Game Maker 6.1's Order of Events, V1.5

Yes, it is here, the order of Events! Unfortunately, if you run it, you need to use Task manager to exit. Here is the Info I gathered in V1.5.
V1.4: NOW USES SAVING TO A FILE INSTEAD OF DISPLAYING A MESSAGE! THIS CAN ADD UP TO A BIG FILE REAL FAST, SO CLOSE THE GAME QUICK.

-->
|Object Create Code
|Create
|Game Start*
|Room Create Code
|Room Start
|Draw
|-->
||Begin Step
||Alarm
||Keyboard
||Key Press
||Key Release
||Mouse
||Mouse Press
||Mouse Release
||Step
||Collision
||End Step
||Draw
||--
|Room End
|--**
Game End

*If Game is Starting
**Loop ONLY if switching Rooms

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Nov 3 2008, 07:31 PM

Attached File ( Number of downloads: 8 )
 Event_Test.gm6

what is this and what does it do

ha, that's really cool

kinda simple way of finding it out actually XD

shows the order of events

basically, the order that the events in GM are interpreted

Ugh, Keyboard Events are difficult. I cant "Simulate" a press, that doesn't work. I tried making it activate the Event when Shift is Pressed and it goes through the Events again, but it hates me.

Yeah the keyboard events are tough

Who uses those anyways :X

Me when my Jumping breaks for absolutely no reason. :x

Update! Added the Room Create Code and Object Create Code, you know, the Codes in the Room Editor?

A lot of people, including me.

The point of GM is to make things simple by adding events, so by putting "if keyboard_check(vk_whatever)" in your step event, you're actually defeating the entire purpose.

When it comes down to it, using keyboard_check is much more reliable than using the events, simply because everything's in the step event, and it's there easy for you to edit without having to switch between events constantly.

That, and using keyboard_check() is good practice if you ever want to get into something complicated, like c++ (Which I'm starting to learn btw :3)

I see your point, but you're still wasting the convenience of a little thing called organization

hows it unorganized

EXAMPLE TIEM

code done with gml, all in the step event:

same code done with events:

If you code correctly, gml can be just as organized as events. It's a lot harder, but much more forgiving in the long-run.

If I recall correctly, the order of events is displayed in the Help File of GM, so you wasted your time.
But it's nice that you have a program that provides proof. ^-^

Yes but I can copy and paste what it has, which doesn't have all the events...

In some situation it is important to understand the order in which Game Maker processes the events. This is as follows:

Begin step events
Alarm events
Keyboard, Key press, and Key release events
Mouse events
Normal step events
(now all instances are set to their new positions)
Collision events
End step events
Drawing events
The creation, destroy, and other events are performed when the corresponding things happen.

How nice. They don't have everything.

UPDATE! NOW HAS IMPROVED ABILITY TO DETECT ALL EVENTS!

Update! The Keyboard, Key Press, Key Release, Mouse, Mouse Press, and Mouse Release Events are here! Keyboard Events are Automatic, Mouse Events aren't.

Useful, but yeah it is in the help file. I usually try to restrict the amount of dependency I have on using step event for speed purposes.

Again, not all of it is in the Help File. The Help File doesn't say when, specifically, the Create, Room Start, and Game Start Events occur. Ironically, Create comes before Game Start and Room Start.

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Nov 3 2008, 07:26 PM

Updated First Post with some more Info that I forgot.

event_perform() is your best friend.