[GM] Parallax Background Help

[Mr.S]

OK then i hey set up all of my background and it works fine when Sonic is moving left or right. But this is the problem:

I don't the Y of my backgrounds to tiled i only want my X to be tiled or i don't get the parallax background. Is there any way to keep my background always in my view without making it tiled. (Sorry if its hard to understand).

This is the code i am using for my background:

background_x[2]=view_xview[0]/2.0
background_x[1]=view_xview[0]/3.0

Basically how do i get my parallax background to always stay in Sonic's view and still keep its scrolling effect.

[Kain]

There's an attribute for background which makes them tiled vertically or not. You can change it in the room properties (there's a checkbox next to where it says "Tile Vert."). Alternately, you could do it in code, by saying "background_vtiled[whatever] = 0;"

The problem is there's no corresponding draw_background_*** function for this, so if you run out of backgrounds or get tired of the jumpiness then you're gonna have to code your own (or use someone else's script; I can find some if you need).

[Mr.S]

Thanks, the problem is when i tiled my background it would be over my over backgrounds. But i solved the problem. Cheers Kain.

[Godmaster]

I'm pretty confusing to know which background drawing is better and faster:

-the room array ones (background[0],...background[1])

-draw_background

-draw_sprite (with minimum depth, helps a lot making animated parallaxes)

[Kain]

They're probably mostly the same with minimum overhead differences. Using the room array ones will probably be the fastest, but the difference will be negligible.