Cant get gamemaker to work | GameMaker | Page 1

slow mango Jul 7, 2025, 1:42 PM

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I have followed plenty of guides online on what dependecies to download and such but have yet to get gamemaker to run on steam
everytime it just gives me this message and doesnt let me proceed
Im sure this is a pretty common issue so my bad if thats the case
Im on a debian 12 machine if thats relevant( therefore need to install the beta version from my understanding)

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running it trought steam btw

oblique spear Jul 7, 2025, 5:21 PM

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Steam would only use the Windows binaries

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Which may or may not work

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I’d suggest installing the beta instead

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https://releases.ganemaker.io/

slow mango Jul 7, 2025, 7:57 PM

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oblique spear Which may or may not work

Could I use proton or would that be too scuffed

oblique spear Jul 7, 2025, 7:58 PM

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What do you think proton does

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It's just a windows api layer from Valve

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So, it'll be using Windows binaries from whatever app you're running on Steam

slow mango Jul 7, 2025, 7:58 PM

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When I get to the game maker page on steam it does allow me to install it natively so I'd imagine it was installing specifically for linux

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Guess not

oblique spear Jul 7, 2025, 7:58 PM

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This is why I am telling you to use the beta version

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And linked the release above

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They HAVE .deb packages

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Which... Isn't great if you're on non-debian

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But there are ways around that even then

slow mango Jul 7, 2025, 7:59 PM

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oblique spear Which... Isn't great if you're on non-debian

I am

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On debian

oblique spear Jul 7, 2025, 7:59 PM

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Then

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Not a problem

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Use the beta releases as per linked above

oblique spear Jul 7, 2025, 7:59 PM

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oblique spear https://releases.ganemaker.io/

☝️

slow mango Jul 7, 2025, 7:59 PM

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Ok will try then

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Thx a lot

oblique spear Jul 7, 2025, 8:00 PM

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https://help.gamemaker.io/hc/en-us/articles/235186168-Setting-Up-For-Ubuntu

GameMaker Help Centre

Setting Up For Ubuntu

In this article we give the required steps to get the Ubuntu platform up and running for all of the Windows, Mac and Ubuntu (Beta) IDEs.

Please see the Ubuntu section of our Required SDKs FAQ for...

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You will also have to follow this guide

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It says "Ubuntu"

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But the dependencies and such do apply to all distros

slow mango Jul 7, 2025, 8:00 PM

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Okok

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I'll send an update here later

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:24 PM

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oblique spear https://releases.ganemaker.io/

this link doesnt work

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ill try and find it anyway

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found it

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cant get it to work

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followed the guide to the letter but still nothing

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:47 PM

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slow mango this link doesnt work

Unfortunately “this doesn’t work” is so non descriptive that not even I could help with that

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You gotta get into detail mate

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Tell me exactly what’s happening

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:48 PM

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I mean the gamemaker command is even recognized

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:48 PM

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“GameMaker command”

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Details

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Matter

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Don’t handwave parts of it

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:50 PM

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oblique spear Tell me exactly what’s happening

downloaded the package from the link u sent
followed the guide
think I have done everything
it doesnt get recognized at all
Im really sorry Im not being that helpful so u can help me but I really dont know how else I would describe it

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:50 PM

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Did you install the package

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:50 PM

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yes

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:50 PM

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Do you have any notable errors

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Does your computer explode

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Does it implode

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Like, literally tell me like I cannot see your computer screen

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:51 PM

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oblique spear Do you have any notable errors

outside of gamemaker?

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:51 PM

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(Cause I cannot)

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Any, all

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If you want help, you need to provide as much detail as possible

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:52 PM

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theres one module thats completelly unrelated that doesnt load on boot but apart from that no

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its from an adapter

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:52 PM

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K

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:52 PM

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not related to the system

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:52 PM

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What about GameMaker related?

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What exactly happens?

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When you run?

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:53 PM

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I cant open it at all
it doesnt even show up in apps
thats what I mean with it doesnt get recognized at all

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its like I have done absolutly nothing

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:54 PM

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You see how descriptive and helpful that is? Keep that up!

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:54 PM

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okok
again Im so sorry

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handholding like this I know is not really fun

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:55 PM

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Don’t apologise

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Just gotta get better at explaining things

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:55 PM

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ok sure

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:55 PM

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All we can do

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If it is installed correctly

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:55 PM

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what do u want me to tell u abt anything then?

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:56 PM

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/opt/GameMakerStudio2-Beta/

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This is where it should be on your system

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:56 PM

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gonna cd there and look for it one sec

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:56 PM

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You should see “GameMaker”

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Run that

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 5:57 PM

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not here
notinstalled correctly I would imagine then

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 5:59 PM

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Did you install the deb package?

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:01 PM

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I installed it from here
the exact link u sent
the ubuntu link
only gave me this

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:01 PM

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Yeah so

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That shouldn't happen on debian systems

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You should just be able to install it like it's an installer of some kind

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:02 PM

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oblique spear That shouldn't happen on debian systems

mine is though

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Im really at a loss here

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:03 PM

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oblique spear You should just be able to install it like it's an installer of some kind

thats what I saw it was too

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:03 PM

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“Mine is though” and it not letting you install it

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Doesn’t mean much

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Whatever the case is, the installer isn’t kicking up

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(If you even have a system for that on your install)

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:04 PM

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is the fact that its a stable release and not a tester/beta version of debian relevant

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:04 PM

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Don’t know

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I don’t use Debian

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I only really touch on Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, Arch Linux (Steam Deck) and Rasbian

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So you, as a Debian user, need to wield and master your own distro too

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But that being said

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If you right click on the package itself and goto “open with”

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Do you have something like eddy show up on the list?

