Programming in GameMaker

(இ﹏இ`｡) thank you internet stranger (இ﹏இ`｡)

Hmmm! Was getting mad flickering when in the UI with too much text...
So I split the static part of the UI (text that doesn't change) to be drawn to a surface once, then it draw the extra bits on top. Seems to work, now I have to do it for all of it.

Finally, the Height map generation works (read how to)

Yesterday I had a really dumb bug. Not a bug I did, one in gamemaker(1.4)

I use a lot of temporary arrays, but you have to trick GM to do so

You can't do: var _tAr[0] = x;

But: var _tAr = -1; _tAr[0] = x;

You also have to _tAr = -1; before changing them

Looking into how to most efficiently use Particles in Game Maker.
-You only need a new SYSTEM when you want to have different depth.

-Make a new EMITTER for each object making particles.

-Make a new PARTICLE when changing multiple settings (speed/sprite)