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So I was following “How To Create A Main Menu In GameMaker” and my text managed to look like this. I inputted the exact same code as he stated, but yeah. Things went south.
As for the Fade transition from one room to another, I used the tutorial made by Matharoo. It works, but I want to know how to make that transition work for multiple rooms.
Also here’s the code for allowing it to go from Room1 to Room2
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So I was following “How To Create A Main Menu In GameMaker” and my text managed ...
you're drawing the text before the halign and valigns can take effect; it should go after it
its most likely not the same code or in the same order
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So which line should valign and halign be in?
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I'd look at the tutorial you're using to figure that out, but usually if you're changing the halign and valign, the text goes after that, not before that
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Ok I’ll get back to you asap
Also I was thinking for the fade transition I do a copy, but just change which room it’s transition to
Or
I would make the room an integer like room_i and every time they switch to one room the integer goes up, and keeps switching every time the player presses enter
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theres several ways to go about it; your best bet would be to make a function out of the code inside those brackets
if you don't want to use data structures, you can use a switch statement, like:
function room_switch()
{
//the target room
var target_room;
//check what room we're currently in
switch(room)
{
case rm_room_2:
target_room = rm_room_3;
fadeToRoom(target_room, 60, c_black);
break;
}
}
and put that room_switch() inside the brackets
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Ok so his code is like this. His output was middle, but mine was complete left.
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yea so, see how the draw_text() call is after the halign and valigns?
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Yh
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the bottom haligns and valigns calls reset the aligns, otherwise ALL further drawing will be aligned the same way, so they have to be reset
but since you had draw_text first, it isn't getting aligned properly
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your first pic doesn't show the same code though
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Oh right
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Ok so his code is like this. His output was middle, but mine was complete left.
this is the video code right?
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Let me send you the updated version
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you have your fa's reversed in some
like bottom valign should be fa_top, not the halign
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is this the same font used in the video? could be a font size difference
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I used a different font and size
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I'd also say maybe the origin of your button sprites is different
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I'd also say maybe the origin of your button sprites is different
Yo you might be right
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yep, all things to consider
tutorials are very "by the book" so if something isn't working correctly, its usually some minor difference in code or in the assets
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Hm
I’m very by the book so I don’t blame
Ok
So I changed the size
And uh
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In conclusion Level Up 1000 in respect to Game Devs
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what is it in the tutorial?
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OMG it’s Middle Centre!!!
How did I miss that
One step closer to being done, woohoo
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nice, glad it worked 
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Now we just need it to be in the middle
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just move the buttons themselves
in the room editor, don't have to touch the code at all anymore
I take it these are buttons in the room right?
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You, my good sir
R a genius
Now all I need to do is try the transition code you gave me
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just edit it to your needs, its pseudocode, so its not meant to work as is since I dont know your room names etc
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Good point
I'll update you abt what's happening to it
Ok so I don’t have a variable for room_switch
I think this code would be best to give you context so
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no the function needs to go in a script asset
you're creating a custom function you can then call anywhere
once that function code is in a script you can then do:
if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space) && !instance_exists(obj_fade)
{
room_switch();
}
you don't NEED a function per se, but functions are chunks of re-usable code, in case you want to use that bit of code in other objects etc
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Ok so
When I want to start the game I press “enter”
To make the transition work I have to press “space”
The start screen = Room 1
Dark screen = Room 2
= Room 3
= Room 4
It’s not allowing me to move from Room 3 to Room 4
But allows me to go from Room 2 to Room 3
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right, because you have to add a case for it
inside the switch
the switch is checking for what room you're currently in, but without a specific case telling it what to do in specific rooms, it wont do anything
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if you don't want to use data structures, you can use a switch statement, like:
...
here we're checking only for room2:
case rm_room_2:
target_room = rm_room_3;
fadeToRoom(target_room, 60, c_black);
break;
so you want to add:
case rm_room3:
//code here
break;
Hm I’m going to try and explain this
So
The code for Room 2 to Room 3 can work without the room switch
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right, because your old code does that
the switch in the function is so you can handle as many rooms as you make, not just those two rooms
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Hmmmm
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here we're checking only for room2:
```
case rm_room_2:
target_room = rm...
Should this be in the script or in the code?
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and the room_switch function should be in the script?
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I take it this is your first time seeing a function and a switch though, so you may want to read up on those in the manual to fully understand them
yes
the whole function goes in a script asset
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I take it this is your first time seeing a function and a switch though, so you ...
Except I got till Next Monday to make an entire workable game 🤪
But will try!
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when you then do:
room_switch();
to call that function, you're telling gamemaker "hey, find this section of code in the script asset and run it"
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once that function code is in a script you can then do:
```gml
if keyboard_check...
like this code I wrote here
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Ok wait I think I’m making myself slightly confused
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oh how?
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The objective of the room switch is that when a player presses space, they move on to the next room - no problem right?
