Is your feature request related to a problem?
In short, i want it to be easier to make a level editor. To be able to edit your levels at run-time and see what it looks like live.
for my purposes that will be especially useful for stuff like parralax. Tile layers and sprite layers in the foreground or background moving at different speeds.
Describe the solution you would like to see
There is already the function room_get_info, which gives you a struct of all the level information, but it doesn't give you info on the current active room or it's changes
So ideally, what I'd want, is room_get_info but for the current room, with its active changes.
(if tiles have been changed that is reflected in what it returns)
That way you could make changes in the room live, see them, and then save them back to the room.yy file when satisfied.
Describe alternatives you have considered
Manually loop through layers, and tile layers, to see what new tile placement looks like to then save. It is possible but not super easy to loop through.
It's the same deal with all other instances or room changes
Additional context
https://api.gamemaker.io/api/github/downloads/4b1ac01c-960b-4775-a6a0-e7a7bb69ecb5
Here's a simple project, where pressing spacebar, will randomly change the first tile in the room
and then using room_get_info to print the tiles to the console.
This could be used to test a potential new function
Is your feature request related to a problem?
In short, i want it to be easier to make a level editor. To be able to edit your levels at run-time and see what it looks like live.
for my purposes that will be especially useful for stuff like parralax. Tile layers and sprite layers in the foreground or background moving at different speeds.
Describe the solution you would like to see
There is already the function room_get_info, which gives you a struct of all the level information, but it doesn't give you info on the current active room or it's changes
So ideally, what I'd want, is room_get_info but for the current room, with its active changes.
(if tiles have been changed that is reflected in what it returns)
That way you could make changes in the room live, see them, and then save them back to the room.yy file when satisfied.
Describe alternatives you have considered
Manually loop through layers, and tile layers, to see what new tile placement looks like to then save. It is possible but not super easy to loop through.
It's the same deal with all other instances or room changes
Additional context
https://api.gamemaker.io/api/github/downloads/4b1ac01c-960b-4775-a6a0-e7a7bb69ecb5
Here's a simple project, where pressing
spacebar, will randomly change the first tile in the roomand then using room_get_info to print the tiles to the console.
This could be used to test a potential new function