Help me with Game Maker please

[LittleZbot]

OK, I'm having some problems with Game Maker(no, not walking, my bro helped me with that a long time ago), and I would like some help.
Now NO JUST SAYING "Read the Guides." BECAUSE

1. I don't know where(not to mention WHAT) are the guides.

2. I am tired of hearing that same reply over and over.

3. A long time ago I downloaded one and all it did was spit out a bunch of MumboJumbo that even my brain couldn't absorb.

Hey, back at "Stinky's Labyrinth" I bet that the "Guides" were there. But did you guys say "Read the Guides" to him? No? Then how come you do that to me? So, can you PPPPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEEEE
Not just say "Read the Guides" and help me Normally?
Thank you VERY much.

OK, here are my first few problems(BTW, I shall upload the game's Demo's here when I am done):

1. How do get a Dialog to be yes or no, instead of just "OK?"

2. How do you make the room...well...move along with you?

3. How do you Make a jump? I mean, look at Boxinator and Wefight-the game. Check out the jumps. They seem so... smooth. And when they reach a certain distance they stop and drop down again. And, instead of when hitting left or right and stopping in mid-air and go in directly that direction, they smoothly go diagonal. Anyone know how to do that?

Oh, More information on the game coming soon.

Read the Guides*shot*[size=0][/size]

[DEEMAN223344]

To the Y\N question thingy, go to control and use "Check Question."

[MyNameIsKooky]

There's already a topic for Game Maker help, but I don't really care, so...

1. How do get a Dialog to be yes or no, instead of just "OK?"

In the "control" tab there's a question mark bubble. Drag it in and type in your question.

2. How do you make the room...well...move along with you?

In the room where you want the screen to follow something, you have to use the "views" tab. I explained that to Nobody in the other help topic, and I don't feel like explaining it again.

3. How do you Make a jump? I mean, look at Boxinator and Wefight-the game. Check out the jumps. They seem so... smooth. And when they reach a certain distance they stop and drop down again. And, instead of when hitting left or right and stopping in mid-air and go in directly that direction, they smoothly go diagonal. Anyone know how to do that?

You have to set the vertical speed to a negative value as well as set the gravity to something in direction 270 to make a jump. I use pixel movement for the player so it doesn't interfere with the jumping. Platforming games are complicated, so you shouldn't really get at them right away. Start with something simple like a maze game or something.

[Nobody]

Read the Guides*shot*[size=0][/size]

Me? Nah, I'm really bad at GM myself, and can sympathize with you. WE share badness. I HAD IT FIRST!

[MyNameIsKooky]

Read the guides.

[Nobody]

*gets out gun*

[MyNameIsKooky]

*gets in plane and flies to China*

CAN'T GET ME NOW.

[LittleZbot]

2. How do you make the room...well...move along with you?

In the room where you want the screen to follow something, you have to use the "views" tab. I explained that to Nobody in the other help topic, and I don't feel like explaining it again.

Well, the least you can do is post a link to the other topic.

[MyNameIsKooky]

I would, but I can't find it, even with the search function.

[LittleZbot]

Maybe it got deleted.

[jdl]

Now NO JUST SAYING "Read the Guides."

Read the guides.

Wow...

[MyNameIsKooky]

Now NO JUST SAYING "Read the Guides."

Read the guides.

Wow...

I did that intentionally as an evil practical joke.

[Nobody]

It WAS deleted. It was something about a gif, and using the search for posts like that by you I got... NOTHING.

[DEEMAN223344]

Read the guides.

*Drops Bomb on plane*

[MyNameIsKooky]

Read the guides.

*Drops Bomb on plane*

You dropped a bomb ON a plane? You probably just killed lots of innocent people, you wacky terrorist!

As for the other topic, I guess it was deleted during another one of MS' deletion waves. Not that it really matters now, because tails made another help topic as well.

[DEEMAN223344]

*Notices that MyNameIsKooky was the only one on the plane for some reason*
"Ah, oh no! I wanted to kill the terrorists that were supposed to be on that plane."
*Sees terrorists getting on a different plane with innocent people*
"Bother."
*Shoots terrorists*

[LittleZbot]

Can someone else explain then?

Oh and:

3. How do you Make a jump? I mean, look at Boxinator and Wefight-the game. Check out the jumps. They seem so... smooth. And when they reach a certain distance they stop and drop down again. And, instead of when hitting left or right and stopping in mid-air and go in directly that direction, they smoothly go diagonal. Anyone know how to do that?

You have to set the vertical speed to a negative value as well as set the gravity to something in direction 270 to make a jump. I use pixel movement for the player so it doesn't interfere with the jumping. Platforming games are complicated, so you shouldn't really get at them right away. Start with something simple like a maze game or something.

and:

3. A long time ago I downloaded one and all it did was spit out a bunch of MumboJumbo that even my brain couldn't absorb.

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A little more clear, please?

[MyNameIsKooky]

Yay for a recycled facepalm that wasn't even used correctly in the situation.

Well, I can't really explain it clearly without you understanding. Sorry.

[dlcs18]

3. How do you Make a jump? I mean, look at Boxinator and Wefight-the game. Check out the jumps. They seem so... smooth. And when they reach a certain distance they stop and drop down again. And, instead of when hitting left or right and stopping in mid-air and go in directly that direction, they smoothly go diagonal. Anyone know how to do that?

You can download an official platform game tutorial here: http://www.yoyogames.com/downloads/tuto ... atform.zip

[Nobody]

Well, I can't really explain it clearly without you understanding. Sorry.

That's sort of the point.

[LittleZbot]

Well, I guess people can use this topic for their GM problems because jdl just told Tails the Fox that he could use my topic for all his problems on Game Maker.

Anyhoo, new question:

Is there any easier way to get things to bob up and down or turn around and around without having to create a whole bunch of the same thing at different angles?