Scaling horizontally independent of rotation

[Kahrabaa]

Hello.

I want
image_xscale to stretch an image horizontally and
image_yscale to stretch the image vertically
no matter what image angle is set to.

Can I do that without surfaces or drawing tricks?
Just through math, by linking the scale to the angle.

Thanks

 

[Tyg]

Yup, they are built in variables for the object

 

[Kahrabaa]

That is not what I meant.
image_xscale stretches horizontally if image angle is 0
but image_xscale stretches vertically if image angle is 90

I need xscale to stretch horizontally indepenent of image_angle

 

[NightFrost]

The scale values always stretch along local axes, so obviously you can't do math tricks to scale the sprite like you want to. The only option is to work with a surface.