Designing Games with Game Maker - YoYo Games

files are also stored here and you choose to remove them at the end of the game you
might loose them alltogether! So better not store these files with the .gmk file but
e.g. in a subfolder!
Finally you can indicate to what folder the files are exported. There are four options here. In
the default situation the files are exported in the folder where the stand-alone game is stored.
This is also the working directory for the game. So the game can just use the file names to
access them (no paths are required). This works well if the stand-alone is stored e.g. on the
hard disk but will fail if it is stored on a read-only device, e.g. on a CD.
The second possibility is to indicate that the files must be exported into the temporary folder
that is created during the running of the game. If you select this option you will need to
provide the path to the temporary folder when you use the file name during the game. This
path can be obtained using the built-in variable temp_directory. Don't forget to add the
backslash in this case. So to e.g. play a video file you might type in the following piece of
code:
{
}
splash_show_video(temp_directory+'\movie.avi',true);
Realize that this temporary folder is removed once the game is finished. So you e.g. cannot
store save games or special information in this case. Only choose this option when you want
the game to be run from a CD or when you do not write any files from within your game.
The third option is to indicate the folder to which the file must be exported yourself. If it does
not exist it will be created. E.g. you could specify C:\MyGame. (Note that you need to provide
a full patgh and that you should not include a dach at the end.) This is only allowed when the
game does not run in secure mode.
Finally, you can indicate not the export the file automatically. In this case you should use e.g.
the functions export_include_file(fname) to export it yourself when required.
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