Legacy GM Quick question about collision masks

[Psycho_666]

Hey.
Can I change the size of a collision mask in-game?
I am making fake 3D so the objects further away seems smaller, but that doesn't seem to have scaled the collision mask, and I kinda need the mouse over effect.
If I can't change the size of the collision mask I will just calculate the mouse position and completely ignore all collision events.
I'm not really sure which one is more compute heavy...

 

[Psycho_666]

Just to visualise, the mouse is pointing between the 4 ellipses on the top, but the collision masks overlap and that's the result - all 4 objects react to the mouse over. I want just one to do that...

 

[HayManMarc]

Draw the sprite in the draw event using draw_sprite_ext().

(I'm not sure.)

 

[Psycho_666]

The issue is not the sprite. The issue is the scaling.
I'll try and program a script, where every object that is highlighted (in my case the 4 circles) check the distance to the mouse cursor and the nearest to the mouse gets actually highlighted, while the others just wait.

 

[HayManMarc]

https://forum.yoyogames.com/index.php?threads/draw_sprite_ext-with-scaling-and-the-mask.60067/

I forgot. I always change the image_xscale (and yscale) in code, then draw the sprite with _ext using "image_xscale" as the value. Simply drawing the sprite using numbers won't work.

 

[Psycho_666]

change the image_xscale (and yscale) in code, then draw the sprite with _ext using "image_xscale" as the value. Simply drawing the sprite using numbers won't work.

That is exactly what I wanted.
Thank you

 

[HayManMarc]

You're welcome, glad I helped.

BTW, I found the answer by typing this into google search: gml gms2 sprite mask not scaling
When I do searches using this format, I usually find what I'm looking for. Sometimes it's hard to get the wording right, tho.

Happy coding!

 

[Psycho_666]

google

Ah... I was searching the help files actually but didn't find what I was looking for. Thank you for your time and effort

 

[Psycho_666]

I just implemented this system... It ed up everything... I'm making stupid mistake somewhere and I'm not entirely sure where...
I'll redo all the coding and will see what is going on...

PS: I fixed it... Its perfect. I could kiss you, but I won't...