Prefab Error after updating to IDE 2024.14.1.240

[TrianglyRU]

Hello!

The latest IDE update has converted all filters and effects to prefabs, therefore the distortion filter is not working anymore. We've resolved the issue by converting our filter into a prefab format.

In order to update, do the following:

• close GameMaker;
• copy io.gamemaker.gm_orbinaut_filter_distortion-1.0.0 folder from the repository into your project folder;
• copy install_prefab_windows.bat and/or install_prefab_mac.sh from the repository into your project folder;
• run the installation file;
• open GameMaker and build the project, you should get a message that the prefab has been installed successfully.

Please note that the Prefab folder referenced in the prefab installation script might not exist for you if you did not install a prefab from the Package Manager. Either create it manually OR install any official prefab.

You don't need to re-install the filter each runtime update anymore. You may also delete _dependencies folder from your project folder.

If you encounter any issues during the prefab installation, please let me know by attaching a screenshot of the output window

Thank you for your patience!

[TrianglyRU]

Known issue: Room Select doesn't work as expected because they made it so rooms sort alphabetically in a list instead of being based on room manager for some UNKNOWN reason (they never QA their own engine)

As a band-aid fix, go to c_devmenu -> Create Event and expand (read: replace) the room generation code (line 39):

// Automatically generate a room list
var _room_list = [];
var _index = 0;

for (var _i = 0; _i <= 999; _i++)
{
	var _name = room_get_name(_i);
	
	if _name != "<undefined>"
	{
		_room_list[_index] = string_upper(_name);
		_index++;
	}
}

They will probably release a hotfix very soon so we didn't change anything for the release

[SonicVHSOfficial]

do you plan any major updates for the framework at some point

[Legofan123e]

The prefab folder mentioned in the .bat file no longer exists. The "GameMakerStudio2" folder is just a "GameMaker" folder, and inside this folder there isn't any trace of a local "Prefabs" folder. Furthermore, Prefabs are installed directly on the current user's folder (C:/Users/{username}) due to the lack of said "Prefabs" folder.
To be fair, I just installed GameMaker on a new PC, so that might have something to do with the issue. Regardless, is there any fix to this?




Edit: Nvm, I just fixed it. Apparently changing the installation path for a different one, running the .bat file then switching it for the original path solved the issue.

[TrianglyRU]

I have confirmed that the script does not work for a fresh GameMaker installation because it requires to have at least one prefab pulled from the Package Manager in order for the /Prefab folder to exist. That's an oversight on my end, I'll add a note about it

Thanks for letting me know!

[shaan381]

Could you please simplify this? I'm having the same issue and I dont know what you mean by repository or project folder (I'm new to gamemaker studio.)

[Otukuoi]

all i did was make a folder named "Prefab" in the project folder and it opened perfectly fine, try that