Lots of questions

[Feli0TheWriter]

I wanted to try to raise the resolution of the game so I can use high res assets, but it's been difficult and confusing. I found the macro
where the height and width of the camera is stored, but I can't find how to change the player's collision.
I also found that, on that spinning ball on act 1, if you go into rolling form, you can just keep gaining speed forever, and i think i was at 150 ground speed before i jumped, bypassed the collision, and flew through the level.
Also, what do you think I should generally do to have a higher resolution for the game?
Just thought it'd be better to ask than give myself the headache of figuring it all out myself.
Sorry for any grammar mistakes I missed, I'm tired as of typing.
Also, where can I change the level selection order? Couldn't find that either.

[VectorSatyr]

@Feli0TheWriter :

I wanted to try to raise the resolution of the game so I can use high res assets, but it's been difficult and confusing. [...]

The starting resolution of the game matches the size of GameStartRoom; adjusting the room size will change the default.

[...] I can't find how to change the player's collision.

Please be more specific as to what you want to achieve here.

I also found that, on that spinning ball on act 1, if you go into rolling form, you can just keep gaining speed forever, and i think i was at 150 ground speed before i jumped, bypassed the collision, and flew through the level.

That is expected behavior. (Both the speed gain, and the bypassing of collision which unfortunately cannot be addressed due to the way GameMaker handles deactivation.)

[Feli0TheWriter]

Didn't think you'd respond, man! And thanks for the answers, appreciate them. But generally, I mean, how do I change the numbers of the collision sensors? Where is that? I just don't know where it is. I changed versions with gamemaker so I honestly didn't take that much time to look, but I'm switching back right now to go back to using your engine, but, you know, still. In case I end up still finding myself dumbfounded.

edit:
me if being vague was a job:

(i just re-read this 3 hours later and realized)
What I meant by that was: "How Do I Make The Player Bigger (Your Code Is Sort of Unfathomable To Me Compared To Anything I've Ever Read)"

[Feli0TheWriter]

oh my goodness nevermind I figured it out. Sorry for any perceived weirdness.
edit: for anyone curious who may be scrolling through, you can adjust the object x_radius and y_radius values as well as the
variables directly below them.

[Feli0TheWriter]

But still, my next burning question that I am ACTUALLY getting a little confused over, where does the game handle the zone transitions? And by the way, no, your documentation is actually PRETTY good.

[VectorSatyr]

@Feli0TheWriter

Just to make sure we're talking about the same thing: by 'zone transitions', do you mean the fade-in / fade-out between each act?

Screen fading is handled by the functions game_screen_fade_in and game_screen_fade_out. If you search for instances of these functions, you can replace the first parameter with a shader of your choice. The shader should use uniform float u_fTransition in the fragment to update the transition's opacity, where a value of 0.0 is fully transparent and a value of 3.0 is fully opaque. Look at BlackFadeShd and WhiteFadeShd for examples.

[VectorSatyr]

@Feli0TheWriter

If you instead mean how to select different zones to travel to, there are several different parameters to update:

• Each level has a ZoneConfiguration object where you can modify the level's properties, including the next_room which determines where the player will go after completing the level.
• GameSaveFile houses a location property, the default value of which determines which level the game will start from. (DemoZone1)

[Feli0TheWriter]

Thanks man! You genuinely rock.