GameMaker Variable Definition not reading

[William Garrison]

Okay, so I have this in the creation code...

s_default = sTestBlock;

sprite_index = s_default;

and this in the variable definitions...

and in the room this is what I set it to...

Yet it doesn't seem to read the variable definition in the room. I change the variable to a different sprite via the variable definition but it still remains on the test block as set in the creation code.

 

[Nocturne]

Variable definitions are compiled and run on the instance BEFORE the create event, so the create event code is overriding what you have in the variable definition.

 

[William Garrison]

Variable definitions are compiled and run on the instance BEFORE the create event, so the create event code is overriding what you have in the variable definition.

Okay so what I want to do is have an object that I can set the sprite index on inside of the room but different sprites on multiple instances of the same object. Is this not achievable with variable definitions? I see people all the time setting something to say "0" in their create then using a variable definition to change the integer. Works for that, why not this? And how do i?

 

[William Garrison]

I figured it out. I just removed the...

s_default = sTestBlock;

from the creation code -- XD