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    GameMaker [Solved] Need to find a way to get the real view width/height...

    Hey all, My game window is resizable, and set to keep its aspect ratio, so if I manually drag it to a certain size, it will have black bars on either side or the top and bottom. I need a way to get the value of the height of the window, but excluding the black bars. Basically, is there any...
    • Ayziak
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    • Forum: Programming
  2. Fixer90

    Windows Icon Size?

    What is the optimal icon size for Game Maker Studio v1.4 Professional Edition?
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    GameMaker [SOLVED} Font Size - How do I enlarge fonts?

    Hello, This is only my second post so far since starting to use Gamemaker Studio 2, which I love. I'm trying to learn as much as I can without help so that I remember things that I discover. I always find that if you discover things on your own, you will remember better. However, I want to...
    • EricR175
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    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Programming
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    [Solved] how to see more play area

    I have a problem which seems like it should have a simple solution. I want to see more of the level in my screen, without the game changing the x and y scale of the image, and I don't care if there are black bars making up for the rest of the window size. I started making my game with...
    • HelmutShaftshwingen
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    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Programming
  5. Cloaked Games

    Legacy GM [Solved] ds_grid Memory Usage

    I currently have an item index that is a ds_grid about 32 by 32 right now. Each row is an item, so it will get much longer in that direction over time. I was just wondering if I should have concerns about how large I make the grid. At what point will it start being an issue because of its size...
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    Does PNG file size affect performance?

    I just bought Affinity Designer for Windows to make my game art, but I also have access to Adobe Illustrator. So i did small test. I exported a simple 256 x 128 oval with a gradient (32bit png, Affinity Designer), that became 23.2kb, same thing from Adobe Illustrator is only 2.80kb. I also...
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    How to extend an object sprite dynamically

    Hello, My question is about whether it is possible to dynamically modify a sprite associated with an object in-game. Say I've got an object like the beanstalk in mario bros. It is made up of two different sprites: L R The length of the stalk depends on how far the...
    • John Doe
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    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Programming
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    Font size within GMS?

    Is there a way to increase the font size in GameMaker Studio? I don't mean of your game, I mean the actual IDE itself? This would include the text in the tutorial windows. I can read it but my eyesight isn't too great and I generally have to get close to the monitor and/or squint a bit.
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    How big is your Game?

    i'm just curious, my game ain't got that much graphics and sounds inside and is still far from complete but now it's around 60mb on Windows. Wow then it will be in the final Version just 1GB or something like that :x
    • Chim
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    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Off Topic
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    Legacy GM Question on levels using rooms or ...

    My newest game is going to have several levels. "Lazy" coding using several rooms is far easier for design purposes. Coding a single room to programmatically adjust to the levels is possible but more time consuming. Each level has approximately 60 objects at most. Backgrounds and code is the...
    • Roger Robertson
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Programming
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    View - dynamic offset and size

    I want the view to be affected by player's speed, here's what I have: If I floor() the values below (which I think I should) screen seems to be shaking. (Can be seen in the video) Is it OK if I leave them as a floating point number? Also, do you have any suggestions how to improve this code...
    • TypicalHog
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    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Programming
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    File sizes

    I was talking with a friend about efficiency and whatnot and the subject of file sizes came up. I then realized that my game isn't exactly the smallest... And the thing is, I still have a lot more to add into my game so it's only gonna get bigger... I wanted to ask, about what are the average...
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    http_get() maximum size/length

    Hey, does anyone know how long the result (string) can be that I get with the function http_get() ? for example, how long can my title, index or both together be, that I don't get an error? {"title": "exampleheading...","index": "exampletext"}
    • Leschge
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Programming
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    Room size

    I need really big game space, like 100K X 100K or even better, infinite, but I can't have room that big. Anyone knows some good workaround? It's a top down space game kind of similar to asteroids.
    • TypicalHog
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Programming
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    Legacy GM Need help with keeping objects consistent with room size

    I am currently working on a puzzle game and I need to resize the room size so I can scale on devices correctly. I want to make sure that all the objects in the room stay in the middle of the room, but when I change the room height, it only adds space to the bottom of the room, making all the...
    • dubas
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    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Programming
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    Screen Size Problem

    (Sorry for my english, i'm spanish) So I was making a game and all work correctly, but when I finish the menu and press Start the screen still stay in menu size when I play, I try to make it fullscreen but all the game sees bad, please help, I need a fullscreen with good resolution or something...
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    Reduce executable size

    The size of my project's gmx directory is 145 mb and includes a lot of obsolete assets that are no longer referenced in the project.gmx file. A Windows executable created from it is 301 mb. So the application is more than twice the size of its constituents. Something doesn't seem quite right...
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