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[muku]

I don't get the big fuss about decompilers.

Ask that to the guys who did Katakujin or Gang garrison 2 and got their games hacked and released by somebody else.

I did mention that that's an example of improper use, no? Did you read my post at all? Some people are just going to be dicks. I was also the first to express my disagreement with that practice in the GG2 thread (only to be ridiculed by the vast majority there).

What's that about Katakijin though? I never heard about it being hacked.

[KniteBlargh]

Thanks so much for this tutorial Derek! Looking forward to the next one.

[The-Imp]

Thanks so much for this tutorial Derek! Looking forward to the next one.

As am I...

[cyprien]

I don't know if this is the best place to post this, but I didn't feel it needed it's own thread since you have this great GM one already rolling.

The issue I'm currently facing is producing objects at random within certain boundaries.

Code:

For example: 288 > x < 32

I'm just not sure how to go about writing that out in GML. =\

So far for my create_instance is as follows:

Code:

instance_create(random(288), random(224), oMid);

Any help is appreciated. =)

[GregWS]

For stuff like this just create a new thread in Technical.

But to quickly answer your question, what I've always done is generate a random number using the difference of the bounds as the range, and then add the lower bound to the random value that had been generated.

[___]

I don't know if this is the best place to post this, but I didn't feel it needed it's own thread since you have this great GM one already rolling.

The issue I'm currently facing is producing objects at random within certain boundaries.

Code:

For example: 288 > x < 32

I'm just not sure how to go about writing that out in GML. =\

So far for my create_instance is as follows:

Code:

instance_create(random(288), random(224), oMid);

Any help is appreciated. =)

would random(288-32)+32 work?

[GregWS]

I'm pretty sure that's what I said; mine was just in a far more convoluted form. 

[___]

I'm pretty sure that's what I said; mine was just in a far more convoluted form. 

Oh whoops.  Sorry, haha. 

[GregWS]

No worries; clarification is never bad; yours made infinitely more sense anyway. 

[Derek]

If you want a simple script you can pop into your game and use over and over:

Code:

n = argument1 - argument0 + 1;
return floor(random(n)) + argument0;

If you call the script "rand," then "rand(1,10)" will return a random variable between 1 and 10 (inclusive).

[cyprien]

Thanks for suggestion Derek, I'll make sure to save that script. =)

[___]

This tutorial kick started me on making stuff in game maker and I think I'm in love.  Scripting is so delicious....

[Matt Thorson]

This tutorial kick started me on making stuff in game maker and I think I'm in love.  Scripting is so delicious....

Join us

Yeah, GM rocks.  It has plenty of flaws, but it's still just plain awesome for letting you very quickly and easily transplant an idea from your brain to your monitor.

[acidBatterie]

GM pisses me off everyday whenever i can't ZOOM    other then that, yeah, scripting is awsomssss

[GregWS]

it's still just plain awesome for letting you very quickly and easily transplant an idea from your brain to your monitor.

I couldn't have said it better myself! 

[Skofo]

ew gamemaker lol.

[Matt Thorson]

ew gamemaker lol.

Elaborate.

[ஒழுக்கின்மை (Paul Eres)]

An elaboration:

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww gamemaker looooooooooooooooool

[december]

Further elaboration:  YoYoGames, more like LOLOLGames amirite?

[ஒழுக்கின்மை (Paul Eres)]

I remember that Derek quote! It was "NoMoGames", haha. That was when the site was too slow to download anything and had that weird bug that prevented many people from downloading games. It still has that bug, even though that quote is over a year old.