GMLive.gml for GameMaker

Devlog

• 1.0.76 - more fixes & tweaks
  May 25, 2024 by YellowAfterlife

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  Tweaks I have updated the documentation a bunch Explanations for variously antique GameMaker versions have been moved onto separate pages, but also I added some clarifications, technical explanations,... Continue reading

  
• 1.0.74 - GM2024 support and various fixes
  March 23, 2024 by YellowAfterlife

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  Changes Minimum supported version is now GM2022 (LTS or stable), 2.3.x version has been archived. Most of the extension’s scripts have been merged back together. This seems to reduce likelihood of c... Continue reading
• 2024.2 minifix
  March 05, 2024 by YellowAfterlife

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  This update has caught me off-guard so there will be a proper update after I’m done with the rest of the changes/fixes, but replacing gmlive-server executables with these new ones should have them w... Continue reading
• 1.0.72 - Assorted fixes
  September 27, 2023 by YellowAfterlife

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  Constructors no longer try to use Script.staticVar . It was good fun, but this creates a number of issues that are hard to solve in current GML Positions in errors are now reported as [line X, col Y]... Continue reading
• 1.0.71 - GML updates and fixes
  May 22, 2023 by YellowAfterlife

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  GML updates Did you know that any time a new thing is added to GML, I have to re-create it from scratch for GMLive? Non-4-hex escape sequences like "\u65" and "\u000065" are now supported. Added suppo... Continue reading
• 1.0.67 - small fixes and live_auto_call
  December 15, 2022 by YellowAfterlife

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  live_auto_call Having noticed that macros can now reference argument array (since when?), I made a macro that you can use instead a normal live_call. So, instead of if (live_call()) return live_result... Continue reading
• 1.0.65 - 2022.11 compatibility and HTML5 tweaks
  December 01, 2022 by YellowAfterlife

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  2022.11 API definitions are now updated for 2022.11. Underscores in numbers ( 1_000 ➜ 1000 ) are now supported. Binary literals ( 0b101 ➜ 5 ) are now supported. Still backwards-compatible with... Continue reading
• 1.0.63 - GML updates and a bunch more
  November 14, 2022 by YellowAfterlife

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  Key changes: Macros are now pretty much in line with “real” GML macros, which means that you can do all sorts of quirky things with them in “live” code. Might not seem like a lot, but I had to... Continue reading
• 1.0.62 - 2022.8 compatibility and alt. server
  September 12, 2022 by YellowAfterlife

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  Room reloading now works for 2022.8 projects (2022.8 added compression to room tile data) There is now a gmlive-server-alt.exe for Windows, which is compiled for C# and should generally be faster for... Continue reading
• 1.0.59 - Fixes, features, and optimizations
  August 03, 2022 by YellowAfterlife

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  New features You can now live-reload paths! ( path_set_live ) They are not the most popular resource type, but people found various creative uses for them. You can now live-reload included files! ( fi... Continue reading
• 1.0.57 - 2022.2.1 compatibility
  March 12, 2022 by YellowAfterlife

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  GMLive’s API was updated to match current stable version of GMS2. I hope to release a separate tool for updating the API script automatically soon, but it may take time due to the overall situation... Continue reading

  
• 2.3.7 updates
  November 29, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

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  Added support for the new func(a,,b) (acting as func(a,undefined,b) ) Added support for non-folder sub-layers Added support for effect layers Server now prints small notes along with HTTP status codes... Continue reading
• 1.0.54 - small fixes
  August 21, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

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  I added even more error checking for missing/corrupted scripts! This shows meaningful messages on startup. live_log_script now has a second log_level argument. If you ever wanted to make your game bee... Continue reading
• 1.0.53 - GX Jam edition
  August 02, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

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  Also known as “everyone is suddenly trying to use HTML5 export for the jam ” Fixes Fixed GMLive producing invalid JS on HTML5 due to static a=[] syntax (report #186114). This is a re-run of a... Continue reading
• 1.0.48 - many fixes!
  June 05, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

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  This update fixes a large number of variously exotic issues. Improvements GMLive now omits indexing its own scripts, which improves server startup time for smaller projects a bunch. GMLive now omits c... Continue reading
• 1.0.46 - shader reloading and performance fixes
  March 10, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

