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Question - IDE First hurdle: How do I create sprites?
- Thread starter Godelinde
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Biscotto
Member
Right click in Asset Browser > Create > Sprite. Then double click on the newly created sprite to open the Sprite Editor. If you want to draw the sprite manually, click the "Edit Image" button (located in the Image proprieties). You can still find all the information on the manual page I linked to you!
Thanks for the reply @Biscotto. But when I click in Asset Browser > Create > Sprite nothing happens and no sprite is created. Other stuff works (notes, extensions, rooms, shaders, etc.) But no sprites.Right click in Asset Browser > Create > Sprite. Then double click on the newly created sprite to open the Sprite Editor. If you want to draw the sprite manually, click the "Edit Image" button (located in the Image proprieties). You can still find all the information on the manual page I linked to you!
Biscotto
Member
Are you sure you made all the steps correctly?
Once you click on Sprite, you will automatically open the "Sprite Editor" window in your Workspace.
Have you checked that you have not disabled the display of sprites inside the filters by mistake? Make sure that "Any Types" is selected, or otherwise the "Sprites" box is also checked.
If even after this check you can't create any Sprites, then I think there is some problem inside your IDE. try to create a new project, or reinstall the latest stable version of GM.
Once you click on Sprite, you will automatically open the "Sprite Editor" window in your Workspace.
Have you checked that you have not disabled the display of sprites inside the filters by mistake? Make sure that "Any Types" is selected, or otherwise the "Sprites" box is also checked.
If even after this check you can't create any Sprites, then I think there is some problem inside your IDE. try to create a new project, or reinstall the latest stable version of GM.
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FreedomChains
Guest
@Godelinde I'm having the same issue in version 2.3. I'm going to try downgrading to 2.2 unfortunately. Let me know if you find anything out beside that.
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zenkicoupe
Guest
makes me a third.
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FreedomChains
Guest
I found out that when you create a new project without using the tutorial, creating sprites works. It just doesn't work if I use the Space Rocks GML tutorial. There could be other tutorials that don't work too. And it's possible it has something to do with importing an old project - haven't tried that yet. I submitted a bug report.
Thanks @FreedomChains. That absolutely was the problem. Mystery solved @Biscotto.
A bit of a rough start with GMS but glad to know the community is delightful. Cheers
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ryhen
Guest
Just encountered this problem too. I was about to give up until I found this thread. I thought it was my laptop :/
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xorange
Guest
Thanks everyone! Just started with GM today & found this to be a rough start as well. Took a good bit of hunting to arrive here too. As far as I can tell, it seems like one should be able to go through the tutorial in one IDE, and build the tutorial project in another. Please correct me if I'm wrong. EDIT: Yep, that is working just fine. I think I actually prefer this, as I get more room for the tutorial, and the project.
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toothmosnter
Guest
I also have this issue. I'm not sure how to open GMS2 twice on a Mac. Hopefully I can just follow along with some Youtube tutorials.
FoxyOfJungle
Kazan Games
File > New IDE ?