Legacy GM Seamless scrolling from one room to another?

[Roger Robertson]

Hello,

Does anyone have any suggestions on scrolling from one room to another while still playing the game.

Here's what I want to achieve: room one with part of a maze, when scrolling toward a side a random room is selected to scroll into it without pausing the game. like show part of two rooms at the same time.

I feel Views is the way to go with maybe tiles

Any help is appreciated.

-R

 

[obscene]

This can only be done with surfaces.

Or by generating rooms on the fly and attaching them to one another.

 

[jo-thijs]

There are many ways to deal with this, none of them really convincing.

In your case, I wouldn't bother having your game run "over multiple rooms",
but you should rather create a script that you can run in the room creation code of a room
to get a code that generates every object in the room.

When you need to load that room, you just simply execute that code.

 

[Alexx]

Another option, u can save a screen shot of the room just before you leave one, then take a screen shot of the new room on entry, then load and set as sprites and move the images to create that effect. Remember to delete and remove when done.

You could also use something like this: http://www.gamemakerstudiobook.com/examples/184.gmz (not made by me).

 

[Roger Robertson]

Thanks all, a lot to think about.