image_xscale question | GameMaker Kitchen | Page 1

ionic lily Feb 9, 2023, 6:14 PM

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hi there! i am a bit of a newbie to gamemaker and programming in general. i have a cutscene system going right now and am trying to make a simple function that flips an object's sprite. i must be doing something wrong, because this doesn't seem to have any effect.


        with(obj_id){
            
            image_xscale = -image_xscale
        }

    cutscene_end_action()
    
    }``` 

to be clear, im giving it the object's id as the argument there, in this case the name of the object in game maker's asset view. when i call this, it calls my cutscene_end_action function fine, but doesn't have any effect on the object itself.

regal furnace Feb 9, 2023, 6:35 PM

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sounds like your with-statement might not be doing anything due to a bad instance ref

frank crypt Feb 9, 2023, 6:36 PM

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or, there's custom draw code in draw event

regal furnace Feb 9, 2023, 6:37 PM

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which might not even make use of image_xscale, yeah

frank crypt Feb 9, 2023, 6:37 PM

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for example draw_sprite(sprite_index, image_index, x, y) doesn't use it

ionic lily Feb 9, 2023, 6:45 PM

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ohh that's definetly it. i didn't realize they don't make use of those values even though they're not defined within it. maybe i should use draw_sprite_ext instead, then?

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or maybe just draw_self since it appears to use all built in variables?

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