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Well... Could you at least have the spritesheets so people can modify/make their own skins if they need to be fixed/people want to create them?

I was thinking about making them external.
That would require a bit of coding however.

 

Not really what I meant, I meant that you could post the spritesheets so that they could be modified and you can make your own to submit 'n' stuffs.

 

I am enforcing a strict no source release policy on this game, as I don't want hackers. (Yes even when it isn't online yet.)

Dude...
you are aware that there is a game maker decompiler, right?
I keep it handy cuz my gm6s always get corrupted.
>_>

to cut to the chase, a no source policy is jerky unless you also obfuscate/encrypt your game.

and now to critique your coding practices.
eh, nothing much to say, really, except the way you're doing collisions and movement now is irksome (to me). I would've put it all in the step event, and used a nice little code like this one:

xx = x + hw             // middle of the sprite
yy = y + hh             // middle of the sprite
// hh, hw, th and tw are set in the create event, basically the height and width of the sprite for tw and th, and half that for the others.

gotox = (keyboard_check(ord("D"))-keyboard_check(ord("A")))

repeat(movspeed) {
if gotox > 0 {
if position_meeting(x+(gotox*tw),y,obj_block) {
break;
} else {
x += gotox
}
} else {
if position_meeting(x+gotox,y,obj_block) {
break;
} else {
x += gotox
}
}
}

it gives pixel perfect collisions for a rectangle. you should be able to get it to work nicely w/ quote.
also, three objects for you quote? why!?
well, whatever, you're the one working on this, not me (until now, that is. =P)
if you want to do external resources, I use a code something like this (in a create event)

//sets variables
load = 0
ltext = "Music"
done = false
loadmass = 11
loadwidth = 192
hw = room_width/2
hh = room_height/2
c_col = c_purple
c_bak = c_purple

//loads external files

/* === MUSIC === */
global.mid_theme = sound_add("Resources\Music\bringitin.mid",1,false)
sound_volume(global.mid_theme,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.mid_exploration = sound_add("Resources\Music\exploration.mid",1,false)
sound_volume(global.mid_exploration,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.mid_frosty = sound_add("Resources\Music\frozencave.mid",1,false)
sound_volume(global.mid_frosty,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.mid_racy = sound_add("Resources\Music\thereturn.mid",1,false)
sound_volume(global.mid_racy,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.mp3_anon = sound_add("Resources\Music\mozzakanon.mp3",3,false)
sound_volume(global.mp3_anon,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.mp3_crazy = sound_add("Resources\Music\mozzakhookerslolol.mp3",3,false)
sound_volume(global.mp3_crazy,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.mp3_parallel = sound_add("Resources\Music\mozzakparallel.mp3",3,false)
sound_volume(global.mp3_parallel,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()


/* === BACKGROUNDS === */
ltext = "Backgrounds"
global.bak_menu = background_add("Resources\Graphics\Big\bak_menu.png",false,false,false)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.bak_select = background_add("Resources\Graphics\Big\bak_select.png",false,false,false)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

/* === BIG SPRITES === */
ltext = "Humondo Images"
global.spr_border = sprite_add("Resources\Graphics\Big\spr_border.png",1,0,1,0,0,0,0)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.spr_pausebox = sprite_add("Resources\Graphics\Big\spr_pausebox.png",1,0,1,0,0,156,128)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

/* === LITTLE SPRITES === */
ltext = "Ikkle Images"

/* === EXCESS === */
ltext = "Glitches"
repeat(loadwidth-loadmass) {
load += 1
screen_redraw()
//sleep(25)
}

/* === FINISH LOADING === */
done = true

you'd also need a draw event w/ something like:

//renders the loading screen 
//won't work if loadmass is higher than loadwidth. if that's the case, use alternate route (commented out)

if done=false {
draw_set_alpha(1) //prep
c_col = draw_merge_color(c_black,loadwidth-load,c_aqua,load)
//c_col = draw_merge_color(c_blue,loadmass-load,c_aqua,load)
c_bak = draw_merge_color(c_red,loadwidth-load,c_black,load)
//c_bak = draw_merge_color(c_red,loadmass-load,c_maroon,load)

draw_sprite_stretched_ext(spr_bar,-1,hw-(loadwidth/2)+1,hh-2,loadwidth+2,6,c_bak,true) //bak
draw_sprite_stretched_ext(spr_bar,-1,hw-(loadwidth/2)+1,hh-2,load,6,c_col,true) //bar
//draw_sprite_stretched_ext(spr_bar,-1,hw-(loadwidth/2)+1,hh-2,(loadwidth*load)/loadmass,6,c_col,true)
draw_sprite_ext(spr_end,-1,hw-(loadwidth/2)-1,hh-2,1,1,0,c_col,1)
draw_sprite_ext(spr_end,-1,hw+(loadwidth/2)+3,hh-2,-1,1,0,c_bak,1)

