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    Navigating fixed gui menu while also moving camera around

    I'm trying to build a real time strategy game that involves the user clicking on a lot of menus while moving the camera around a map. It's all 2D, so the camera doesn't tilt, but it does zoom in and out to see the world better. I'm drawing a lot of menus with the Draw GUI event, which works...
    • skaiiwalker
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    My drop down menu isn't working?

    I'm trying to build a menu that opens from the location of an object. I have this script written, but I can't figure out why it's working. It's supposed to draw a rectangle and then build some clickable text objects on top of it, but for some reason when I call this script it doesn't seem to...
    • skaiiwalker
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    sprite scaling with camera zoom

    I'm trying to build a civ6-esque real time strategy game, and it should always have a mouse interactable menu on the screen. I have a menu sprite attached to an object that follows the camera around when the player moves it, but for some reason I can't get it to scale with the viewport when the...
    • skaiiwalker
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    Clickable options refuse to be clicked on

    I'm trying to make clickable text-based menu options. I've made it so that when the mouse is in the rectangle surrounding the text, it will change color and highlight. I tried using the same method in a Left Mouse Down event, where if the mouse is clicked while the mouse is in the text...
    • skaiiwalker
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    GameMaker Hightlighting mouse over text

    I'm going to have a lot of text based menus in the game I'm making, and I'm trying to make it so that when I mouse over clickable text it highlights in a different color. I have an object that draws text to the screen and is supposed to highlight when you mouse over it. I also have another...
    • skaiiwalker
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    • Forum: Programming
  6. flyinian

    (solved)Help with keeping a contextual menu on screen

    I am trying to create a contextual menu and so, far so good besides the fact that I can't figure out how to keep the sub menu open(active?). Menu 1 > sub menu 1 > item 1 , item 2, and so forth. The sub menu is the list of item 1, item 2 and so forth. Mouse Hover on Menu 1 > Should open the sub...
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    Shaun Spalding Menu tutorial & compact coding

    Hello, I've seen his video I've even upgraded his menu - Now i'm wondering if this menu can be navigated with the mouse? All menu tutorials i've seen so far are always about 1object representing one button that's why I really like this video because it was kind of compact and easier to...
    • RealsLife
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    • Forum: Programming
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