Daniel Mallett
Member
Gamemaker has one of the best manuals I have seen in terms of readability ease of use etc. However, It's difficult to navigate if you don't know what you want.
For example, I need a piece of code to find the largest number in a set. My thoughts were 'ok ill make a loop' no problem. Then I find there is a function called max that does it for me. I only discover these things by chance.
My question is do we have a book I can buy or a PDF I can look at that just lists every in-built function in alphabetical order so I can just read through it and be like 'oh cool I didnt know you could do that' The manual doesn't really lend itself to this kind of use in my opinion.
For example, I need a piece of code to find the largest number in a set. My thoughts were 'ok ill make a loop' no problem. Then I find there is a function called max that does it for me. I only discover these things by chance.
My question is do we have a book I can buy or a PDF I can look at that just lists every in-built function in alphabetical order so I can just read through it and be like 'oh cool I didnt know you could do that' The manual doesn't really lend itself to this kind of use in my opinion.