application_surface

A global variable that is used to get access to the application surface index.

Syntax:

application_surface;

Returns: Pointer

Description

This global scope, built-in variable can be used to access the application surface using any of the surface functions. This surface is permanently available and is where the bulk of drawing is done by GameMaker: Studio.

Example:

surface_resize(application_surface, display_get_gui_width(), display_get_gui_height());

The above code will resize the application surface to have a 1:1 ratio with the GUI layer.

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application_surface

A global variable that is used to get access to the application surface index.

Syntax:

Description

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