draw_set_color(c_white) //border
draw_sprite_ext(spr_casing,-1,hw-(loadwidth/2)-1,hh-3,1,1,0,c_white,1)
draw_sprite_ext(spr_casing,-1,hw+(loadwidth/2)+3,hh-3,-1,1,0,c_white,1)
draw_line(3+hw-(loadwidth/2),hh-3,hw+(loadwidth/2),hh-3)
draw_line(3+hw-(loadwidth/2),hh+3,hw+(loadwidth/2),hh+3)

draw_set_font(fnt_Load) //other
draw_set_halign(fa_center) 
draw_text(hw,hh-24,"Initializing "+ltext+"")
draw_line(hw-(loadwidth/2)+load,hh-7,hw-(loadwidth/2)+load,hh+7)
} else {
}

draw_merge_color is this(really unoptimized):

//draw_merge_color(color1,weight,color2,weight)
//made by me

//gets the rgb values for the first color
hcolor1 = color_get_red(argument0)
scolor1 = color_get_blue(argument0)
vcolor1 = color_get_green(argument0)

//and for the second color
hcolor2 = color_get_red(argument2)
scolor2 = color_get_blue(argument2)
vcolor2 = color_get_green(argument2)

//weights them
weight1 = argument1
weight2 = argument3
tweight = weight1 + weight2

whcolor1  =  weight1 * hcolor1
wscolor1  =  weight1 * scolor1
wvcolor1  =  weight1 * vcolor1

whcolor2  =  weight2 * hcolor2
wscolor2  =  weight2 * scolor2
wvcolor2  =  weight2 * vcolor2

//and adds them
hcolor3 = (whcolor1 + whcolor2) / tweight
scolor3 = (wscolor1 + wscolor2) / tweight
vcolor3 = (wvcolor1 + wvcolor2) / tweight

//and forms the color
color3 = make_color_rgb(hcolor3,vcolor3,scolor3)

return color3

yeah, don't just copy and paste that into your game, since it uses a lot of local sprites and directories etcetera, but it should help you get de general gist of how to do it (if ya didn't already know).

as a tip, I'd say start all sprite names w/ spr_blabla and all object names as obj_blabla. it helps a lot.

lastly, are you using parents? they are extraordinarily usyfull.

tl;dr: read the stupid post.
that was a sorta obnoxious post, seeing as you wanted it to be hack proof, but I was just trying to be nice... (really!)
(sorry for the smilers at the start)

 

Dude...
you are aware that there is a game maker decompiler, right?
I keep it handy cuz my gm6s always get corrupted.
>_>

to cut to the chase, a no source policy is jerky unless you also obfuscate/encrypt your game.

and now to critique your coding practices.
eh, nothing much to say, really, except the way you're doing collisions and movement now is irksome (to me). I would've put it all in the step event, and used a nice little code like this one:

Spoiler

xx = x + hw             // middle of the sprite
yy = y + hh             // middle of the sprite
// hh, hw, th and tw are set in the create event, basically the height and width of the sprite for tw and th, and half that for the others.

gotox = (keyboard_check(ord("D"))-keyboard_check(ord("A")))

repeat(movspeed) {
if gotox > 0 {
if position_meeting(x+(gotox*tw),y,obj_block) {
break;
} else {
x += gotox
}
} else {
if position_meeting(x+gotox,y,obj_block) {
break;
} else {
x += gotox
}
}
}

it gives pixel perfect collisions for a rectangle. you should be able to get it to work nicely w/ quote.
also, three objects for you quote? why!?
well, whatever, you're the one working on this, not me (until now, that is. =P)
if you want to do external resources, I use a code something like this (in a create event)

Spoiler

//sets variables
load = 0
ltext = "Music"
done = false
loadmass = 11
loadwidth = 192
hw = room_width/2
hh = room_height/2
c_col = c_purple
c_bak = c_purple

//loads external files

/* === MUSIC === */
global.mid_theme = sound_add("Resources\Music\bringitin.mid",1,false)
sound_volume(global.mid_theme,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.mid_exploration = sound_add("Resources\Music\exploration.mid",1,false)
sound_volume(global.mid_exploration,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.mid_frosty = sound_add("Resources\Music\frozencave.mid",1,false)
sound_volume(global.mid_frosty,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.mid_racy = sound_add("Resources\Music\thereturn.mid",1,false)
sound_volume(global.mid_racy,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.mp3_anon = sound_add("Resources\Music\mozzakanon.mp3",3,false)
sound_volume(global.mp3_anon,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.mp3_crazy = sound_add("Resources\Music\mozzakhookerslolol.mp3",3,false)
sound_volume(global.mp3_crazy,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.mp3_parallel = sound_add("Resources\Music\mozzakparallel.mp3",3,false)
sound_volume(global.mp3_parallel,0.92)
load += 1
screen_redraw()