And since we do not have a variable called room_switch, we have to make one in the fade transition script
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mmm so, a function is not a variable, its a chunk of code you execute
in this case, you named a function called room_switch
you know draw_text() right? thats a function
room_switch is a custom made function
the fade transition is most likely also a custom made function by whoever made it
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It is
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so a script asset can hold as many functions as you want
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But it only applies to the transition between 2 rooms
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so a script asset can hold as many functions as you want
Oh
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the fadetoroom function accepts arguments, which tell it what room to go to
its not hard coded to just two rooms
thats why you're setting target_room to the room you want, and then putting targetroom in the function
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My brain cells trying to understand:
I can see why programming is a high-paying job
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the fadetoroom function accepts arguments, which tell it what room to go to
But the arguments are about the room, the duration and the color
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yep, based on the room we're currently in with the switch statement
so this bit of code here:
switch(room)
checks what room you're currently in, and the cases are simply the rooms in your game
so lets say you're in room2; you have a case for it in the switch(room) so when you press space, you know what code to run to go to the next room
but if you're in room 3, you don't have a case for it yet, so GM doesn't know what to do
so if you add a case for room3, room4,room5,room6, etc, then it'll know what to do
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we're just setting the room to a local variable; in fact you don't even need it if you wanted to remove it, and just put the room name directly in the argument
is this GMS2 by the way?
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Yes
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is this in a script? I dont see the above code in a function wrapper
the code above room_switch
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what version of GM are you on? is it before 2.3?
if so, this function won't work for you then
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yea it does, you're good then, but that fadetoroom script shouldn't work
which is weird
any code inside scripts need function wrappers now
if you just add:
function fadeToRoom()
{
//copy all that code above room_switch here
}
you should be fine
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So do I completely remove the code from the script?
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no you can just copy and paste it into it
or cut and paste, either works
you just want that code inside the function wrapper, which is what I wrote there
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pretty much any code in scripts need to be inside of functions
as of v2.3+
older tutorials didn't use it, so some older tutorials may not work for you unless if you do this
anyways I do have to run now, but I'll check back later; you should definitely have enough info to do what you're wanting to do now, but I would check the manual to learn about functions and switch statements; if you still need more help, someone will probably come along and reply
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Hmmm
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anyways I do have to run now, but I'll check back later; you should definitely h...
Thank you so much for taking your time to help me out! Honestly!
Unfortunately tho, it’s still not working 😅
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so what are you still struggling with? 😮
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I thought you had fixed this actually lol, so whats the issue still?
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So
Uh
function room_switch()
{
switch(room)
{
case Room2:
targetRoom = Room3;
fadeToRoom(targetRoom);
break;
case Room3:
targetRoom = Room4
fadeToRoom(targetRoom);
break;
}
}
I added that
And when I press space a 2nd time it just stays in the same room
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can you share your current code?
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so yea, need to see the code you're using in step event
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Ohhhh gotchu
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its better if you paste the code here and format it with the example above
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Gotchu
if (state == 0) {
timer++
// Change room
if (timer >= duration) {
room_goto(targetRoom);
//Set state
state = 1;
}
}
//Exit state
else if (state == 1) {
timer--;
//Destroy
if (timer <= 0) {
instance_destroy();
}
}
//Set alpha
alpha = timer/duration;
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yea follow the example above to format it with backticks
so its readable
also what object and event is this in?
is this all the code in that event?
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This is in the obj_fade, in the Step Event
Basically the thing that makes the fade work
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right but you said you press space to do something, but I dont see any code here for spacebar
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Oh wait I think I'm getting myself confused
So there's an obj_fade and an obj_controlelr
obj_controller sry
obj_controller, step event:
if (keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space) && !instance_exists(obj_fade)) {
//Target Room
var _targetRoom = Room3;
if (room == Room2) _targetRoom = Room3;
//Fade
fadeToRoom( _targetRoom,60, c_black);
}
if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space) && !instance_exists(obj_fade)
{
room_switch();
}
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yea you gotta format your code here on discord so its readable please
if (keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space) && !instance_exists(obj_fade)) {
//Target Room
var _targetRoom = Room3;
if (room == Room2) _targetRoom = Room3;
//Fade
fadeToRoom( _targetRoom,60, c_black);
}
if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space) && !instance_exists(obj_fade)
{
room_switch();
}
like this
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Sorry my connection momentarily disconnected
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so you're saying when you press space it makes another fade object?
or wait, it doesn't change rooms you said?
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```
if (keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space) && !instance_exists(obj_fade)) {
//...
How the heck do you do that
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this
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so you're saying when you press space it makes another fade object?
I thought code meant this: If the player presses space and the obj_controller exists, then the code would work
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I thought code meant this: If the player presses space and the obj_controller ex...
no I'm asking what is going wrong with your code
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Ok well the problem is, is that it's not allowing me to transition from 1 room to another
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but what is it doing then?
does it fade at all?
cause I'm not sure what that state machine is supposed to be doing since the function is supposed to be handling the fade effect already
or is that state machine inside of obj_fade?
