money, except...
  3. MrPugMC

    Equipment System

    Hello once again, I am complete with my inventory system and right now I am working on an equipment system. I have made it so when I right click an equipment item (in this case a sword), it will go into the ds grid named "myEquipments", the big problem I have though is I can't for the life of me...
  4. MrPugMC

    Dragging item creates a duplicate

    Hello once more!!! I really wanted to avoid making yet another thread on an inventory system as I wanted to try and come up with a solution myself but I am genuinely stumped. I have an inventory system (mostly copied from "Let's Learn this Together") where I can drag an item over to an...
  5. L

    (Solved) Help I don't know my particles

    So I am using DnD and I've been trying for the past hour and a half to implement particles for when the character jumps and lands. As I've figured out, I have no idea what and how to do it. I already have the sprites for both but I don't know how to make 'em work. If anyone can help I'll provide...
  6. L

    iOS Update Published Mobile Game

    I'm currently finishing up a mobile game I will publish on the app store with plans to update it. However, whenever I make updates in Gamemaker and run it through iOS, it's ported to Xcode which seems to wipe all the former data including the .ini file I had set up to save the player's data. I...
  7. nates.not.cool

    GML my textbox isn't displaying :( I keep getting this error message

    var _txtb_x = textbox_x + text_x_offset[page]; /// <--- this is the line its talking about /// var _txtb_y = textbox_y + text_x_offset[page] ; txtb_img += txtb_img_spd; txtb_spr_w = sprite_get_width(txtb_spr[page]); txtb_spr_h = sprite_get_height(txtb_spr[page]); // draw the speaker if...
  8. LellyLL

    SOLVED Player stops moving when performing melee attack

    Okay so as a personal fun project I am making a Castlevania engine. I'm currently working on the Vampire Killer, which I got assistance from Shaun Spalding's melee attack tutorial. There's one problem though; my player character stops moving midair when performing the attack. If you've played...
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    GameMaker How can I display my stamina bar recharging?

    The stamina bar for the dodge roll is separated into 5 segments. I want each segment to refill until the alarm is done and the player is able to roll again. This is the stamina bar The code I have so far is below This is the Roll Function code. Alarm[1] is what disables the player's ability...
  10. M

    SOLVED How to make a timer for the next room

    I have a room that is just a cutscene that lasts about 14 seconds but i don't know how to make that after the 14 seconds it moves to the next room (sorry for any gramar errors)
  11. Creme

    GML Need Help with Implementing Multiplayer

    I'm currently following the Official Game Maker Tutorial on how to implement Multiplayer in 15 min. When I try to run my game, I get the error message that the player ID has not been set before reading it. Tho, if i deled this part of the code, my game runs but crashes soon after due to...
  12. T

    GML Push :: Execution Error

    Hi! I am currently using a tutorial video for day-and-night shaders; and I am currently going through some problems at the moment... I copied this from the video by the way, I am only making the change that it would go by a slider in the video to it being affected by an alarm thingy. (There are...
  13. T

    GML Possibility of masking objects using surfaces?

    Hi there. I just finished a game I've been working on for many, many years. During that time, I thought of a lot of ideas for puzzles and mechanics that didn't end up making the cut either due to time constraints or simply because they didn't fit the project. I'm now working on prototyping some...
  14. T

    GML Collision-Parent instance problem

    Ugh this is so confusing... I have no idea where to go with this. Basically I have this parent object and three colliding objects with my player object, accordingly collision1, collision2, collision3. (Note that this is not like this in my workspace but named as such just to provide more...
  15. T

    variable not set before reading it

    Hi. I added variables in the instance through the editor; not through an event but the "Variables" menu if you get what I mean... I can't seem to run my game, I'm using a portal guide by Matharoo and instead i got the error as the title above says. Can anyone help me? My code: obj.player Room...
  16. O

    GameMaker build failled

    all of a sudden my build started failing i tried clearing cache but that didn't help. I would really appreciate the help. Here is the error message. "C:\ProgramData/GameMakerStudio2/Cache/runtimes\runtime-2022.11.1.75/bin/igor/windows/x64/Igor.exe" -j=8...
  17. anima

    SOLVED bullet collision issue

    Hi. So i am triying to make a top-down tank game and each tank has seperate hitboxes for each side(frontal,side and rear),the problem is that if i try to shoot the tank`s rear the shot just goes through both the rear and side hitboxes and only hits the front i have tried to use collision_line...
  18. tipsnipper

    GML Visual My walking code suddenly stopped working after I tried adding a new move.

    I'm creating a platformer game using GML Visual, and I just finished walking and jumping. I tried implementing a move that is supposed to send you upwards and to whatever direction you were facing midair, when suddenly I couldn't walk on ground anymore. It only works mid-air. Can someone please...
  19. M

    SOLVED Datastructure problem

    So I was making a farming rpg where you needed to plant plants(duh). I made a data structure where the height is the room height div by cellsize (32) and same for the width (width div cellsize) and the coordinates of the mouse div by the cellsize is in which cell you are. I also made it so that...
  20. DagoDT

    Question - IDE Particle editor wont display correct sprites in game

    I'm having this very weird issue when using the particle editor. I'm using a sprite as my texture in the particle emitter. it shows up correctly in the particle editor but when I try it in-game it shows the wrong sprite. this is what the particle looks like in the editor this is what it...
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