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    SOLVED Room Transitions lagging

    When entering the transitions from the left or right, no lags are observed, however, when entering from the top or bottom, the game pauses for a few moments. Why is this happening? The code to transitions. if place_meeting(x, y, Obj_player) { room_goto(rm) Obj_player.x = Obj_player.x -...
  2. M

    Low fps ?

    Hello ! It's been a few months I'm using GameMaker to try to create a small game, and it's been a lot of fun. I'm still on free version, but I'll pay the subscription as soon as needed. But I'm having an issue now : my game is getting low fps quite fast. When I use the "debug mode", it's...
  3. H

    Windows Game maker Studio 2 high score system glitching

    Hey, I am currently creating a game on the latest version of Gamemaker studio 2. I am using the built in high score system for my game and for some of the numbers, the numbers look a little glitchy. The number on the picture is supposed to be 107 but it looks a bit weird. The font is a...
  4. J

    Activate/Inactivate Object if its below another object

    Hey, so Im making a sandbox game. The world is 6 blocks high, so the max of 5 objects cant be seen at a time. Right now Im using this piece of code: var InstanceList = ds_list_create(); var Instance = instance_position(Block.x, Block.y, Obj_BlockParent); var TInstance = Instance...
  5. phillipPbor

    Beta 2d minecraft

    EDENCRAFT prototype, i am remaking minecraft 2d from the tutoriel videos, but with physics. however its laggy so i need a beta tester. i had already tried the forums, but its not enough. EDENCRAFT 0.1.6 controls: WASD = move mouse = cursor LMB = destroy block RMB = create block R button =...
  6. Marko03970

    Lightning system

    Hi, I have problems with the lighting system in gms2. I made classic lights with surfaces, and I added shadows too. It's working well, but when I turn on 3-4 lights it starts lagging. Does anyone know any great tutorial or any advice on how to make it faster? Thanks
  7. O

    GML Game Starts Lagging Greatly

    I have been using GMS2 for about a year now, and I have come across a problem I cannot seem to fix. My game starts lagging a lot after about 10 seconds after running the game, and I think that the problem is the grid around the blocks being drawn every frame, but idk. Thanks! Video: Grid...
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    Legacy GM Bluetooth Gamepad Slowdown/Frame Drop Issues

    I'm having performance problems when using a Bluetooth controller. When I use my Bluetooth controller for my Project it lags around 45-58 fps, but when I use a Wired USB controller or without a Bluetooth controller it runs in 60 fps. I tried using alarms or checking every 5 steps/frames, but...
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    Pause menu causes major game lag, how to fix this?

    Hello everyone, I am currently in the process of making my first game and I have managed to make my pause menu. I have done so by virtue of adding an invisible object (o_Pause) into every room which is programmed that upon pressing the backspace button that it deactivates all instances and...
  10. Chreech Okash

    Gm Studio 1.4.1804 Android 60fps lag

    I have noticed that Gm Studio 1.4.1804 is lagging very badly when you switch the room_speed to 60fps in android YYC builds. In Gm Studio 1.4.1773 it was running perfectly but when i updated it to newest version i got this big problem. I conducted my test with a blank room drawing one background...
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    SOLVED HELP! Optimizing drawing shapes GM 1.4

    Hello fellow game makers! I've been developing a game for about a year for which I now need to optimize the drawing for. What Am I drawing? It's numbers (text) and shapes (squares). What's the problem? The games slows down when i animate (especially on lower spec smart phones such as 1gb ram)...
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    Legacy GM Game lags, but not when debugging

    I've been having a problem with serious lag (rooms set at 60 drop down to almost 40). I have been trying to find out what is causing it. Whenever I go to a different room, there is a high chance that it will start lagging, but hat rooms lag and when is inconsistent. As well, when I tried to use...
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    Legacy GM Other room lags current room

    I have a room where the game starts in, it has a 1366x768 sprite with 8 indexes that. It goes to the next image_index about every second. Afther that it goes to the play room, but then it really lags. If I start the game in the play room it doesn't lag. Starting room (25 fps): Play room (25...
  14. K

    GameMaker Saveing Inifile lag after a while

    Hey guys, I am making consistent room switches by saving all the instances in an ini file and loading them whenever you enter a specific room. When you start the game, everything runs smoothly, transitions are perfect, nothing to worry about. But after a while, it takes longer for the room...
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    Legacy GM Too many objects and game lagging?

    Hey guys! I have one question about objects: I am making game with some blocks (Solid objects on which you are moving) that I can not transform so they cover some place because they have something drawn on them. So I put this objects one next to another and it looks nice but I have too many...
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    iOS Mouse Position Lag in IOS

    There seems to be an issue with Game Maker 1.4 getting the Mouse_x, Mouse_y or any mouse functions (mouse_check_button) anywhere near the left side of the screen (x position less than 50 pixels on the standard resolution of 750x1334 on an iPhone7 IOS device in portrait orientation). What I...
  17. V

    Android severe framerate drop

    so, i think i saw this on a thread on reddit once, but about 30 or 40 seconds into my game there is a severely noticable framerate drop that seems to be caused for no reason. ive read that adding "application_surface_enable(false)" would fix the lagging problem, but there is absolutely no...
  18. RyanC

    Android Marshmallow 6.0 - Lags - Should we support it?

    Hi all, I've noticed over the past month that the os version 6.0 Marshmallow is exactly that... An absolute marshmallow of an operating system when it comes to games, even on well known titles with over 10 million downloads. The following performance issue happens on all devices I've tested on...
  19. Ito

    Windows Small lag before playing loaded sounds for the fist time

    Hello! I'm noticing a small freeze (about 0.5 seconds) everytime the game plays a sound for the first time, which is weird because I chose "Uncompressed, not streamed" for all of them. Example: This never happened on GM:S (same project). Why could this be?
  20. D

    Android (Solved) Random FPS drops

    Hello. I've been looking an answer for this problem for over a month now and there is still no solution and I just have no more brain cells and nerves to kill finding the problem. The thing is I have made two versions of the same game and they both lagg. The first version is a lot bigger but...
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