Circulair radar script

what are all the arguments

SD: I seem to have missed those when copying it from my old site. Thanks for pointing this out. They have been added now

Do i need a sprite??

SD: This script will draw the sprites of the objects within teh room scaled. So all objects that need to be shown need to have a sprite. Also this is only available for GM5

sorry to bother again, but can you tell me which part of the script I can change to make it GM6 compatibe, or do I have to write it all over again?

SD: This script is heavely based upon drawing the radar. And as all the drawing code has changed several parts need to be tweaked. There is a tutorial for converting GM5 to GM6 available here written by EricDB/Mr.Owl.
If you can't figure this out then contact me in 2 weeks time when my school tests are over and I'll have a look.

anyone have an example on this?
i cantget it right

SD: download.simondonkers.com/?file=temp/radar.zip

Nice, Can I put this in my GM-Lib?
(You know those lib files in the folder lib)

SD: Hello,
If you would read my Licence agreement you would see that this depends on what you do with the lib. If you create this lib for your own personal use then yes. If you are planning to distribute this lib then you need to ask my permission. Please specify how you would like to distribute this lib, in what way credit is given, under what licence the lib is being released and which resources you are aiming to include. Contact details can be found on my contact page somewhere.

I keep getting an error: Number of Arguments..blah blah blah..line 26!

This is a GM5 script. It will error in GM6. Sorry.

What does it mean when you use :=
I don't know.

:= means the same as =. Both are notations used in Game Maker to assign a value to a variable.

i cant see how it works, could you send me a example plz cos da 1 above dnt wokr nemore (link) and maybe send to my email address cos i dnt cum on here much..

thanks

email: finney2k6@hotmail.co.uk

umm simon that download for the example does not work. can you put it again please? also could you send the exact spript to make my character jump please? in a platform game? if you can send it to kizacolo@yahoo.com.au thanks

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I modified it so it would work with GM6:

//////////////// Circulair radar script ////////////////////
//
// Copyright Simon Donkers 27-1-2005
// www.simondonkers.com - gmmentor@simondonkers.com
//
// the arguments are: behind is recommandable value
// argument0 is radius
// argument1 is controller object
// argument2 is fixing point x
// argument3 is fixing point y
// argument4 is radius of what is visible.
//
// This script will create a circulair radar at the
// left bottom corner of the screen with the given radius
// In this circle all objects within distance argument4 to
// the fixing point will be drawn by there sprite but scaled
// argument1 or objects whose parent this object is
// will not be drawn
//
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////
global.center_x:=view_xview[0]+view_wview[0]-10-argument0; //x coordinate of circle
global.center_y:=view_yview[0]+view_hview[0]-10-argument0; //y coordinate of circle
//pen_size:=1;
//brush_style:=bs_solid;
draw_set_color(c_yellow); //The background color of the radar.
draw_circle(global.center_x,global.center_y,argument0,false);
with all
{
//if it isn't a controller and it is within distance
if object_index!=argument1 and point_distance(argument2,argument3,x,y)<argument4 then
{
draw_sprite_ext(sprite_index, -1,global.center_x+(x-argument2)/argument4*argument0, global.center_y+(y-argument3)/argument4*argument0, argument0/argument4,argument0/argument4,image_angle,c_white,1);
}
}
draw_set_color(c_black); //border color of the radar
//pen_size:=4; //border width of the radar. (Some objects might be visible whose origin is within the circle but of which the rest of the body isn't. This border will be drawn over them
//brush_style:=bs_hollow;
draw_circle(global.center_x,global.center_y,argument0,true);

can you give me an example of what to write in the arguments. what would you recomend

i like that conversion of the script to gm6 its really useful it would work well in my game simon do you require credit

If you click the Creative Commons button at the top of the page besides the filesize you would read the license agreement stating that you can do pretty much anything if you give me credit.

ok i put the scrip in but it came up with a error "see below 4 error"

___________________________________________
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object radar apaently:

COMPILATION ERROR in code action
Error in code at line 26:
draw_circle(global.center_x,global.center_y,argument0);

at position 55: Wrong number of arguments to function or script.



???? whats that about ????

oh wait i just relised im using game maker 7 any way i could get the code so that it works with gm 7

where do you put the argumaents?

i believe i've gotten it to work in Gm7 (i think it is 7) but the latest error message i've gotten is about that i don't have pro edition. a number of arguments are missing and also, brush style hollow doesn't exist, and bs_solid would change to solid. hview and wview won't be recognised either.

why are u guys even talking about GM5 and GM6!?!?!?!!?!? OMFG GM7 WAS RELEASED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO....!!!!

This is good

Example link doesnt work for me can you please upload it on mediafire or somewhere else just not share cash?Thanks

A problem which seems to have happened to a few (most likely due to using later versions of game maker) seems to be the error at line 26. It doesn't pick up the outline argument, but says it has the wrong number of arguments to function for the script. This is especially weird as in the error message it states 'draw_circle(global.center_x,global.center_y,argument0);' even though in the code it's written as 'draw_circle(global.center_x,global.center_y,argument0,false);' so it seems to delete the last arguemtn 'false' when you play.

You people are idiots, and quite frankly i don't see how SD can handle such idiocy. Wrong number of arguments to function or script means you need more indices, specifically in this example the code changes between gm5 and 6 are that outlines are also taken into consideration. any real game maker user can adjust code from one version to another... jesus christ. tnx for radar script.

Great work Simon, I cant believe people are so ungrateful for free scripts! Keep up the good work.