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  I fixed an issue where 2.3 scripts wouldn’t necessarily be picked up when choosing to not connect to the server (by using undefined as “url” argument). No one had actually complained about this... Continue reading
• 1.0.42[/43] - Various fixes
  February 08, 2021 by YellowAfterlife

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  This version brings a few changes: I fixed an issue where background colors layers in “live” rooms would turn invisible, causing some users to believe that instances are being duplicated or stacke... Continue reading
• An experimental anti-crash build
  December 31, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Through a somewhat complicated testing process I have established that mystery crashes in GMS2.3 have something to do with actively using structs! So… here’s a build ( GMLiveForGMS2.3-experimental... Continue reading
• 1.0.39 - this is another of those "more 2.3 fixes" updates
  December 16, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Improvements: I tried cleaning up some of the “unused” variables, though there is a certain limit as GMS2.3 will also gladly complain about functions that you are not calling in your code. Fixes... Continue reading
• 1.0.38 - even more 2.3 fixes
  December 01, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Fixed the global variable name '__lnc__std_haxe_boot_isJS' not set before reading it. error with 1.0.37, which was caused by some mysterious script init order change for some projects. Fixed gmlive-se... Continue reading
• 1.0.37 - more small fixes
  November 21, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Fixed “unable to find function” with the recent few versions when live_enabled is false . If the chosen port is taken, gmlive-server will now prompt you if you’d like to pick a different one. Ad... Continue reading
• 1.0.35 - 2.3.x HTML5 compatibility
  November 20, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  The extension now appears to be working on 2.3 HTML5 target, which comes from me having spent a day filing bugs and adding workarounds (pictured). I have also fixed included files missing in the last... Continue reading

  
• 1.0.34 - 2.3.1 compatibility and various fixes
  November 17, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions & improvements: Added a bunch of API functions for exposing/overriding entries for “live” code. GMLive-server now has an icon on Windows (also wrote a post about this). GMLive-server now... Continue reading
• 2.3.1 beta note
  October 05, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  If you have already installed 2.3.1 beta and you are getting Variable unknown_object.buffer_surface_copy(103476, -2147483648) not set before reading it. you will need to open the "GMLAPI" script and r... Continue reading
• 1.0.31 - and a few more 2.3 fixes
  September 01, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Smaller things this time around: Switched back to having all GMLive internal variables prefixed to avoid this bug (which I thought was fixed) Fixed "delta_time" not working in live code (this is also... Continue reading
• 1.0.29 - even more 2.3 fixes, surely enough
  August 21, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Fixes: Fixed shaders not being indexed in 2.3 projects. Fixed missing named 2.3 function arguments being set to 0 instead of undefined. Fixed 2.3 constructor invocation sometimes working incorrectly... Continue reading
• 1.0.27 - more 2.3 fixes
  August 09, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Fixes: Fixed some functions not passing `self` correctly in 2.3 version (most notably draw_self). Fixed gmlive-server getting duplicates of files when restarting the game without restarting the server... Continue reading
• 1.0.26 - various fixes
  July 25, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: live_execute_string now takes optional rest-arguments that will be available as argument[] in executed code. Improvements: Macros with live_call in them are now supported - you can now do #... Continue reading
• 1.0.25 - GMLive beta for GameMaker Studio 2.3 beta!
  July 15, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Hello! I have released a new version of GMLive that can be used with 2.3 beta! What works: Generally any code that worked in 2.2 Structs Method calls Inline functions (including inline functions creat... Continue reading
• 1.0.24 - shader reloading (beta) and a few fixes
  January 28, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Fixes & improvements: The server now shows elapsed time for operations. Fixed a number of room loading issues with the C# version of the sever. Added some logging for cases where something can't be do... Continue reading

  
• Shader reloading sneak peek, gmlive-server mini-fix
  January 12, 2020 by YellowAfterlife

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  Firstly, I have exciting news! Using what is best described as series of high-end delightful hacks, I was able to implement shader live reloading, which will be available in the next update. For the i... Continue reading

  
• 1.0.23 - room reload fix, server reliability
  December 22, 2019 by YellowAfterlife

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  Fixed create events mostly not running when reloading rooms Server now shows how long the initialization phase took Server no longer closes if the game aborts HTTP request while the server's getting t... Continue reading
• 1.0.22 - fixes, GMS2 updates, HTML5, catch_error
  October 18, 2019 by YellowAfterlife

