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I'm making an RPG in Game Maker Studio Pro 1.4.1772, and I have a guy that can run around a demo room, and movement and collisions are all groovy.

I just tried to make a door to move to a new room. I've followed this example exactly, and have some weird issues. I don't think the issue is with my code (it obviously works - it's identical to the tutorial) so the problem is something else.

When my player character runs over the obj_door on the map, nothing happens. I've put debug messages into the collision event, and nothing. Nada. I've put a debug message into the creation code of the door: 

show_debug_message("I exist:" + string(self));

And the string that prints is: 

I exist:-1

Which I find odd.

So I edited my movement code that checks for collisions with obj_solid, and added the door collision code there:

if (place_meeting (x, y, obj_door)){ ...

Now, when I run into the door on the map, I get an error:

 FATAL ERROR in
 action number 1
 of  Step Event0
 for object obj_player:

 Variable <unknown_object>.<unknown variable>(100022, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
 at gml_Script_scr_player_move (line 75) -     player_x = other.target_x;

So when the object create code runs, it gives the object an id of -1, though I guess it's still actually running the create code? No collision is detected through the build-in collision event, but when I force the game to check for a collision with this object (that I'm not really sure even exists), it throws an error. Why is this happening, and what else can I try in order to fix it?

sideways8
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self is -1 - it's a special value. For instance ID, you might want id.

It is hard to guess without seeing more code, but place_meeting won't automatically store the colliding object in other - you might want to use instance_place like

var door = instance_place(x, y, obj_door);
if (door != noone) {
    player_x = other.target_x; // assuming that door has a target_x variable
    // ...
}
YellowAfterlife
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  • Yes, this works. Do you have any idea why the regular collisions do not work here though? I've added the collision events with a code block that either shows a debug message, or tries the room change code as per that tutorial, but these pieces of code don't get triggered. – sideways8 Mar 05 '18 at 15:17
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other is reserved for usage in either collision event or while cycle. You are missusing it in the step event (log you posted says that clearly)

Matěj Štágl
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