Game Maker Help Thread!

[halibabica]

How do you change what the message signs say in the tutorial?  I've gotten around to changing the level itself but I don't know how to change the text on message signs.

You have to edit the object "oMsgSign" in the Blocks folder.  It has all the messages for the signs in the tutorial cave.  You can also add and remove signs, but you have to set their coordinates and whatnot.

[gummybears123]

I'm gonna ask a LOT of questions for the Vamp mod.....

Basically, imagine a person using Game Maker for the first time in their life trying to make it, that's me

EDIT: How do I make the player jump higher?

[Sudonimus]

...Looking now.

[Kirby]

How do I change the starting messages?

[marsgreekgod]

characterCreateEvent

change this:
initialJumpAcc = -2;       // relates to how high the character will jump
jumpTimeTotal = 10;        // how long the user must hold the jump button to get the maximum jump height


to this:

initialJumpAcc = -2.5;       // relates to how high the character will jump
jumpTimeTotal = 15;        // how long the user must hold the jump button to get the maximum jump height

Which starting messege? the random ones? edit oIntro

[Sudonimus]

@Kirby:
Go to oTitle.
And it's in the Draw Event.
It's really fun changing them around.

[gummybears123]

canRun = 1;                // when the user presses the shift button, should the character be allowed to run?
canFly = 0;                // whether the character can do a fly jump when running at full speed
canFlyJump = 0;            // whether the character can do continuous fly jumps (mid-air)
flyMaxJumps = 5;           // the maximum number of jumps the character can perform while flying

How come when I change this, it doesnt do anything?

Oh yea, this is in characterCreateEvent

And how do I  make it so that the sprite changes when I fly jump?

[marsgreekgod]

canRun = 1;                // when the user presses the shift button, should the character be allowed to run?
canFly = 0;                // whether the character can do a fly jump when running at full speed
canFlyJump = 0;            // whether the character can do continuous fly jumps (mid-air)
flyMaxJumps = 5;           // the maximum number of jumps the character can perform while flying

How come when I change this, it doesnt do anything?

Oh yea, this is in characterCreateEvent

And how do I  make it so that the sprite changes when I fly jump?

He doesn't use that I think, but I am not sure. And you would go to where all sprites are and use if STATE (or whatever it is) = "fly"
If facing = left
 sprite = left fly
if facing = right
sprite =right fly

[gummybears123]

I know, but if I change the 0's they still dont work

[marsgreekgod]

Ask the guy that did morality mod, he got flying working.

[gummybears123]

I need the jetpack effect and the cape effect too

What I need
-Flying (like jetpack)
-Cape (pressing x slows down fall but there is no real cape)
-Longer distance for falling damage/No falling damage

EDIT: No, nevermind, now all I need is this
-Longer distance for falling damage/No falling damage

[Kirby]

Where do I adjust the percentage of dark levels?

[marsgreekgod]

in clear globals

global.probDarkLevel = 12; // 12

change that.

[gummybears123]

How do I change the distance for falling damage?

How do I make it so that the sprite changes when I do an action? (when I double jump)

[Kirby]

Any idea on how I might re-add flares into the game? Like they were originally.