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Q – When I run the game, none of my
sprites appear. The background is
visible in the correct colour but nothing else is
visible. A – This
has been a bug that many people have reported online. It seems that there have been many
different solutions for people. Mr. C. had
this problem in June 2022 and it was FRUSTRATING! After attempting about 10 solutions found
online and failing, I finally found a solution. The
solution was to save the project in a different folder. I think the reason for this is that the
default folder is protected by my virus scanner. Once I
saved the project to my Workspace folder (or any other folder that one
creates), it worked fine. Way too
many hours wasted on this one! Ugh! |
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Q – The panel with details about my
room (called the Room Editor) is missing.
How do I get it back? A – The
first time you open a room, you get the Room Editor on the left. You should try to close the room’s tab
instead of the Room Editor tab. If you
accidentally close the Room Editor, it seems that you need to go into the
top menu and choose Layout > Reset Layouts to get it back. |
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Q – When placing many items in a
room, it is very slow to drag the in one at time. Is there a trick? A – Yes,
you need to use the ALT key.
However, on some computers, you need to use the RIGHT ALT key that
is on the right side of your spacebar. |
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Q – Can I export an animated sprite
that I created in GameMaker as a GIF animation? A – At the
moment, there isn’t an easy way to get an animated GIF from an animated
sprite. But you do have a few
options: Option 1 You can go
into your project folder where your game is saved. In the Sprites folder, you can find all
of your sprites saved as PNG files.
Each frame is saved individually (see below). In fact, if any of your sprites had
multiple layers, then each layer is also saved in its own PNG file. This is pretty nice! However, you then need to combine the
files to create your own GIF animation.
Option 2 When you
open a sprite and you click on Edit Image, it opens up the Image Editor and
new options appear in the menu bar at the very top. One of the new menus is Images. In Images, you will find Export PNG that
will create a sprite sheet with all of your frames placed side-by-side. Many software programs (including GameMaker) can work with spritesheets
to create animations. Again though,
you still have to create your own GIF animation. |
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Q – How can I create a GiF out of individual frames? A – There
are many software programs and online website tools that can help you. Simply search “GIF maker online” to find
one.
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Q – In GameMaker
2024, one of my objects is drawn as a green square instead of its actual
sprite. Why?
A – I’m not
sure why this happens. It is clearly
a bug in GameMaker. But the solution that worked twice is the
following: ·
Create
a new sprite in GameMaker. ·
Got
into object that isn’t being drawn correctly and make its sprite be the new
sprite. ·
Test
your game. The sprite should be
displayed correctly. ·
Now
simply go set your old sprite back as the object’s sprite. |
