GML Instantiable Constructors is a framework created in GameMaker Language managing GameMaker object instances and overarching application loop through constructors.

Please visit the project Wiki for more information and examples.

Initialization

This project can be imported into other GameMaker projects by creating an importable package from the latest code in the master branch and including its dependencies.

Creating a package and importing it

1. Clone this repository.
2. Open the project of the cloned repository in GameMaker.
3. In the Tools toolbar, open the Create Local Package menu.
4. In Package Details, fill Display name and Package ID (Filename) fields with any name, also select Add All in the resource selection. Then select OK.
5. Select where the package file should be saved on the device.
6. Open the project in GameMaker into which the package will be imported.
7. In the Tools toolbar, open the Import Local Package menu.
8. Choose the previously saved package file and open it.
9. Choose Add All and then Import. The release should now be imported and appear in the Asset Browser, unless files with the same name have already existed in the project, in which case they can be replaced or skipped.
10. Confirm that each individual file was imported successfully.

Including the dependencies

This project uses the following script files from other free and open-source libraries:

• struct_merge() and null() from GML Development Toolbox.
• Entirety of GML-OOP.

1. Visit the link of each raw script file linked from GML Development Toolbox. Then perform following steps for each of them:
   1.1. Select and copy the entire file. (Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+A to select the entire content, Ctrl+C to copy it.)
   1.2. In GameMaker with opened project that GML Instantiable Constructors was included to, create a script asset with the name of currently copied script and edit it to paste into its content. (Keyboard shortcuts: Alt+C to create a script asset, F2 to rename the created asset, Ctrl+V to paste the content.)
2. Visit the GML-OOP repository and follow initialization instructions found there.

Credits

Created, documented and maintained by Mtax.

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This is a third-party project not affiliated with YoYo Games.