I gotta run soon so, I'll check back later if you add more info and I'm around then
its best if you share ALL your code here, and explain what is going wrong; if theres no info to work with, people can't help even if they want to
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Apologies
I didn't expect the internet to go down again
Good point
Ok so
Let me send you the tutorial
var _dur = argument[1];
var _color = argument[2];
//Create
var _inst = instance_create_depth(0, 0, 0, obj_fade);
//Set properties
with (_inst) {
targetRoom = _room;
duration = _dur;
color = _color;
}
function room_switch()
{
switch(room)
{
case Room2:
targetRoom = Room3;
fadeToRoom(targetRoom);
break;
case Room3:
targetRoom = Room4
fadeToRoom(targetRoom);
break;
}
}
```That's the script fadeToRoom
obj_fade, Step event:
timer++
// Change room
if (timer >= duration) {
room_goto(targetRoom);
//Set state
state = 1;
}
}
//Exit state
else if (state == 1) {
timer--;
//Destroy
if (timer <= 0) {
instance_destroy();
}
}
//Set alpha
alpha = timer/duration; ```obj_fade, Draw GUI event:
var _guiH = display_get_gui_height();
//Draw fade
draw_set_alpha(alpha);
draw_set_color(color);
draw_rectangle(0, 0, _guiW , _guiH , 0);
draw_set_alpha(1);
draw_set_color(c_black);```obj_controller, Step event:
var _guiH = display_get_gui_height();
//Draw fade
draw_set_alpha(alpha);
draw_set_color(color);
draw_rectangle(0, 0, _guiW , _guiH , 0);
draw_set_alpha(1);
draw_set_color(c_black);```so as I mentioned before, the code above this function needs to be wrapped in a function too
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function{fadetoRoom} ?
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function{fadetoRoom} ?
yep!
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❤️
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function fadeToRoom()
{
var _room = argument[0];
var _dur = argument[1];
var _color = argument[2];
//Create
var _inst = instance_create_depth(0, 0, 0, obj_fade);
//Set properties
with (_inst) {
targetRoom = _room;
duration = _dur;
color = _color;
}
}
try it again once you have this wrapped in its own function
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Script: fadeToRoom at line 38 : got '' expected '}'
Does that mean I should've added
Wait
Ok I fixed the error
Ok so
Still not transitioning through multiple rooms
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Yeah my bad
obj_fade, Create event:
duration = 420;
targetRoom = room;
color = c_black;
//Vars
timer = 0;
alpha = 0;
state = 0;```what do you mean multiple rooms? so its working but only for certain rooms or what?
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so it DOES work, just not for anything other than room1 to room 2 then
so can you confirm it works like that right now before we try some other stuff? that room1 -> room 2 works but not other rooms?
also where are you calling room_switch? is this the code still?
if (keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space) && !instance_exists(obj_fade)) {
//Target Room
var _targetRoom = Room3;
if (room == Room2) _targetRoom = Room3;
//Fade
fadeToRoom( _targetRoom,60, c_black);
}
if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space) && !instance_exists(obj_fade)
{
room_switch();
}
because this is most likely the issue
you have two keypress checks here, when it should only be the bottom one
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so can you confirm it works like that right now before we try some other stuff? ...
Yeah it works but not for the other rooms
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you have two keypress checks here, when it should only be the bottom one
Ah I did get that advice
But they told me to delete it completely which made an error
Also brb
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try it with only:
if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_space) && !instance_exists(obj_fade)
{
room_switch();
}
I've returned
OMG
OMG
OMGOMGOGMGMOGM
IT WORKED!!!
Now how on earth do I do it for other rooms?
Oh wait I do the case argument
Let me see if it works
Ok so
I'm not sure how to space it out
{
switch(room)
{
case Room2:
targetRoom = Room3;
fadeToRoom(targetRoom, 60, c_black);
break;
}
case Room3:
targetRoom = Room4
fadeToRoom(targetRoom, 60, c_black);
break;
}
case Room4;
targetRoom = Room5
fadeToRoom(targetRoom, 60, c_black);
break;
}
}```all the cases have to be inside the switch brackets, they dont need brackets of their own
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```var _room = argument[0];
var _dur = argument[1];
var _color = argument[2];
/...
here you have it right so just add more cases just like this
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{
switch(room)
{
case Room2:
targetRoom = Room3;
fadeToRoom(targetRoom, 60, c_black);
break;
case Room3:
targetRoom = Room4
fadeToRoom(targetRoom, 60, c_black);
break;
case Room4;
targetRoom = Room5
fadeToRoom(targetRoom, 60, c_black);
break;
}
}```It's still giving me a syntax error
on "case Room 4"
and the 2nd to last bracket
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It's still giving me a syntax error
can you show the error?
also show the entire script as it is right now
