show step counter

[Taprus]

So im making an avoidance, and to make stuff easier to myself i decided that i should have an object that shows the step counter(or step "blocks" idunno) of the timeline. Thing is, even after trying a lot of stuff, it still hasnt worked. Can anyone help me please?

[Sudnep]

Create an object > Draw Event

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draw_set_alpha(1);
draw_set_color(c_black);
draw_text(x,y,boss.STEPCOUNTER);

Will draw the text wherever you place this object. Varies depending on h/v text alignment.
Obviously replace "boss" with whatever object the counter is running in and "STEPCOUNTER" with whatever your counter is called.

[Taprus]

I think i did something wrong...

[Sudnep]

The object you created is called stepshower.
The variable you're trying to reference from objAvoidance is called stepshower.
Make the object stepshower unique by changing the name to objStepshower?

[Taprus]

I dont understand, what is supposed to be the variable from the boss?

[Sudnep]

Are you using the built in timeline in gamemaker?


Or are you using something like this

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STEPCOUNTER += 1
switch(STEPCOUNTER) {
case 1:
 rngCherryAttack();
break;
}or this

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STEPCOUNTER += 1
if STEPCOUNTER = 1 { rngCherryAttack() };

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If you're using the built in timeline's provided by gamemaker (im dumb and mis-read what you typed. this is probably what you want):

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draw_set_alpha(1);
draw_set_color(c_black); // change color depending on what the background color is
draw_text(x,y,object.timeline_position); // change object to whatever object is running the timeline


[Taprus]

Wow, thank you, it works now!  I was using the built in timeline function.
Im just bad with GM, so yeah