Game Maker Help Thread!

[Darkness3313]

Since you have pro, could you test it for me?(The code) I plan on using the Basketball in a mod I will be working on. And it would be nice to be Confident in knowing that the coding I'm using will work when the time for its first release comes around.(Thats when a Thread will be made)

[Delver]

Oh I see what's wrong with the poison code. Maybe.

Either your missing parentheses around the first if global.poison = true,

OR

I'm assuming that the whole thing is in the step event?
If so, then it's doing this:

Oh, I'm poisoned. Well let's see, I got poisoned now, so the time I got poisoned is now.
Since the time I got poisoned is now, I guess it's not time for me to get hurt yet.

Next frame:
Oh, I'm poisoned. Well let's see, I got poisoned now, so the time I got poisoned is now.
Since the time I got poisoned is (always and forever will be) now, I guess it's not time for me to get hurt yet.

And this happens EVERY frame.

Instead, use:
if (global.poison and global.time%30000=0)
{global.plife -= 1}

That's every 30 seconds, but not every 30 seconds from the point you get poisoned, it's every 30 seconds from 0 seconds.
So instead:

if (global.poison and not global.checkPoison)
{global.poisontime = global.time; global.checkPoison = true;}

if (global.poison and (global.time-global.poisontime)%30000=0)
{global.plife -= 1}

Make sure to set global.checkPoison to false wherever it is your creating it (and that wherever is definitely NOT in any step events).

thanks... got me on the right track ^^

if anyone needs to make a global timer, here's a pretty nice way (step event for oPoison):

y = oPlayer1.y;
x = oPlayer1.x;

if (global.poison and not global.checkPoison)
{global.poisontime = global.time; global.checkPoison = true;}

if (global.poison and (global.time-(global.poisontime+3000)>0))
{global.poisoncounter += 1;
global.checkPoison = false;
}

if global.poisoncounter = 10
{obj = instance_create(oPlayer1.x, oPlayer1.y, oBlackHeart);
global.plife -= 1;
global.poisonend += 1}

if global.poisoncounter >= 10
{global.poisoncounter = 0}

if global.poisonend = 4
{global.poison = false
instance_destroy()}

For some reason the timer will only work at intervals divided by 3.

if you are using an object make sure it follows the spelunker, otherwise it wouldn't work when in the frozen zone    

[Kegluneq]

Not bad!
A little more roundabout then what I would of done, but pretty good nonetheless.

[Sudonimus]

Could any of these codes be used in the Debugger?

[Kegluneq]

Technically, but it won't do anything except cause errors.

EDIT:
Hey Darkness I tested the code. It's put in the wrong spot.
Instead, put
else if (rand(1,60) == 1) obj = instance_create(chest.x, chest.y, oBasketball);
in oPlayer1 : step : Action
Scroll down a little and you'll see a
//crate
comment
that's where you put it.

[Darkness3313]

Technically, but it won't do anything except cause errors.

EDIT:
Hey Darkness I tested the code. It's put in the wrong spot.
Instead, put
else if (rand(1,60) == 1) obj = instance_create(chest.x, chest.y, oBasketball);
in oPlayer1 : step : Action
Scroll down a little and you'll see a
//crate
comment
that's where you put it.

Thanks, still in the ScrGenerateitem right?

[Kegluneq]

Technically, but it won't do anything except cause errors.

EDIT:
Hey Darkness I tested the code. It's put in the wrong spot.
Instead, put
else if (rand(1,60) == 1) obj = instance_create(chest.x, chest.y, oBasketball);
in oPlayer1 : step : Action
Scroll down a little and you'll see a
//crate
comment
that's where you put it.

EDIT:
My bad, the comment read "open crate", not just "crate"

[ipwnu1337]

I've looked through the code for a bit, but, alas, I cannot find the area that contains the fire rate for the guns. (Ahem, attempting to make a gun mod, ahem.).

Can someone more coding-savvy here help me a tad?  I am not familiar with the gamemaker language.

[Kegluneq]

It's in the create oPlayer1 code.

Look for firingPistolMax and firingShotgunMax.

[marsgreekgod]

hmm... having problems with keys opening doors, if you are holding they key the key in your hand goes away, but it's still "held", how can I fix that?

[Kegluneq]

Not quite sure, use the key for the Udjat Eye chest as a reference.

[marsgreekgod]

if (sprite_index == oMetalDoor)
{
    other.held = false;
    with oPlayer1
    {
        holdItem = 0;
        pickupItemType = "";
    }
    with other { instance_destroy(); }
    obj.xVel = rand(0,3) - rand(0,3);
    obj.yVel = -2;
    obj = instance_create(x, y, oPoof);
    with obj { xVel = -0.4; }
    obj = instance_create(x, y, oPoof);
    with obj { xVel = 0.4; }
    instance_destroy();
}

what seems to be the probelm? It just doesn't work..[/s]
and I figured it out.

[Kegluneq]

Whoo! Good job!

[ipwnu1337]

Hrm, I've gotten the stuff to work, but how do you get the item to appear?  How do you get it to spawn?

[marsgreekgod]

what do you mean?