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loading screens

  1. Wilbo21

    GameMaker Loading Screens and Memory Allocation Error

    Hello everyone I am trying to create a level editor for my game which allows the user to import their own textures and backgrounds. I believe that what I'm doing is going to require a loading screen to give the PC time to process (potentially) large images. I wanted to get an understanding as...
  2. J

    How do I add a loading screen to a game?

    Hi! I'm new to videogame development and I was wondering if it's possible to add a loading screen for my game. It's basically a loading screen between the main menu and the first level, because its kinda weird to just press the start game button and then instantly start the game; that would be...
  3. Kealor

    GameMaker Loading screen animation

    My current system for load transitions is to take the current room, delete all instances and add a black overlay, then once all appropriate data has been altered, shift to the new room. After that shift some extra management occurs and the black overlay disappears. To the player this more or...
  4. F

    Legacy GM In-game loading screens

    I am making a game that has a lot of backgrounds. But since some of the backgrounds are for exp. 1000×1000, I've decided to use them as external files and load the through background_add(), but when do I know the loading is going to finish. Is there a way to check if a sprite/background is going...
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