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  GMS2 updates This release bumps the GML API coverage to the current GMS2 release, 2.2.4.372. I also fixed a few inconsistencies with API coverage (mostly owing to inaccuracies in the official "fnames"... Continue reading
• 1.0.21 - buffer_network fix
  December 06, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

  So a new GMS2 update came out and got rid of one of the constants, giving you an error like this: ___________________________________________ ##########################################################... Continue reading
• 1.0.20 - room reloading
  June 22, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: Room reloading ! You can now mark a room for live reload and have it restarted (immediately or at request) whenever you change it in the project (be that GMS1, GMS2, or using custom editors... Continue reading

  
• 1.0.19 - sprite reloading and imrovements
  June 17, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  Additions: Sprite reloading! Call sprite_set_live anytime and your sprite will be updated whenever you change it from GameMaker or via external software. Improvements: Specifying server URL as `undef... Continue reading

  
• 1.0.18
  April 29, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  Fixed a missing reference to a script called "trace" because I uploaded a version with debug information on again . I have now just stripped that code entirely to prevent this from happening in future... Continue reading
• v1.0.16 / v1.0.17
  April 22, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

  Fixed timelines not being reference-able by name in "live" code. Fixed some functions (most notably skeleton_ and networking_ groups) not being reference-able in "live" code. itch.io uploads are now d... Continue reading
• v1.0.15
  February 17, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

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  This update very specifically allows to use "global" keyword as an expression, including in macros (in case you had a macro for shortening it )... Continue reading
• v1.0.14
  January 20, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

  Added a few more safety checks to obj_gmlive for GMS1. Fixed live_restart_if_necessary still executing (and restarting the game) when live_enabled is 0. Fixed "var a = 1 b = 1" being considered an err... Continue reading
• v1.0.13 - you guessed it,
  January 06, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

  As if releasing updates specifically causes people to find increasingly more exotic issues in their projects Added even more error handling to the server. As it turns out, GMS2 projects may contain re... Continue reading
• v1.0.12 - small fixes
  January 05, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

  Remove two unnecessary calls to debug (trace) script in the GMS2 version of last update. If this ever happens again, you can make a temporary script called "trace" that just has `var _=argument[0]` i... Continue reading
• v1.0.11 - more small fixes
  January 03, 2018 by YellowAfterlife

  Fixed multi-line strings throwing off line number counting in errors. Fixed enums not being recognized if there's a comment between name and opening curly bracket. Both extension and gmlive-server now... Continue reading
• v1.0.10 - fixes for a few issues
  December 30, 2017 by YellowAfterlife

  This version fixes a few smaller issues that people ran into over past month, A workaround for GMS1/GMS2 bug with extensions sometimes failing to initialize in debug mode is now included in asset's sa... Continue reading
• v1.0.9 - small fixes
  November 25, 2017 by YellowAfterlife

  Fixed enums sometimes being misrecognized as script references. Fixed server preferring GMS1 projects over GMS2 projects if they are scattered in a a GMS2 project directory. Added more error handling... Continue reading
• v1.0.8 - fixes and improvements
  November 22, 2017 by YellowAfterlife

  Current tendency of rolling out one build per day is purely because people keep finding small things that don't work as expected in some project of theirs, I fix those, and publish a build in the end... Continue reading
• v1.0.6/1.0.7 - fixes for odd macro/enum uses
  November 21, 2017 by YellowAfterlife

  This update addresses series of oddities with non-standard use cases with macros and enums - such as chaining macros. Or using macros in enum values. Or using asset indexes as enum values. Or using an... Continue reading
• v1.0.4/1.0.5 - fixes and improvements
  November 20, 2017 by YellowAfterlife

  Fixed backgrounds not being recognized by their resource name in GMS1 version. Fixed a few global arrays (such as view_xview[]) not being recognized. Fixed gamepad_button_check_pressed in particular n... Continue reading
• v1.0.3 - hotfixes
  November 18, 2017 by YellowAfterlife

  Fixed built-in constants having mixed-up values for some people. I don't actually know what happened there - runtime would semi-randomly skip random script arguments or calls in initialization so I... Continue reading