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  1. M

    Can't login to My YoYo Games account.

    So I am a GMS 1.4 user and unfortunately I Cannot get into the studio app or the yoyogames website. A couple of hours ago I tried to login through the app and received the message "User not Found". I tried different email addresses and different passwords that I may have used until I assumed I...
    • Metatanium
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Off Topic
  2. C

    Simple Text Problem

    Hiya! <3 Still bit new to game maker, little slow. Followed Shaun Spaldings platformer video on Signposts. Everything is working just as it should. I'm using the string variable trick to make it easier to change later on. The only question I have is I am unsure how to make multiple pages...
    • Cossie
    • Thread
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Programming
  3. M

    Nearest Instance in Player Input Direction

    Howdy. I'm attempting to find the nearest instance of a spring object—from the current spring object that the player object is colliding with—in the direction of the player's input, and then move in that direction. I have statements to handle different player states (the code for the ascending...
    • Masaomi Kida
    • Thread
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  4. R

    Shader is out of bounds.

    The areas on screen outside the port view are having the shader be visible in them. Although it is sorta pretty I would like it to not. I thought about drawing a black surface outside of the ported view but thought I would ask my elders how best to proceed before chasing any rabbits down any...
    • Rizlad
    • Thread
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  5. tibbycat

    GameMaker [SOLVED] Problem using ds map to save game.

    Hi, I'm still a newbie with programming but I'm trying to understand how to use data structures (ds maps specifically) to save where my player is in the platform game I'm making. I've been using @Pixelated_Pope's code from his DS Map Based Save System video which works perfectly for saving to...
  6. J

    GameMaker Coupon codes system

    Does anyone know how I can set up a coupon codes system? Are there any good tutorials out there on this subject? What I intend to do is have codes that unlock certain skins / get free gems / etc. The code can only be used once (main importance). But if the code can also be used for a period of...
    • JayR
    • Thread
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  7. Le_Beholder

    SOLVED Help with Zelda Style puzzle blocks...

    Hello mercenary person(s); I have money* and a problem. (*32 monopoly bucks) I am trying to create puzzle blocks in my game that can be pushed by the player, and only move 16 blocks smoothly at a time. so far I've managed how to get it to move, and control what direction, what I don't know is...
  8. J

    GameMaker Particles issue [SOLVED]

    So, I am pretty new with Game Maker, and I have been struggling with particle system recently. I did some bunch of code, and it seems to be working, but, for some reason, there are some issues with particles - first, they are not drawn on any light colors and second, they are being overlapped by...
    • junk-boy
    • Thread
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Programming
  9. P

    Windows [HELP] Sprite index isn't working

    Hi i'm new to GameMaker and I don't understand why this code isn't working. I have sprites sPlayerPunchRight and sPlayerPunchLeft and an object oPlayer. In oPlayer there's a left pressed event that has this code in it. // Punching WhichPunch = random_range(1,2); if (WhichPunch == 1) {...
    • Pietuuh
    • Thread
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Tech Support
  10. W

    Help (looking for a decent RPG Tutorial)

    Hi, I’m Wahib. Like the heading of this thread says, I need help finding a decent RPG tutorial. The problem I’m finding is that there are several videos on ‘bits and bobs’, individual parts for making RPG games, on YouTube. But there are no full (complete-with all resources & no-bugs) Tutorial...
    • Wahib Yousaf
    • Thread
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Programming
  11. J

    Need Help with Attacking Animation

    Hello everyone, I'm not totally sure if this belongs here, so please be gentle. I'm working on a metroidvania currently, but I am god awful at making sprites and animations. I've gotten around this like a lot of devs I've seen on Game Maker by using small resolutions for sprites. I'm currently...
    • Jscoombs
    • Thread
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  12. R

    I need help

    I'm currently very new to game maker on Mac and whenever i go to run my game in order to test it the yo yo program is unresponsive and i cannot test what I have so far for my game, I'm finding this to be very frustrating and I'm unable to find a solution that works for me so any and all help or...
    • Romeo Davis
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Tech Support
  13. A

    Windows Need help programming Player Controls

    I am trying to make a player move around freely on the x and y axis (kinda Undertale style for reference) while also not moving through various objects like walls and platforms. I've got the X axis down but when I test the Y movement It doesn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Here...
    • Aidan Carter
    • Thread
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  14. T

    Windows Need help with randomly spawning objects

    Moderator Note: Topic moved here from wrong forum. ****************** Help i need help with my script with spawning trees my script is //spawning // world generation randomize(); for (i=0;i<amount_trees; i++) { xpos = random(room_width); ypos = random(room_height); if...
    • Troledepus2005
    • Thread
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Programming
  15. B

    GameMaker Sprite Character Changes Size When Moving in Room Editor

    I've been trying to add an enemy named Flygito, a small bug enemy. I decided to shrink her sprite down (Picture above) on the room editor, but when I start the game and her sprite started moving, Flygito's sprite size goes wrong. But her sprite remains the same when I use her default size (By...
    • BlueBird02
    • Thread
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Programming
  16. Gamerev147

    GameMaker working_directory returns the wrong path?

    File saving has always been a pain for me in gms2... The other day I noticed that Game Maker Studio 2 creates temporary Z, Y, and X hard drives when I run my project. When I use "working_directory" to return where my game is being run, it returns a path from one of these temporary hard drives...
  17. T

    Windows Error in game maker studio 2 with particles!! (not code problem)

    Hi all, so I have been working on a project and added different particles systems, emmiters, etc. everything worked perfectly. But at some point particles stop showing up. I tough it would be a random error, restart GMS2 and particles came back. But the next time I open GMS2 I couldnt see them...
    • theraje3
    • Thread
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Tech Support
  18. E

    GameMaker Small problem on the Space Rocks Tutorial GML for GMS2

    I just finished the game and it works perfectly but I have a little problem, when I start the game there is small squares inbetween and at the left of the text (https://i.imgur.com/UVDJGEV.jpg), how do I fix that?
    • Ephhep
    • Thread
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Programming
  19. S

    Trying to have a sprite change dependent on real time clock [Solved]

    I think I should preface this with the fact that I'm an artist by trade, and coding isn't a thing I do remotely often, so if I made a real dumb mistake, that's why. I have a sprite with 2 sub images, and I want it to show image 0 from 6am to 6pm, and then image 1 from 6pm to 6am. I couldn't...
    • SlothSam
    • Thread
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Programming
  20. S

    GameMaker [SOLVED]Async event not firing after loading audio group.

    Hi, I am new to the forums and I come here because I have a problem. No matter what I do, I cannot get the audio to work for my game. If it matters, I am on a Mac OS X. Here is my code: obj_mus > create event > audio_group_load(audiogroup_default); obj_mus > async Save/Load event >...
    • StarSoul
    • Thread
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Programming
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