GameMaker legacy curiosities
a collection by YellowAfterlife · last updated 2021-05-18 17:55:07
GameMaker extensions that had been made more or less obsolete by addition of built-in features - mostly useful for older GM versions.
Convert DnD blocks in GMS1 projects to equivalent GML
Run in browser
GMS2 has a new DnD system that can be converted to code out of box.
Standard-issue compression/decompression functions for GameMaker games.
Superseded by buffer_[de]compress in GMS2
What if you didn't have merge conflicts in your collaborative GameMaker Studio 2 projects
GMS2.3 made changes to project format that made it more "git-compatible"
Get information about the player's screen(s)!
Mostly superseded by window_get_visible_rects
Work with files in all accessible places in GameMaker games.
Superseded by "disable file system sandbox" option in GMS2
Error handling for GameMaker games
Superseded by native exception handling in GMS2.3+