/* === BACKGROUNDS === */
ltext = "Backgrounds"
global.bak_menu = background_add("Resources\Graphics\Big\bak_menu.png",false,false,false)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.bak_select = background_add("Resources\Graphics\Big\bak_select.png",false,false,false)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

/* === BIG SPRITES === */
ltext = "Humondo Images"
global.spr_border = sprite_add("Resources\Graphics\Big\spr_border.png",1,0,1,0,0,0,0)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

global.spr_pausebox = sprite_add("Resources\Graphics\Big\spr_pausebox.png",1,0,1,0,0,156,128)
load += 1
screen_redraw()

/* === LITTLE SPRITES === */
ltext = "Ikkle Images"

/* === EXCESS === */
ltext = "Glitches"
repeat(loadwidth-loadmass) {
load += 1
screen_redraw()
//sleep(25)
}

/* === FINISH LOADING === */
done = true

you'd also need a draw event w/ something like:

//renders the loading screen 
//won't work if loadmass is higher than loadwidth. if that's the case, use alternate route (commented out)

if done=false {
draw_set_alpha(1) //prep
c_col = draw_merge_color(c_black,loadwidth-load,c_aqua,load)
//c_col = draw_merge_color(c_blue,loadmass-load,c_aqua,load)
c_bak = draw_merge_color(c_red,loadwidth-load,c_black,load)
//c_bak = draw_merge_color(c_red,loadmass-load,c_maroon,load)

draw_sprite_stretched_ext(spr_bar,-1,hw-(loadwidth/2)+1,hh-2,loadwidth+2,6,c_bak,true) //bak
draw_sprite_stretched_ext(spr_bar,-1,hw-(loadwidth/2)+1,hh-2,load,6,c_col,true) //bar
//draw_sprite_stretched_ext(spr_bar,-1,hw-(loadwidth/2)+1,hh-2,(loadwidth*load)/loadmass,6,c_col,true)
draw_sprite_ext(spr_end,-1,hw-(loadwidth/2)-1,hh-2,1,1,0,c_col,1)
draw_sprite_ext(spr_end,-1,hw+(loadwidth/2)+3,hh-2,-1,1,0,c_bak,1)

draw_set_color(c_white) //border
draw_sprite_ext(spr_casing,-1,hw-(loadwidth/2)-1,hh-3,1,1,0,c_white,1)
draw_sprite_ext(spr_casing,-1,hw+(loadwidth/2)+3,hh-3,-1,1,0,c_white,1)
draw_line(3+hw-(loadwidth/2),hh-3,hw+(loadwidth/2),hh-3)
draw_line(3+hw-(loadwidth/2),hh+3,hw+(loadwidth/2),hh+3)

draw_set_font(fnt_Load) //other
draw_set_halign(fa_center) 
draw_text(hw,hh-24,"Initializing "+ltext+"")
draw_line(hw-(loadwidth/2)+load,hh-7,hw-(loadwidth/2)+load,hh+7)
} else {
}

draw_merge_color is this(really unoptimized):

//draw_merge_color(color1,weight,color2,weight)
//made by me

//gets the rgb values for the first color
hcolor1 = color_get_red(argument0)
scolor1 = color_get_blue(argument0)
vcolor1 = color_get_green(argument0)

//and for the second color
hcolor2 = color_get_red(argument2)
scolor2 = color_get_blue(argument2)
vcolor2 = color_get_green(argument2)

//weights them
weight1 = argument1
weight2 = argument3
tweight = weight1 + weight2

whcolor1  =  weight1 * hcolor1
wscolor1  =  weight1 * scolor1
wvcolor1  =  weight1 * vcolor1

whcolor2  =  weight2 * hcolor2
wscolor2  =  weight2 * scolor2
wvcolor2  =  weight2 * vcolor2

//and adds them
hcolor3 = (whcolor1 + whcolor2) / tweight
scolor3 = (wscolor1 + wscolor2) / tweight
vcolor3 = (wvcolor1 + wvcolor2) / tweight

//and forms the color
color3 = make_color_rgb(hcolor3,vcolor3,scolor3)

return color3

yeah, don't just copy and paste that into your game, since it uses a lot of local sprites and directories etcetera, but it should help you get de general gist of how to do it (if ya didn't already know).

as a tip, I'd say start all sprite names w/ spr_blabla and all object names as obj_blabla. it helps a lot.

lastly, are you using parents? they are extraordinarily usyfull.

tl;dr: read the stupid post.
that was a sorta obnoxious post, seeing as you wanted it to be hack proof, but I was just trying to be nice... (really!)
(sorry for the smilers at the start)

You... you... decompiled my game?!

