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  1. A

    Shaders and Surfaces quick question

    So I am making a little platformer with my nephew (trying to get him into programming; he seems to have a liking for it.) And I am using shaders and surfaces within a single room at the moment, but I am noticing that the shader seems to also affect the surface making for some let's just say...
    • Archdemon
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    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Programming
  2. Tony M

    Shaders [SOLVED] Dark outline around sprites introduced when I added a shader and surface to project

    Hi, I have successfully implemented a full screen wave shader that I adapted from here: https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/261/free-shaders The shader itself works quite well, but has unfortunately introduced an issue with my sprites. Sprites with semi transparent edges (anti-aliasing)...
  3. TheCheeseMaster

    SOLVED Choppy Framerate When Drawing Surfaces

    Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to fix the seemingly lower framerate as well as objects jumping around a tiny bit when surfaces are being drawn. Here's an example: Here's my code: Draw GUI Begin: if(tea_active == true) { /// @description Draw Tea Effect...
  4. Azenris

    GameMaker surface_free

    Should surface_free still be called even if the surface_exists returns false. Like, is there internal meta data that GM uses and still needs freeing? if ( surface_exists( surface ) ) surface_free( surface ); or just always delete surface_free( surface );
  5. N

    GameMaker (Surfaces) Lighting for splitscreen

    Hi this is my first forum post. So, I apologize in advance. I need help with figuring out, how to.. uh, make lights.. be lights? I want to make lighting, but only on where both screens see. (It’s splitscreen, two players) I didn’t write this code, it’s from some tutorial somewhere. I just want...
    • NormalGameMaker
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    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Programming
  6. Z

    Minimize/unminize game gives lag...

    Hi everyone. I've been using shaders and surfaces now for a while to come up with all sorts of cool effects. Weather, lighting, fog, day/night cycles,.... However I've run across something that I'm sure a lot of people have already encountered: Lag, specifically lag after I minimize the game...
  7. Weastøne Entertainment

    GameMaker Creating surfaces on step

    Hello there!, I have a pause system where I copy the application surface whenever the player presses the pause button; I've read that surfaces should not be created outside the draw event; how could I possible achieve this with the creation of my paused surface in the draw event? I though of...
  8. M

    Shaders Shaders and Surfaces. Matching wrong colors?

    I am using the below shader to try and put transparency on the shadows in my room. There are two main problems with it that I cannot figure out. So what I am doing is drawing all instances to one surface, then drawing the light mask on another. Then I draw the light mask on top of the...
  9. X

    Multiple viewports with surfaces/deferred rendering problem

    Hi, I've implemented deferred lighting by drawing on 3 surfaces for diffuse, normals and specular and then merging them with a shader on the application surface.. It's all good until I got to multiple views (for local multiplayer.) This used to work fine before but now I cannot get it to work...
  10. BlueHarrier

    Alpha Feather Engine 3D

    I'm working on a 3D engine for my future project, still working on graphic management. [Updates] +Added spotlights, they don't create shadows. +Upgraded the color shadow and translucid renders quality. /Changed the color of the background, nothing important, but seems more beautiful for...
  11. S

    Legacy GM Surface_save to a sub directory? (SOLVED)

    I have been looking for a while now, and I cant seem to find a way to save surfaces to, or even move a saved surface file to a sub-directory I created. Am I missing something? or the folder creation only for text files? The reason I want this is because upon exiting a room in my current game...
    • Steve Gal
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  12. P

    GML SOLVED: Drawing A Surface Onto Another Surface From Another Object

    Hi all, I know it's possible to create a surface in an object and then use the with() function to draw multiple other objects onto that surface whilst it's targeted, and have managed to use this successfully. However, in an attempt to optimise my draw pipeline I was hoping I could do the...
    • Paris Stalker
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  13. Stonesword games

    GameMaker Destructible terrain keeps shrinking

    My destructible terrain keeps shrinking to 1/4 its size and goes to the bottom left of where it was originally. Note: I'm a novice and got this code from a tutorial :D Heres the code Create event: HIT = false damage_x = 0; damage_y = 0; Leftclick event: var _mx = mouse_x - x; var _my =...
  14. kingsushi001

    GameMaker [Solved] Problem with surface_getpixel(surface_id, x, y)

    Hi everyone So I'm trying to create a simple colour picker. I'm using surface_getpixel(surface_id, x, y) to get the pixel colour in the hue strip. This is my code: col = surface_getpixel(application_surface,x,y); And this is my error: ___________________________________________...
  15. S

    GameMaker How to draw particles not affected by the surfaces above them?

    I know its possible to just draw particle system above the lighting surfaces, but I really need to preserve depth order. Here's a screenshot of current situation: Particles on hand and sword are too dim, but the depth is ok. And here's how they look when being drawn above everything: Bright and...
    • Sozidar
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    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Programming
  16. MIchael PS

    Legacy GM Surface depth

    So hello, I want to draw a surface under certain objects. I tried changing the depth of the object that draws the surface, but it doesn't work... Any suggestions? Thanks a lot!
  17. Juju

    Free Image Manipulaton With Textured Circles

    Source: https://github.com/JujuAdams/rotary-slices Quick example that shows off how to make textured circles, as well as a "ping pong" method to use two surfaces to stack effects on top of each other.
  18. C

    GameMaker Seamlessly Looping Rooms by using Views and Surfaces?

    I've been trying to get a seamlessly looping room working in game maker studio 2. If you ever played Yume Nikki or used RPG Maker its kinda like the room looping in that. I'm a little new to using multiple views and haven't used surfaces before so I'm running into some trouble. My current plan...
    • CoconutBun
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    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Programming
  19. Z

    GameMaker Sprite-Based Level Generation (video [15:00] + text versions)

    GM Version: GameMaker Studio 2 Target Platform: All Download: zackbanack.com Links: Video Link Summary: You may know how to design levels in the YoYo Games’ GameMaker Studio Room Editor. But, what about in its Sprite Editor? This Step Event tutorial will show you an artsy, unconventional...
    • Zack
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    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Tutorials
  20. F

    Game Mechanics Drawing Layer to Surface Smaller than Room Size

    Ok, so here's the rundown: I'm trying to draw only the currently visible part of a tile layer to a surface. This is because I'm implementing a system in the game where a Wall tile section will fade out when the player is over top of it, giving a simulated depth to the layer. I've managed to do...
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