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Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · Sep 14

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Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 23m

Your first line read sounds like Sonic in a muliplayer game before a match starts

a close up of sonic the hedgehog 's face against a blue sky

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Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 35m

You got this!

a close up of a cartoon character with a red scarf around his face

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Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 6h

Ok, it's nearly 3am. This is the latest I've stayed up since I started looking after my gran, I think it's slep time.

Take care everyone!
(づ˶ᵔʌᵕʌᵔ˶)づ💚

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Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 6h

One(1) cheese pizza please.

(trying to make good lava, think I need to change more of the water settings first, the ground tiles under water are blue so those should probably be changed)

#gameDev #gameMaker #goblins #farmingSim #farmingRPG #townBuilder #indieGames #indieDev

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Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 7h

Actually that can wait, gonna clean up more old unused files and code, then I need to check if the Terraforming code still works (probably not)

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 8h

Yay! That's working too!

Now I can go back to what I was trying to do hours ago, seeing the best way to add lava.

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 8h

Yup! Seems good!
Now to update the Title Save File...

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 9h

I *THINK* I have this all sorted?
Gotta do some testing!

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 10h

Same issue here, the index's aren't consistent if you update how many assets you have in your project.

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 10h

You've missed the issue, if I delete a tile asset with a GM index of anything less than 9 between the saving and loading (cleaning up unused assets), ds_list_get(9) will return the wrong asset, producing the gif I posted earlier.

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 10h

Wait, part of this wont work.
I was going to update the data on load, but my lookups wont work if I rename any of the tiles...
So I guess I'll have to do it a bit more manually.
I thought I could just do if a[0] == til_SandEdge{a[0] = "SANDEG";}
but I'll have to do the full tile macro check instead

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 11h

Apparently asset_get is quite slow? (I actually use it for getting parts of different tree types)

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 11h

Oh, yea that's basically what I'm going to do, but instead of saving the asset name til_GrassEDGE (as I might rename things), I'll save the string "GRASSEG", then in the surface create set the tile to be drawn (in a switch if necessary).

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Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 11h

1.4, that won't work though, because the asset index order is being changed between the save file being made and the save file being loaded.

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 12h

Ok, taking a break. But when I get back to it I'm going to have to set up the load system to go things the grid and replace the asset names with text or a macro, then use the draw ground code to draw the correct tile asset.
Then ill need to update the world get to do it too. Should avoid crashing🤞

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 13h

That means I can't store that data, and instead will have to run part of the world gen again on game file load...or never change the asset order?

I can't believe how many times I've had this issue and forgotten. Last time was with fishtanks?

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 13h

WAit.
damn it.
It's because I'm loading a save file...
Game Maker stores all assets as index's, so when my Save File system stores the assets it's actually storing the index.
So when I add or remove a background then load a game it gets all messed up.
URGH

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 13h

WHY

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Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 13h

WHY

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 14h

I'm not sure how I can fix this bug other than maybe deleting all backgrounds/tile and redoing them?
Also not sure if that would even work.

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 16h

NOPE. Still broke, moved them around and it broke.

Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 16h

VERY weird. I moved the asset down the list till it stop happening, then duped the background that seems to be the issue and deleted the original. All working again now.
SUCH A STRANGE BUG.

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Linen Burrows @thegoblinburrows.sass-c.sucks · 17h

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Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 17h

HUH. adding a new background to project breaks ground drawing...somethings messed up somewhere. If I had to guess somehow it's not using the asset name but the asset index?!

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Balmut @balmut.bsky.social · 18h

Oooo nice!!

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Jazzy Oliver - Voice Actress @ladyjazzington.bsky.social · 4d

BUT HEY!

THAT'S JUST A Segway to remind you that the FNAF creator/this movie's screenwriter, Scott Cawthon, donates the money he makes from FNAF stuff to far right politicians, many of whom are currently trying to make things worse for everyone, specifically trans people. Don't support this film.

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 4d

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