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Help Me! Im so confused! – crazyishone

crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004	Ok. Here's the deal. Ive been trying to make an arcade program for my little brothers that don't live with me, as a Christmas present. Im using game maker. I have the menu designed, and im gonna make icons for the games. I was going along when i suddenly realised i didnt know how to make it so the when you click on the icon , it open's that games window. The program im making is just supposed to be like an interactive table of contents(like shockmachine if anyone remebers it. shockwave.com put it out a few years back.) pleez keep in mind th@ i dont have any idea how 2 use tha GML. ------------------ It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Abe Lincoln
crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004	u can giv me pieces of code to use tho for the execute pirece of code command. ------------------ It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Abe Lincoln
CobraA1 Member Posts: 926 From: MN Registered: 02-19-2001	quote: I was going along when i suddenly realised i didnt know how to make it so the when you click on the icon , it open's that games window. Create each game as a room. Create an object to represent the icon. Add a mouse->Left Button event. Select the main1 tab, under "Rooms" select "Go to a different room" Select the room with the game you want to go to, and an optional transition. Click "OK", and you're done. If the game is a seperate executable, use execute_program(prog,arg,wait). ------------------ "The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike." -- C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963), "The Poison of Subjectivism" (from Christian Reflections; p. 108) Switch Mayhem now available! Get it here Codename: Roler - hoping to get more done over the holidays . . .
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004	Do you guys know how to make the game pause? ------------------ ------------------------ This is the stupid useless thingy that is underneath my post... It is also NOT my name...
CobraA1 Member Posts: 926 From: MN Registered: 02-19-2001	I don't think there's an official "pause" function in GameMaker, but you can deactivate all of the objects. ------------------ "The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike." -- C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963), "The Poison of Subjectivism" (from Christian Reflections; p. 108) Switch Mayhem now available! Get it here Codename: Roler - hoping to get more done over the holidays . . .
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004	I thought of that, but I think that might mees things up when you start up agian wont it? ------------------ ------------------------ This is the stupid useless thingy that is underneath my post... It is also NOT my name...
crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004	qoute: If the game is a seperate executable, use execute_program(prog,arg,wait). this doesnt always work... at least i have been having problems. i enter the whole file name for prog. what do i enter for arg and wait? ------------------ It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Abe Lincoln
HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004	I'm not familiar with Game Maker, though I imagine "arg" stands for "command line arguments", in which case you don't need any. For wait, try a value of 0 first, and if that doesn't work, put 1. --clint ------------------ http://www.includingjudas.com/christiangame.html
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004	"arg" is argument. ------------------ ------------------------ This is the stupid useless thingy that is underneath my post... It is also NOT my name...