A script that adds multi-resolution support in Game Maker Studio 2. The script adjusts the GUI surface and the application_surface to suit the resolution you have set.
Go to the folder where the script is located and add it to your project, then configure the project to support window resizes and keep the aspect ratio (important).
Just call the script inside a single object in the step event to start working. The function returns the aspect ratio of the current resolution.
Additionally, it automatically generates four read-only global variables to use:
- rs_ideal_width - The new width given by the script.
- rs_ideal_height - The new height given by the script.
- rs_actual_width - The current width of the game window.
- rs_actual_height - The current height of the game window.
The arguments that the function takes are the following
rs_safezone(width, height, [quality])Where...
- width - Width of the safe zone.
- height - Height of the safe zone.
- [quality] - The quality of the application_surface.
//Inside a step event
rs_safezone(1280, 720);
camera_set_view_size(view_camera[0], rs_ideal_width, rs_ideal_height);Use sensible aspect ratios because Game Maker will return a surface error if you use dimensions that Game Maker doesn't support. These errors are very random and there is no concrete way to know when one will come out.