GameMaker problems accessing variables of collided object

[sabixi]

I'm trying to access the y position of an object the player is colliding with, this code was me testing things, so I'm just trying to get the id of the collided object here:

if place_meeting(x, y+vspeed_, o_slope_r){
show_debug_message(other.id);
}

For some reason, "other" is the player object, rather than the object I am checking the collision with, but it still detects the collision and prints the message.

I can get the correct id using instance_place (I know I could then use the id to access the y position, but I want to know why this isn't working)

Thank you

 

[NightFrost]

There's no context for other to work with, so it doesn't return what you expected. It works either inside with context, pointing to the instance that executed it, or in a collision event. Collision event, not Step event.

 

[sabixi]

There's no context for other to work with, so it doesn't return what you expected. It works either inside with context, pointing to the instance that executed it, or in a collision event. Collision event, not Step event.

oh, that makes sense, for some reason I was thinking that place meeting would create context for it.. just being dumb

thank you!