This way the BattleRegion won’t be visible in-game. Beating up on defenseless enemies is fun, but our game needs more than glorified punching bags to be interesting. At the very least, we should give them the ability to hit us back. For our AI, we’re going to use another Finite State Machine. When they move left the gun will face left as it should. When the player collides with the enemy collision line on the right side, the enemy gun will point towards the player properly. When the player is on the left side of the enemy and hits the collision line, the enemy gun will sort of point towards the player but not facing the right direction.
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Top Down GML and DnD Tutorial Series inspired by Gauntlet
GM Version: GMS2Target Platform: ALLDownload: N/ALinks: N/ASummary:This is the GML start for a dual GML and DnD top down tutorial series, where we make a Gauntlet like game. The player will shoot enemies with his bow, and even throw bombs to destroy them. The enemies will have path...- R
GMS 2.3+Enemy AI
Hi everyone I am trying to get my enemies to show an alert pop like metal gear solid. My main issue is that the alarm that I am using is never actually starting because its in the step event and keeps on looping. I've tried to look it up something like that.here is some of the code///Stepif... - S
Enemy AI in 2D Platformer
Hello everyone! Newbie here.So I'm developing a single-screen 2D platformer (think Balloon Fight on NES) and I'm trying to program flying enemies to chase the player around the screen. I've tried a couple of different options, but nothing's working quite right. So I erased any new code and...- Thread
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GMS 2.3+Let's Make Some Enemies
GM Version: 2.3.1Target Platform: AllDownload: Github RepoLinks: YouTube PlaylistSummary:A GML tutorial series on (you guessed it) making some enemies (in code, not real life). In the introduction video I go over the general series idea as well as some basic project set up. And tutorials...- T
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I have some code below for a simple ally Ai. However I am not sure how to have the ally drone skip the top code if there are no enemies nearby. If I use if(!instance_exists(obj_Player)) exit; then the ally will just float off brain dead. Very new to coding and not sure what to do here... GML(SOLVED)Flying/Hovering Enemy A.I. Motion Planning (Like in Super Create Box)
Hi!I want to build a flying enemy motion planning for a side view game (Super Crate Box clone for learning purpose). I've tried using a simple motion planning line to achieve it. But the issue is, mp is creating the shortest path to the target, so it doesn't give the effect of flying/hovering...Team Request[Help Wanted] Searching for team members for Golgotha, a Gothic Metroidvania
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Hi, GameMaker Community.I'm making a top down game, but the enemies that are supposed to follow the player, sometimes run into walls and obstacles.I've temporarily fixed this by doing the following:// If player is near Enemy object thentarget_x - is player postition xtarget_y - is player...- Thread
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Suggestions for leveling up/incrementing enemy behavior.
Hello all!Just wondering if anyone can provide a simple way to increase enemy behavior variables, as levels increase, to make them more difficult to defeat; as in speed, different more dangerous attacks, enabling special moves, etc. I'm currently working on a shooter, like Demon Attack, or... General Enemy Design
I'm working on a basic, top-down 2D shooter and I need a movement system that is hopefully smarter than a bag of nails. The main things I want it to interact with are obj_player, obj_wall, and obj_enemy. I have wanted to do something that would trace the room it is in and know if the player is...- F
How do i achieve 'slippery movement' / difference between two directions
So i want to create an enemy AI that charges tword a player but has like a simulated friction/delay. kinda like as if it were running on ice, so it starts still and builds up speed in your direction to try and ram you. But if you dodge him he shouldnt continue moving tword you but in the...- Thread
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Issue with enemies getting stuck in ground
Working on a simple 2d platformer, with a mechanic where enemies can be grappled. So far all going well, though I made it so that if while the player is grappling an enemy and they take a hit from another enemy, they're supposed to be knocked back and release the enemy. With how this currently... - O
Player to Object Collision Issue pt.2
Hello Im looking for help on a player to object issue. I am currently testing the player to enemy collision and each time I run the game the enemy Character collision box does not register and instead ignores collisions and runs right on top of the player. I do not know what the problem is as I... GMS 2Segmented enemy
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So with my enemies/companions in the game I'm making (3/4 top down), I'm trying to figure out how to have them maneuver around around walls without paths when one is between the object and the player.The code i have now is:if !collision_line(x,y,player.x,player.y,obj_wall,false,false) {...- R
Grid Enemy movement
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Hi everyone! I need help. I want the enemy to move toward the player if the player shoots within a certain range. At first, all my code was working and the enemy moved toward the player but then all of a sudden it stopped working and the enemy didn't move.//if player shootswith (oEnemy){...enemies overlapping? (GMS2) (SOLVED)
Hi all. I have an issue in my top down game where enemies move toward the player. When there is more than one enemy, the enemies overlap and look like one. Here is my code://Enemy Creategrid = mp_grid_create(0, 0, room_width / 32, room_height /32, 32, 32);mp_grid_add_instances(grid, oWall...GMS 2Enemy pathfinding
Hi! In my top down game my enemies use a grid system to follow the player and avoid objects. However, while my enemy is chasing the player the way the enemy is facing is very choppy (it glitches between 2-3 different angles). How can I make it so that the enemy smoothly looks toward the...
