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  1. J

    SOLVED How can I limit bounce_solid( )? Top-down collisions.

    I’m trying to make a simple bumper car / kind of object and I want to tweak it's collisions. For context; Top-down. Attempting with NO physics. *Basically Pong logic. So far this code works well: How could I make it so that a head-on collision (or a collision with a very low...
  2. M

    GML Trying to get collisions to work

    I'm pretty much a GML noob and I'm trying to do a top down game. I can't find anything that makes collision to work without my player getting into the walls. My movement line of code is pretty much this: movh=-keyboard_check(ord("A"))+keyboard_check(ord("D")) if movh!=0 { if movh>0 and...
  3. joshua:)

    SOLVED help with collisions

    hi! im working on a new project. i am used to doing platform type games but i wanted to try a top down game. right now my character moves left, right, up, and down. i have like 4 lines of code for it. here they are if (keyboard_check(ord("A"))) x = x -1; if (keyboard_check(ord("D"))) x = x +1...
  4. peter798

    Gamemaker object layer bug?

    I'm making a topdown shooter, and I keep getting this bug: As you can see, the building which is supposed to be below the other building goes over it when changing rooms. Is there a workaround to this, or a known fix?
  5. H

    Collision issue when using cursor to change image angle

    I am trying to make a top down shooter where my character is facing in the direction of the cursor. I coded in movement and added a collision event for the character and the wall object. However, the player is able to collide with a wall then face the character in a way that its hitbox...
  6. Z

    GML How to stop object from glitching through walls

    Hello there, I have a top down game where you can move objects around by bumping on them. Now to prevent them from moving into walls or blocks I've made a Step Event This is the code // STEP // var wall = instance_place(x,y,obj_block); if wall != noone { var wd =...
  7. Solthall

    Collisions when moving in mouse direction

    Hello guys! Any tips on how I can make collisions work with the following movement code? I'm moving the player with w,a,s,d, all relative to the mouse position. So if I press "W", the player moves towards the mouse pointer, and away if I press "S". "A" and "D" will make the player strafe...
  8. R

    SOLVED How do I make my character collide with instances like I do with tiles?

    So I'm working on a top-down shooter, and I used Shaun Spalding's tutorial on tile collisions to make my character collide with the tiles. Now I'm trying to make a gate that has the same sort of collision until a certain number of marked enemies are defeated, after which the gate is destroyed...
  9. A

    GameMaker Top down 2D engine for GMS2 ?

    I spent 10 hours/day for 1 week to learn GMS2 and GML, I spend frustrating nights on collisions, paths .. it's working, but far from perfect, and I guess other people did the same before me and did awesome job Now that I have an understanding of those concepts, I'd like to spend more time on...
    • Antera
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    • Forum: Programming
  10. D

    Discussion Cann’t stick gun to tank body

    Hello! I have 3 obgects that uses physics: dynamic block, tank body and tank gun which is body’s child object. When tank collides with block, the body moves in one diection and gun moves in different direction. So how can I make my gun push other objects but not to be pushed?
  11. L

    Legacy GM [SOLVED] Top-down sliding along walls

    Hi! I'm trying to make a top-down shooter, but got stuck at the beginning (literally). (the question is in the very end) First, I wrote a super basic code for moving (in the step event): ///Player movement var player_horizontalspeed = 0; var player_verticalspeed = 0; //Player input if...
    • Lobos
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Programming
  12. R

    Fix Clipping of Rotating Enemys?

    Hi! I am making a little Top Down Shooter and I wanted to ask how to fix this? Basically the enemy are just following the Player and rotate towards them but if the come to close togheter they clip into each other until it looks like it's only one enemy. (Like in the picture) Thanks for your help!
    • Rango
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  13. N

    GML Rotation collision (example: top-down car)

    GM Version: Should be universal Target Platform: ALL Download: N/A (all needed code is there) Difficulty: Intermediate Last Edited: 2018.08.10 Short version: Rotation after dealing with movement collision. Classic while loop checking but this time rotate image_angle to previous position...
    • NeZvers
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    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Tutorials
  14. F

    Legacy GM Top down tank control collision help

    Hello everyone. I've recently started experimenting with this concept and I'm afraid I've hit a wall as I'm not familiar at all with this kind of coding. I'm trying to create a top down styled Resident Evil game (i.e. Tank controls) and I have not a single clue as to how to code in collisions...
    • Farron
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  15. 7

    Collision in Top Down

    Hi.I have poblem with top down collision Here is code in collision event a = point_direction(x, y, other.x, other.y); //Get the direction from the colliding object xoff = lengthdir_x(1, a); //Get the offset vector yoff = lengthdir_y(1, a); //Move out of collision...
    • 7bones
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    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Programming
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