Need help drawing a rope sprite from one point to another

[smashencoo]

So I just need a simple rope design where a rope sprite stretches from one object to another. I tried using the draw_sprite_general function so I could use the width and rotation to have it follow the objects:

var angle;
var distance;
distance = distance_to_object(obj_Buck_Plane);
angle = point_direction(x,y,obj_Buck_Plane.x,obj_Buck_Plane.y);
draw_sprite_general(spr_rope,1,x,y,distance,sprite_height,x,y,1,1,angle,c_white,c_white,c_white,c_white,1);

But the rope isn't drawing. It is in the draw event if you are wondering. I used x and y because the object with the code is where I want it to anchor. If you can fix this code or give me something else entirely that works, it doesn't matter, either way is fine. Basically I just want to stretch a sprite from one point to another, but also rotate it in the direction of the other object, and the draw_sprite_stretched function doesn't have a rotation option. I imagine there must be a much simpler way that I don't know about. Knowing this will help a lot with all my future projects as well. Thanks.

 

[RefresherTowel]

General is not what you want, the ext function is what you want. The origins of the sprite should be on the left middle.

var angle;
var distance;
distance = distance_to_object(obj_Buck_Plane);
angle = point_direction(x,y,obj_Buck_Plane.x,obj_Buck_Plane.y); 
draw_sprite_ext(spr_rope,1,x,y,distance,1,angle,c_white,1);

 

[FrostyCat]

var angle;
var distance;
distance = distance_to_object(obj_Buck_Plane);
angle = point_direction(x,y,obj_Buck_Plane.x,obj_Buck_Plane.y);

You are asking for "human's position" in a room full of people. This is guaranteed to end badly, for a reason that any competent GML user should know.

Use instance_nearest to get the closest instance ID, then get the distance and angle to it unless it turns out to be noone.

draw_sprite_general(spr_rope,1,x,y,distance,sprite_height,x,y,1,1,angle,c_white,c_white,c_white,c_white,1);

Extracting the area of the sprite starting from (x, y) with dimensions (distance, sprite_height) makes no sense. This too will end badly, for a reason that should be obvious if you try seeing where that region is in the sprite editor.

Use draw_sprite_ext with distance/sprite_get_width(spr_rope) as the horizontal scale. And if you still want to use draw_sprite_general, read the Manual description of what each parameter does before using it.