Designing Games with Game Maker - YoYo Games

this happens immediately when the game loads such that there will be no delay during the
game. If you have lots of large sprites though that are not used in the beginning you might
want to uncheck this option. Game Maker will then swap textures to video memory and back
when required.
Finally, you can indicate the origin of the sprite. This is the point in the sprite that corresponds
with its position. When you set an instance at a particular position, the origin of the sprite is
placed there. Default it is the top left corner of the sprite but it is sometimes more convenient
to use the center or some other important point. You can even choose an origin outside the
sprite. You can also set the origin by clicking in the sprite image (when the origin is shown in
the image).
More about sounds and music
In advanced mode you have a lot more control over the sounds and pieces of music you add
to your game. When you add a sound resource the following form will show:
Besides the buttons to load, save, and play sounds there are a lot of settings now that will be
discussed here.
First of all you can indicate the kind of sound. Four kinds are possible. Normal sounds are in
general used for sound effects in wave files (although they can be used for midi files as well).