Legacy GM (HELP) Water Reflections?

[Pixels_Everywhere]

I've been trying to make some water reflections using surfaces for about 3 - 4 hours now. Nothing I have done seems to work. I want an effect similar to that of the Pokemon games where the reflection moves with the player, and (obviously) is not visible anywhere else but the water.

Here is a screenshot of my game so you have some context of what I am working with:
https://imgur.com/a/BDt1w

 

[obscene]

The simplest way is to use the application_surface. This is the built-in surface that your game is drawn to and then is finally drawn to screen. You can mess around with it using surface_draw() to see it. The actual method you'll probably want to use however is that your water object would make a copy of the application surface (surface_copy) at whatever depth you want the water to draw and then use draw_surface_part() to draw a cropped version of it upside down. Figuring out the values of where to draw it and where to crop it can be tricky if you are using views.

 

[Pixels_Everywhere]

my water is a tile. Can i do this using an object, that is using this code but not draw self? Thank for the reply. I will look into application_surface.

 

[matharoo]

Hi. I don't know if I should post this here; looks like promotion, but anyway: I have an asset that might work for you. It's from a top down view, and works with tiles. Here's the link: https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/6081/realistic-water-reflection

 

[teamrocketboyz]

I managed to create something similar in a top down soccer game using objects although j must admit I cheated and its not very accurate. See video below