Script assets are essentially a collection of one or more user defined functions or variables that you write yourself as snippets of code in the Script Editor. The functions you define in a script can resolve expressions, return values or do anything else that the GameMaker Language permits, just like the built in runtime functions.
Script functions should generally be used if you have a block of code that you use in more than one place or object, or when you want a block of code to be used across multiple objects in a modular fashion. Using scripts to define functions means that you can change the function just once when required and the change will be 'picked up' by every object that has a call to the function.
Scripts can also be very handy from an organizational point of view, as they permit you to create groups of functions that belong to a certain category - for example, you might have several functions all related to collisions between instances in your game, so you would create a 'Collision_Functions' script and store all these functions together in it.
Creating Functions
When creating a script with functions in it, the functions must be created using the following formats:
function <name>( <parameter1>, <parameter2>, etc... )
{
<statement1>;
<statement1>;
...
}
or:
<name> = function( <parameter1>, <parameter2>, etc... )
{
<statement1>;
<statement1>;
...
}
In general, however, you would use the first form for script functions as it will define the function as specifically being a script function, meaning that it will be global in scope, be assigned a script index, and not require the global prefix to identify it since the compiler will recognise it as a script function. Using the second form will instead be generating a global scope method variable, and as such it will not be recognised as a script function by the IDE and will require the use of the global prefix when being referenced in your code.
NOTE: You can check this by using both forms in a script and then calling the runtime function typeof() on each of them. One will be classed as a 'number' - since it returns a script index ID - and the other will be classed as a 'method'.
Arguments
You can define your own parameters/arguments for the function, which will be available to the function as local variables and can be used in any manner:
function move(spd, dir)
{
speed = spd;
direction = dir;
}
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This function takes two arguments and applies their values to the instance's speed and direction variables. It can now be called like any runtime function and arguments can be passed into it:
var _mouse_dir = point_direction(x, y, mouse_x, mouse_y);
move(4, _mouse_dir);
Note that if an argument is not given to a function, its value will be undefined. You can use this to define optional arguments, and check whether an argument is passed in or not by checking if it is equal to undefined. However, you can also define a default value for an argument which will be used instead of undefined when it is not passed in.
You can assign such a default value to a parameter using the equal (=) sign, making it an optional variable:
function move(spd, dir = 90)
{
speed = spd;
direction = dir;
}
If the dir argument is not passed in when calling the above function, then its value will default to 90, moving the instance in an upward direction.
The default value of an optional variable can be an expression, so for example, you can use variables and call functions while defining an optional variable. Note that such an expression will only be executed if its optional argument is not provided in the function call. See the following example of a logging function:
function log(text = 'Log', object = object_index, time = date_datetime_string(date_current_datetime()))
{
var _string = '[' + string(time) + '] ';
_string += object_get_name(object) + ': ';
_string += text;
show_debug_message(_string);
}
This function takes three arguments, where the first argument defaults to a string constant, the second argument defaults to an instance variable (in the scope of the calling instance) and the third argument defaults to an expression calling a function to retrieve the current date and time. This function can now be called with up to three arguments, as seen in the following example:
log();
// Prints: [09-Jun-21 12:34:37 PM] Object1: Log
log('Player Shot', obj_player, 10);
// Prints: [10] obj_player: Player Shot
JSDoc
We also recommend that you add comments to define the properties of the function (see the section on JSDoc Comments for more details), such that a simple script would look like this:
/// @function log(message);
/// @param {string} message The message to show
/// @description Show a message whenever the function is called.
function log(message)
{
show_debug_message(message);
}
Additional functions for the script can be added using the same format as shown above, one after the other within the script asset.
