Designing Games with Game Maker - YoYo Games

e adapted to the scaled size of the video or image. This only has effect when
is a separate splash window is used. Default adapt is true.
splash_set_top(top) Indicates whether the window should stay on top of
other windows. This only has effect when is a separate splash window is used.
Default the value is true.
splash_set_interrupt(interrupt) Indicates whether the game play
should be interrupted while showing the splash window. This only has effect
when is a separate splash window is used. Default the value is true.
splash_set_stop_key(stop) Indicates whether to stop the display of the
splash screen when the player pressed the Escape key. Default the value is
true.
splash_set_stop_mouse(stop) Indicates whether to stop the display of
the splash screen when the player pressed the mouse inside the splash screen.
Default the value is true.
There is one particular type of splash info, which is the game information that the user can
enter in Game Maker. You can display it using the following function. You can also load a
separate info file. This is closely related to the displaying of the text splash screen but the
display is governed by the settings provided when defining the game information and not by
the settings above. It is also displayed in a different window, so it is possible to display both
the game information and a splash screen at the same moment. These functions also work in
the Lite Edition.
show_info() Displays the game information window.
load_info(fname) Loads the game information from the file named fname.
This should be a rich text file (.rtf). This makes it possible to show different
help files at different moments. Note that contrary to the spash screens, this
rtf file cannot contain images.
Pop-up messages and questions
A number of other functions exist to pop up messages, questions, a menu with choices, or a
dialog in which the player can enter a number, a string, or indicate a color or file name:
show_message(str) Displays a dialog box with the string as a message.
show_message_ext(str,but1,but2,but3) Displays a dialog box with the
string as a message and up to three buttons. But1, but2 and but3 contain the