hitboxes

In a lot of games hitting different body parts can run different scripts against the affected entity, such as double damage or stun/stagger. How do I do that in GMS 1.4? Is there a tutorial or do I just use separate objects connected to the entity?

I'm semi new to game maker and started developing a project on my own for school work. I wasn't sure how to create hit boxes but I found a great video online for it. The video sets up a script including a variable assigned to a created layer (Code below) and for some reason it's telling me the x...

Hello all, I've been experiencing some problems with the hitboxes and enemy parent. Once the player's character collides with the enemy, they become stuck but before I made changes to the player's sprite; everything was fine and working. I recently switched back to the original sprite to fix...

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...

I want to make a game that lets the player 'draw' things in game, using the mouse as a sort of brush, with an adjustable radius for size. I want the object the player draws to then have a collisions on it and count as an object with its own code. Does anyone know what the best way to do this is?

I have made an enemy that attacks a player (with a spear) and i made a hitbox for it to allow for more precise dodging from the player. Problem is, when my player attacks the enemy and the enemy goes in to a stunned sprite the hitbox would still be there till the animation ended... i want this...

Hi guys! I've been making a rogue-like game and stopped on player's melee attacks (I use hitboxes which damages enemies on contact). Everythings fine until I speed up those attacks by percentage amount of player's missing health (the less health, the faster attacks). So I've added the amount of...

Hello all! I'm working on a side-scroller rpg with some semi-complex player sprites. So far, the player has a sword and shield. His sword is in his right hand, and his shield in his left. I figured out the coding to make him face left and right without using image_xscale, in order to keep his...

I am trying to program a system where I can create one instance of a hitbox object and vary its image_xscale and image_yscale to make varied hitboxes. However, I am having trouble approaching the programming side of this problem. How would I approach programming a system like this?

One issue I keep having with GMS 2 is that all hitboxes are square. Even if I touch an invisible pixel, it still counts. I remember that thi issue didn't exist in the original GameMaker. Is this a real problem or am I just missing something?

Hi, everyone. I'm from Brazil, so sorry if I make any language mistakes: I've been learning and practicing Game Maker for a month. At the moment I'm working on a very very simple boxing game. Nothing complex or fancy. I'm just getting a player and an enemy to punch each other. That's all...

I have a problem with hitboxes and such, but it's hard to explain so I'll let this badly described image speak for itself: So basically, the problem is that when you are on that "ledge" it's okay to break the bushes and read the sign, but when you are off the ledge, I want to prevent that from...

Hey there, So, this may be naive - but my hitboxes aren't showing up and I'm not sure why. I'm modifying someone elses code, and trying to make my own game with it - with their permission. So, first of all, I have a combo system - with 3 hits - animated with sprites That's inside of an...