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Or similar?

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ANy kind of installer-like program?

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:07 PM

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oblique spear If you right click on the package itself and goto “open with”

the folder that it gave me or smth inside it?

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:07 PM

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Just the .deb

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Directly the .deb

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Not inside

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If not

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You could try a few different things

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Opening it up with the Software Store
Via the terminal, sudo apt install ./name.deb

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:09 PM

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this is literally what the isntall game me when I unziped it with ark
there isnt any .deb package
isnt what it should be giving if it was downloading the package correctly? the .deb package

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:10 PM

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Well it's not a folder

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I'll tell you that much

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Shouldn't be a folder

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:10 PM

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ok realized its a .deb package

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the act of me unziping it is the issue here

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I think

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one sec

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:10 PM

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thereitis

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Yeah don't unzip it...

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(There is a way to install it that way, but lets not do that if we can best avoid it)

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:11 PM

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okok

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there we go

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:12 PM

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oblique spear - Opening it up with the Software Store - Via the terminal, `sudo apt install ./...

Okie

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One of these two should do

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:12 PM

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ill test one sec

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the .deb is inside the downloads directory
should it be like this to install it

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didnt really get how I should be inputting the command

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:16 PM

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Did you try the first option

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Or did you just skip straight to option 2

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:17 PM

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skipped...

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:17 PM

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Would be nice to try all options in order 🙂

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:17 PM

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my bad

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I think its fine now

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oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:18 PM

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Excellent!

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I am going to now jolt that down inside of my lil notes here

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I keep a list of "Linux issues" with GameMaker fwiw

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:18 PM

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really grateful

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:19 PM

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Just to try and cover different bases

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Or distros and their exotic quirks

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:19 PM

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oblique spear I keep a list of "Linux issues" with GameMaker fwiw

the "issue" was just going on auto pilot and not really an issue with the system but sure
Id imagine the list covers those kinds of "situations" hahaha

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thx a lot though

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really grateful

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:20 PM

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Going on "auto pilot" is more of a end user problem

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And less of a Linux issue

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I can't fix that

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:20 PM

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guess I also didnt download a package correctly

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:21 PM

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This may be in relation to ffmpeg not being setup

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:21 PM

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time to go back and check it all

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:21 PM

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oblique spear This may be in relation to ffmpeg not being setup

Ill just search how to set it up

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:21 PM

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sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

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It's mentioned in the help desk link

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slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:22 PM

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its installed

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I was sure I had installed it previously

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:22 PM

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Mkay

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:22 PM

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and I did

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it said nothing new was installed

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:22 PM

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pulseaudio too?

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:22 PM

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yeah

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:23 PM

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Mkay

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Might be something else going on there, probably needs to be bug reported

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:23 PM

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oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:23 PM

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I've got that on my own Pop!_OS install too so I'll have to ask around and double check

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:23 PM

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oblique spear I've got that on my own Pop!_OS install too so I'll have to ask around and doubl...

Ill try and be active in the server to see if u post it and get a response

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:23 PM

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All that error means in GameMaker is that you can't preview audio via the IDE

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Ah I sort of keep a Linux-specific place elsewhere, so I'll be mostly checking around there

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I'll let you know if there's anything needed to be done on your end

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:25 PM

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oblique spear All that error means in GameMaker is that you can't preview audio via the IDE

would I be able to test sound related issues through other ways then?

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:25 PM

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oblique spear I'll let you know if there's anything needed to be done on your end

thx a lot

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:26 PM

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You have a video player or mp3 player or something on your system surely

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If you can play audio through that

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Then it's a non issue for you really

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:26 PM

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oh so I can just make the audio when Im testing smth play through an audio player externally

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is that like a setting inside gamemaker?
myb Im getting it wrong

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:27 PM

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Well you can make a audio asset in GameMaker and do stuff with it, it just means hearing it won't apply until you build and run the game (most likely)

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If you already have the sounds on your system

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You are probably going to want to play them outside of gamemaker anyway just to listen to them

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:28 PM

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fine enough

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I prob wont be able to test a game of mine for a while though

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only have an idea

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and some html and css experince which I realize are completly unrelated and wont help me at all lmao

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:30 PM

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lmao

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Well, if it's anything

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GML is similar style to Javascript in a lot of ways

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So if you are wanting to learn Javascript and want to later on do some GameMaker

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You can transfer some of your existing knowledge of Javascript

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(The only thing we lack is things like optional chaining and proper closures in that ballpark)

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:31 PM

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oblique spear So if you are wanting to learn Javascript and want to later on do some GameMaker

not really
web dev related learning is not on my sight currently

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:31 PM

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Fair enough

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:31 PM

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oblique spear (The only thing we lack is things like optional chaining and proper closures in ...

I wish I knew what that means 🙂

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:31 PM

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Not important!

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:31 PM

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Ill learn it hopefully eventually

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but gml is my priority rn

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just seemed like an easy way to implement my idea

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:32 PM

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nods nods

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Happy gamedeving!

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:32 PM

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welp Ill be going now

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thx a lot

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:32 PM

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No worries 🫡

slow mango Jul 8, 2025, 6:32 PM

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gl with ur things too

oblique spear Jul 8, 2025, 6:33 PM

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cheers

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