Anyways. The collision code that I'm using comes from the Gang Garrison 2 game. (It's really quite useful, but theirs doesn't do the humping thing)

As for the 3 objects... um, I forgot about the 'draw' event.

As for how I name things, that was also a little practice I got from GG2. (For those that DIDN'T decompile my game I lable them: name(S for sprite, O for object, ect.)

 

I had no idea there was a decompiler...
If I did I probably would've used it to fix the Scout.

 

I had no idea there was a decompiler...
If I did I probably would've used it to fix the Scout.

Stay away from my game with that evil tool!

 

I have one, just for my games which always seem to corrupt - although I'm basically done from using Game Maker anyways...

Don't worry, I don't plan to use it anyways

Wait...is there a beta link to this? Even if it's not online? Where?!?!

 

"Nothing can be made fool-proof, because fools are so ingenius."

Stay away from my game with that evil tool!

Heheh, nothing's ever safe
I speak from experience, everything gets hacked sooner or later.
Just look at Cave Story ;
​

 

I speak from experience, everything gets hacked sooner or later.
Just look at Cave Story ;
​

Lol, there is a picture for this moment:

 

Stay away from my game with that evil tool!

A tool cannot be evil, only the one using it for evil purposes.
Lace used it when his gm6 file got corrupted so he could continue working on the game, and he used it to try to help you with the code.
I would've only used it to fix the Scout sprite. Is that evil?

 

I have one, just for my games which always seem to corrupt - although I'm basically done from using Game Maker anyways...

Don't worry, I don't plan to use it anyways

Wait...is there a beta link to this? Even if it's not online? Where?!?!

Check back a few pages.
But the file got screwed up so, I have to remake a little bit of it.
However that link should work.

 

sad, sad.
did ja find my obnoxo post helpful at all?
or just funny?

(okay, ima sleepin now. can any of youse figure out how many times I would have to post in a day to raise my posts per day by .01 tho?)
kthxbai.

 

sad, sad.
did ja find my obnoxo post helpful at all?
or just funny?

(okay, ima sleepin now. can any of youse figure out how many times I would have to post in a day to raise my posts per day by .01 tho?)
kthxbai.

I find it funny now, but when I've slept for a little bit and am more coherent, I'll probably find it helpful.

 

There. I got the sprite from the screenshot so you don't have to worry about your precious game.
What I did was:

• Shortened Hair (Scout does not have long hair)
• Added Bag
• Made pants black
• Shortened the headset slightly (it was a pixel too long)
• And blew it up %500 so you could see it

 

There. I got the sprite from the screenshot so you don't have to worry about your precious game.
What I did was:

• Shortened Hair (Scout does not have long hair)
• Added Bag
• Made pants black
• Shortened the headset slightly (it was a pixel too long)
• And blew it up %500 so you could see it

Hum. I congradulate you sir.
By the way, those pants weren't his, they were just the closest color.

 

Also just so you guys know, I added a new little tidbit of info to the wiki:

=Warning=

Contact with model CB and Q has been lost

Mimiga Status: Very Dangerous

Objective stauts: Failed

New Objective: Destroy the Demon Crown
New Objective: Retrieve Model Q and CB for recycling
New Objective: Destroy Mimigas

Initiate Project: FA-109

 

Heh. I hardly post here.

Spoiler

DON'T PLAY SMW HACKS.

Anyway... keep it going. Remember to back up your stuff, or this will go down the drain.

 

Thanks for the obvious info. Now why exactly should we not play SMW hacks? And how is that relevant?

 

Thanks for the obvious info. Now why exactly should we not play SMW hacks? And how is that relevant?

His post is a bit of cause and effect, really. An effect is what happens as a result of the cause. In this case, the cause is him playing SMW hacks, whereas the effect is him not posting much on the forums. In essence he's saying his free time is being consumed by the playing of SMW hacks.

 

His post is a bit of cause and effect, really. An effect is what happens as a result of the cause. In this case, the cause is him playing SMW hacks, whereas the effect is him not posting much on the forums. In essence he's saying his free time is being consumed by the playing of SMW hacks.

Ah, I thought it was because of Lowell's thread. That was my first guess anyway.