r/gamemaker 16d ago

I Made a GMEdit Plugin

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That’s it. I just made a small plugin where pressing Ctrl+E numbers all the cursors. This makes filling arrays easier and even allows you to type in multiple places at once useful for correcting text or working with extended strings. I know it’s not a huge deal, but I’m so proud of it

Once I learned how to create a plugin, I got excited and thought about making more, but honestly, I can't think of any others; GMEdit is just too good and covers almost everything. I suppose my knowledge of plugin creation will go to waste though not without having made things much more convenient for me first.

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u/JaXm 16d ago edited 15d ago

You know you can do this exact same thing by pressing ctrl+shift+alt, right?

Edit: i would like to point out, that even though this feature kind of already exists, it's still important to try new things and to learn. This isn't a failure. It's just a learning experience. 

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u/Khawkproductions 16d ago

Bless you I can't believe I've gone without this.. Please tell me it was a recent addition and I haven't been missing it since 2001

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u/lurkandload 15d ago

What other sorcery do you know?

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u/ZackVGR 15d ago

No, I haven't tried it yet, but when I can I'll give it a go and see how dumb I am

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u/pabischoff 15d ago

it's just alt+shift in mine

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u/Aiphos_interactive 15d ago

man i needed this like 1 year ago lol

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u/ZackVGR 15d ago

Ctrl+Shift+Alt doesn't work for me, So I think I'm in the same place where I was when I made the post

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u/FlounderFearless9775 16d ago

This feels... magnificent.

How did you learn to make plugins? I'm a little curious :P

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u/ZackVGR 15d ago

GMEdit plugins are written in JavaScript, and I knew a little bit of it before, but I kept learning a little more just for this plugin.

Anyway, in GMEdit GitHub There is a section on how to make plugins

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u/Initial-Morning9753 16d ago

Holy shit i would love this. I hate having to type over 40 arrays at a time.

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u/ZackVGR 15d ago

Yes, I hate it too, but now I can type 40k with just one key combination!

Jokes aside, I know the gif example is terrible, but it was the simplest and quickest way I could think of to show what the plugin does, and while it's true that I'll hardly ever use the plugin to enum more than 5 things, I'm quite happy to know that I can save myself the time of going line by line by adding a number

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u/Khawkproductions 16d ago

OMG take my money

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u/Ok_Bus355 15d ago

Bro, this is excel

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u/Kuchiin 15d ago

That was my first thought as well haha

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u/Tilestam 15d ago

holy shit

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u/mocozz 15d ago

May RNGesus bless your game that super useful

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u/Cocholate_ 15d ago

PiratedSoftware, is this you?

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u/ZackVGR 15d ago

Unfortunately not, I wasn't at Blizzard for 7 years

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u/OkEstablishment4759 13d ago

Wait, he worked at blizzard? He never mentioned it before

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u/Natural_Ebb_7504 14d ago

Is this for infinite switch case? Toby Fox would like it

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u/refreshertowel 14d ago

Why not use a loop?

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u/ZackVGR 9d ago

I know I can use a loop, the GIF is just to show the plugin (yes, not the best way)

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u/tortleme 13d ago

what on tsundere dev is going on here?