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[W2link1]

W2link1

Game Maker 6 Question

I was starting on my new zelda game project, and when I tried to test run the first part, the screen was huge, and I guess it was the default sive. How do I go about makeing it bigger/ Smaller??

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[King Tetiro]

King Tetiro

Re: Game Maker 6 Question

Can i say that this is an extract from the Game Maker Help

Each room has a number of settings that you can change by clicking on the settings tab. Each room has a name. Best give it a meaningful name. There also is a caption. This caption is displayed in the window caption when the game is running. You can set the width and height of the room (in pixels). Also you can set the speed of the game. This is the number of steps per second. The higher the speed, the smoother the motion is. But you will need a faster computer to run it.

There were two aspects in the settings tab that we have not yet discussed. First of all, there is a checkbox labeled Persistent. Normally, when you leave a room and return to the same room later, the room is reset to its initial settings. This is fine if you have a number of levels in your game but it is normally not what you want in for example an RPG. Here the room should be the way you left it the last time. Checking the box labeled Persistent will do exactly that. The room status will be remembered and when you return to it later, it will be exactly the same as you left it. Only when you restart the game will the room be reset. Actually, there is one exception to this. If you marked certain objects as being persistent, instances of this object will not stay in the room but move to the next room.
Secondly, there is a button labeled Creation code. Here you can type in a piece of code in GML (see later) that is executed when the room is created. This is useful to fill in certain variables for the room, create certain instances, etc. It is important to understand what exactly happens when you move to a particular room in the game.

First, in the current room (if any) all instances get a room-end event. Next the non-persistent instances are removed (no destroy event is generated!).
Next, for the new room the persistent instances from the previous room are added.
All new instances are created and their creation events are executed (if the room is not persistent or has not been visited before).
When this is the first room, for all instances the game-start event is generated.
Now the room creation code is executed.
Finally, all instances get a room-start event.
So, for example, the room-start events can use variables set by the creation code for the room and in the creation code you can refer to the instances (both new ones and persistent ones) in the room.

There is one further option. In the pop-up menu when you right click on an instance with the <Ctrl> key you can now indicate some creation code for the specific instance. This code is executed when the room is started, just before the creation event of the instance is executed. This is very useful to e.g. set certain parameters that are specific to the instance.

This helps

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[therabidwombat]

therabidwombat

Re: Game Maker 6 Question

w2link, I suggest that you learn to use the help file more effectively. Not trying to come off as rude,but this is the second topic by you on a very elementary subject. If you want to have any success on your Zelda game, you have to learn to be a little bit more self sufficient and learn to make better use of the resources at hand. Try looking through the helpfile, and just tinkering with stuff to see what happens. If this is your first project, I suggest that you try something simpler just to get used to the interface/programming logic behind afull fledged game.

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