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  1. 0Sludge

    Player stretches when movement is pressed

    Create // Create inputs move_x = 0 move_y = 0 // Create speeds move_speed = 2 jump_speed = 30 sprint_speed = 4 Steps move_x = keyboard_check(ord("D")) - keyboard_check(ord("A")) move_x = move_x * move_speed; if place_meeting(x, y+2, Object_wall) { move_y = 0; if...
  2. N

    Question - IDE I saw a tutorial where they just pasted sprites on the istances layer but when i try it, it tells me to make a new asset layer

  3. N

    GameMaker sprite unloaded Engine bug

    basically, i maked some wall, i maked an desk, but the desk wont load, instead, there is an checkered white block whi the other coulour being an red transtioning to green, what this mean?ean?
  4. N

    Exists an script that create objects?

    exists an script that creates objects? like: if keyboard_check(vk_up) create_object(Obj_James)_in_(x=456_ y=146)
  5. N

    GML No direction on what learn

    I am a new programmer but i dont know what to learn, the own game maker tutorials are already programmed/done, so i wont learn new codes, and also, is kinda hard to make an simple game whitout an basic tutorial, so, i am asking to here guys, where should i search for Game maker 2 Tutorials, i...
  6. N

    GML Fighting game stamina script suggestion script

    so, basically i am making an fighting game , i want that each player(2 players,remote online) has an stamina bar that subtract itself every time he do an action like punching, parrying etc. but i dont know how to do that, but i dont know how to make it. i will post the scripts refering to...
  7. N

    SOLVED FIGHTING GAME MOVEMENT SCRIPT SPRITE BUG

    hi guys!i am new to this community! every side have an unique sprite, i maked the scrpit that changes the sprite object player to player walking right, it worked, but i coded the same to walking left, and now the walking right doesnt show up anymore.(i speak porutuguese, and the sprites are in...
  8. T

    I can't get my character to fall slowly.

    I am trying to make my player fall slowly, but i can't get it to work properly. The code: if (PropellerPU) and !place_meeting(x, y + 128, GrassObj) { vsp = 0.001; }
  9. ST0N3

    GML How do i decrease my bullets?

    so, i'm making a Bullet hell i started at 2 days ago and now i'm stuck cuz i don't know how to decrease the bullet quantity i have this 3 objects wich is the thing that genetate the bullets, the bullets and the player my problem is here: instance_create_layer(random(x),random(y) ...
  10. J

    SOLVED [Help] Object as a direction and velocity

    How can I place an object towards another object to move? I made two lines: draw_line(x, y - 16, x + (dist_totem * xscale), y - 16); draw_line(x - (dist_totem * xscale), y - 16, x, y - 16); And i make the animation play when the line find the Object. var totem = collision_line(x -...
  11. J

    SOLVED [HELP] How to Place a HitBox in this case.

    (IMAGE WITHOUT HITBOX) (IMAGE WITH HITBBOX) Both are examples. Only images. I started learning programming the day before yesterday... I don't know much about programming, I'd say I know the basics of the basics. I started the code to check the hitbox creation frame like this: if (image_index...
  12. ST0N3

    GML How do i make my character dance? [SOLVED]

    well... I have this character step code right here And when i run the game, when i press "Z" my character don't play the spr_dancing even if the image_speed is equal to 1. she's continue stuck to the first frame... I tried to move this to other places, and nothing works. Maybe it's something...
  13. Quothori

    GML Need help with jump?

    hi all. just started getting into game maker. ran into a problem. I want my character to bounce when the bullet object touches any object in the room. is it possible to implement this somehow? Please help 🙏
  14. infect

    Help With Score System.

    Hello! I Want to know how to make it so If a Bullet touches the Edge of the window it Increases a variable with 1! And i need help with Displaying the variable in some way.
  15. 01Warlock10

    GameMaker Rightmost Pixels of the Up/Down Sprites Are Gettng Cuttoff

    hey all, So I've recentely made some changes to my player sprites, and I love them, but I've noticed that when the player moves vertically, the up/down sprites, the rightmost pixels get cut off slightly, it's hard to describe, so here's a photo. (notice how the right side is cut off slightly.)...
  16. N

    PLEASE HELP TO MAKE MY OBJECTS PERSISTENT

    I think the button that causes objects to become persistent in gms2 just doesn't work for me. I want to make it so once a touch an warp object the player gets transported to a different room, and I've watched countless tutorials online and I do what they say but the only thing that doesn't work...
  17. C

    Little town Session 6 Chapter 12 issue

    for some reason when i press the spacebar to make the thank you textbox go away it crashes and says _________________________________________ ############################################################################################ ERROR in action number 1 of Alarm Event for alarm 0...
  18. T

    Mac OSX Can't open one of the sprite editors

    Hey, I just started using GameMaker yesterday and starting yesterday I couldn't fix this problem. I dont know if this is a technical issue or not but it won't give me any choices to open this. Basically I'm trying to open up this sprite editor to add events, but instead a different one keeps...
  19. G

    HELP Shooter projectile issue

    So I'm making a top down shooter game and when I run my current work, my player shoots a projectile out of its center (the head) and not the gun (the grey thing he's holding). The target icon is in the middle center, but I wanna make it so that the projectile shoots from the gun. But if I set...
    • Gacha Kyle
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  20. G

    HELP (Unexpected EOF encountered/malformed if statement) (beginner to GML)

    I'm trying to learn the custom GML and I've never coded before in my life. I'm following the "Your First Game" videos on the official YoYo Games YouTube channel and I'm watching the second video, repeating everything the guy is saying, and then we get to the part where he's describing how to...
    • Gacha Kyle
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
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