Hey, so this is a question I haven't been able to answer despite looking at multiple tutorials about Instance ID's. The way that I've got my game's weapon/equipment system working, is that in the Create event of any given instance (Player, Hostile Drones, etc.) there is an Instance_create_depth(xyz) function that adds their weapon to them. That works with (1) instance of an object, but when there are multiple, every weapon meant to spawn on the multiple drone instances, spawns on the first drone instance put down. My drone enemies all have turrets that need to rotate independently of the main body of the drone, so I need two pieces. I'm trying to figure out how to re-write the code in the drone object to spawn all the unique instances of drone_turret, on the proper instances of Drone_Littlehawk, then delete them when their carrier drone is destroyed. Any tips? I know I'm probably not doing a great job of describing it, and without the code itself to look at, you're at a disadvantage to diagnose the issue.

what do macros do differently then arrays?

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I've always wanted to make this style of game, thank you!

I dont know how youtube is just showing me this now after all this time. But I am glad i found it at the right momment. Thank you

can someone please tell me if GMS2 is free or not. Or even any pricing complications

cluade sonnet 3.5 has come out since this video and chat gpt has gotten updated and is now familiar with the updated version of gamemaker studio. It has been a great resource for me to learn code from scratch and Is a great tool for dealing with specific code problems without having to post to a forum or search for an hour. I had no idea that bing used chat gpt! since you are limited by the amount of messages per 5 hours I will try bing to see if it lets me use that once I hit the message limit. Keep up the good work!

dang I just wanna draw that read-out box in the top left XD

"/*" is a win here for me, thanks

Seems more complicated than enums in a switch statement

I cannot thank you enough, I always wanted to reproduce unity's event subscription in gamemaker. Used your project's base as a way to make my own event manager system, done entirely with structs. My game controller creates a new event manager, which is stored in a global variable. That global variable is then used in those script functions to call that event manager's functions/methods. Really nice system, and will definitely watch more of your videos in the future!

Thank you sir so much....

I can't code at all & barely understand Gamemaker. I was able to get ChatGPT to set up my player sprites and movements easily, but then I'm currently trying to set up a turn based system & after many failed attempts I just gave up. It keeps trying to do the same thing despite me asking it to try something different & I don't have the Gamemaker knowledge to actually check if the code it's spitting out is reliable or not.

W man

because of the use of "break", is it not possible to use this in any loop like "for" or "while"? Trying to find a work around.

minor annoyance: When you grab the slider it snaps to center on the mouse. Fixed by storing mouse_x - x when you grab (and clearing it when you release) and doing a little math when you clamp(mouse_x - grab_offset_x, x_start, x_max)

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Almost halfway through your "Coding Fundamentals in GML" playlist and I have to say, these tutorials are really good and I am glad you made them!

need full tutorial please...

4 years later, this little trick is still working Thank you so much

keep up good work , nobody make videos so to the point with no bs and give actual good info , your a beast

You can tentically by sending a yyp file tentically and they can play it but saves files eont work sadly

He makes a great point i have a issue with moving platform cause i have no real reference for it to work from my head such as Clamp ect its like building a home with material you never seen its impossible

what about the times you'll need to define a local variable not because it's not needed else-ware but because an instance variable (a variable defined in the create event) for some reason won't work in the create event because it holds information that needs to be checked every step but needs to be used on the instance level to? For example, I needed to check for the _nearest instance then add it to the active_target variable in the create event but I also needed to determine if that instance !is_dead before allowing it to be added to the active targets but for some reason that instance variable doesn't want to be available to the steps event in the object it needed in under _active_target.is_alive == true but it works just fine under _nearest.is_alive == true.

Great tutorial, simple but for my dumb little head it is very needed. Thank you :).

this deserves more likes

Honestly just ask it to make me study guide also you have to ask it to make simple structure but if you dont know how to code you legit can get it to code cause there to many code languages even if i do GML it think or mess up built in variable even IF I TELL IT but with that said it clearly gotten dumber some how

This is so helpful another basic thing people get lost is when and when not add ( ; )

Year later and I still have problems with chatgpt working with multiple switch statements ;)

Hi Sam. Thank you so much for this video! I am familiar with GML and currently learning Javascript. But having little trouble understanding the JS concepts like arrow function, anonymous function, callback, etc. This video has been very helpful! Thank you!

Recursion often happens @ work when you are asked to do something bad or risky @ work, sooooooo just let your co-worker do it.

Hey; now I like playing Black Jack.

You should remake this video with the the new capabilities of the free tier

@ SamSpade can you do a video In referance to Green Eggs and Ham and saying the does and don't for video game development?

Thank you for this series.

Oh, someome who is pleasant that makes gm games. Dope

This doesn't work for me

is this still good in 2024?

I am a Truck Driver (CDL) trying to build a game like everyone else here, however I would recommend learning the basics of C programming and then learning GML from these tutorials before working on GameMaker Studio 2, I know all of my co-workers are laughing behind my back and saying it can't be done but I will keep trying, by the way my work week is usually 55 to 60 hour work weeks and I'm still here.

Sorry, how can i use the "_effect_blend"? I mean... how can i whrite their parameters?

Aleluia!!!! if anyone reads this comment.. Yes! this is your definitive video!!

and I’m guessing that tying all the states to enum values is even better right?

Me after seeing the exam 8:34

Wow i was looking for broadcast event, and found this instead. Works 😃

Can we trigger events from an Object, such other objects can listen to it .

very informative, thank you for your tutorials

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Gyatt

thanks for making such high quality gamemaker spesific coding tutorials. i for one dont need it but ive referenced your videos to quite a few people by now, you are a lifesaver. or atleast saves some people from the hurdle of learning coding in a different language, only to then need to switch back to gml.

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