Livecoding for GameMaker: Studio / GameMaker Studio 2 · By
I’m not sure that it’s possible at all, but I’m often using “named instances” in room editor (giving them custom name instead of inst_XXXXXX with random 8-digit HEX).
However when using them with GMLive, I’m getting:
Runtime error: [error]
instance#100083(obj_xxx)(obj_xxx) does not have a variableinst_my_custom_name
Is it possible to add this feature ?
Is it possible to add this feature ?
That's a good question!
Named instances are treated as macros (handled compile-time), meaning that "live" code doesn't know what the values are.
Assuming that GM assigns these in a predictable way (starting from the first room and going layer by layer from top/bottom?), I can probably replicate the algorithm, though there would definitely be caveats if you modify your rooms between starting the game and connecting gmlive-server to it.