Return Value
Functions in scripts can also return a value, just as runtime functions can, and as such they can be used in expressions. For this you would use the return statement:
return <expression>
It should be noted that the execution of the function ends at the return statement, meaning that any code which comes after return has been called will not be run. Here is a short example function from a function called 'sqr_calc' which calculates the square of whatever value is passed to it, and in case the given value is not a real number, it uses return to end the function early so the actual calculation never runs:
/// @function sqr_calc(val);
/// @param {real} val The value to calculate the square of
/// @description Calculate the square of the given value
function sqr_calc(val)
{
if !is_real(val)
{
return 0;
}
return (val * val);
}
Note that if you create a script function with no return value then in your code check for one, you will get the value undefined by default.
To call a script function from within a piece of code, just use it the same way as when calling any runtime function - that is, write the function name with the parameter values in parentheses. So, the above script would be called like this:
if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_enter)
{
val = scr_sqr(amount);
}
NOTE: When using your own functions from scripts in the code editor, you can press or click the middle mouse button on the function name to open the script that contains it for editing directly.
Script Names vs. Function Names
It is important to understand that script names are independent of the functions that they contain, so you can name your scripts in a more 'common sense' way, ie: all your AI functions could go in a script 'Enemy_AI' (following the standard asset naming conventions of alpha-numeric characters and the under-bar '_' only). However, you can still call scripts in your game - and you can name scripts the same as a function that you define in them - which can give rise to a issues due to the way that GameMaker Studio 2 stores asset references. To give an example consider this code, called from an instance:
function indirectCall(func, arg)
{
func(arg);
}
indirectCall(myscript, arg);
The above code is attempting to call a script called 'myscript' within a method, which in this case will fail. This is because the in-line function is actually using the index for the script asset and not actually calling the script - eg: if the script index resolves to '4', essentially the function is calling 4(arg);, which makes no sense. The code should instead be structured in one of the following two ways:
function indirectCall(func, arg)
{
func(arg);
}
indirectCall(method(undefined, myscript), arg);
// OR
function indirectCall(func, arg)
{
script_execute(func, arg);
}
indirectCall(myscript, arg);
This is important to note, especially when working with legacy projects where scripts contain one single function, and the function is named the same as the script. However, you really should never do this, and your scripts should be named independently of the functions they contain.
Script Scope
This leads us to the final and most important thing to know about scripts and the functions they contain: scripts are parsed on a global level and will be compiled at the very start of the game. This means that technically all functions in a script are 'unbound' method variables, and any variables declared outside of a function in the script will be considered global variables. For example, consider this script:
function Foo()
{
// Do something
}
blah = 10;
function Bar()
{
// Do something else
}
In the above case, not only have we defined the functions Foo and Bar but also the variable blah and all of them are considered to have been created in the global scope. The functions don't need the global keyword to be recognized as the compiler understands that these functions are part of the script, but if you wanted to access blah then you would need to do:
val = global.blah;
That said, we recommend that you always explicitly type global variables when creating them in scripts to prevent any issues later. Scripts are also an ideal place to define any Macros or Enums (constants), as adding them to a script outside of a function also means that they will be created for use before the game code actually starts running. Below is an example of a script that is creating different global scope values for a game:
/// Initialise All Global Scope Values And Constants
global.player_score = 0;
global.player_hp = 100;
global.pause = false;
global.music = true;
global.sound = true;
enum rainbowcolors
{
red,
orange,
yellow,
green,
blue,
indigo,
violet
}
#macro weapon_num 3
#macro weapon_gun 0
#macro weapon_bomb 1
#macro weapon_knife 2
Note how all these constants are set up outside of any function call, meaning they will be initialised before everything else and at a global scope. This means that if you want to use a script to initialise variables on an instance scope then you must wrap them in a function, for example:
/// @function init_enemy();
/// @description Initialise enemy instance vars
function init_enemy()
{
hp = 100;
dmg = 5;
mana = 50;
}
So, scripts can be used to generate macros, enums and global variables before the game starts so they are ready for use at any time, and they can also be used to create 'unbound' methods (user-defined functions) that can be used in your game like GML runtime functions.
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One final thing to note about script functions is that if you are developing for Web (ie: targeting HTML5), then there is an additional function protocol that you can use when adding functions to scripts, which is to prefix a function name with gmcallback_, for example:
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gmcallback_create_button
Using the above function name would mean that the function gmcallback_create_button() will not be obfuscated and so can be used in JavaScript extensions and other areas of your game, for example, when using the clickable_* functions.
Static Variables
Functions can also make use of static variables, which maintain their values throughout every function call. Please read this page for more information.