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Windows Do I need to get GMS2 Desktop License to TEST on desktop (if I have GMS2 Mobile already)?

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IcecreamPie

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Hi everyone, I'm planning to buy GMS2 Mobile to make android games
However, I often like to TEST some things on my PC first without having to get my phone out (usually really basic things, eg. menus, buttons, etc)
Ie. In GMS1.4 I set the target module to "Windows" and press the green arrow button to do a test-run
I don't intend to COMPILE a Windows-runnable file

Will I still be able to do these kind of test-runs if I just buy GMS2 Mobile? Or do I need to buy GMS2 Desktop as well?

Thanks a lot in advance! :D
 
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Guest

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Not exactly. You can run on the desktop in the VM.

See, GMS2 can compile your game to run either of two different ways: through the VM, or through YYC, which compiles your game to C++ and runs faster. Not all code in the VM runs the same as in C++. YoYoGames has worked hard to eliminate any differences, but the fact remains that there are differences and, because the mobile license only allows you to test on the desktop through the VM, you can't know 100% that it will behave identically. This can lead to rare but difficult to troubleshoot bugs, where the game runs as expected in your tests but not on the device. This is particularly a pain given the long time it takes to build to a device.

If you do go this route, you'll want to regularly test the game on a device to make sure none of your code performs one way on the desktop VM but another in YYC.
 
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