hi, how exactly do ya use the background system box to make parallex scrolling backgrounds in mmf? Im totally usless at programming but good with graphics so its doin ma head in! cheers.
Create a background system box with background colour and border colours set to "None", with image set to "Pattern", draw the image into it, then add the events "Start of Frame: Set dimensions to Playfield Width, Playfield Height"(larger than it needs to be but it'll ensure you have as much as you need. Then in the same event line where you centred the camera, add "Set position to X Top Playfield * 0.5, T Yop Playfield * 0.5". Changing the 0.5 will change the speed at which it moves.
That's the best method for 'quick backdrop' styled parallax backgrounds. If you need single backdrop objects then it can be done by storing it's X and Y co-ordinates at start of frame inside it's alterable values and adding "+ alterable value" to both it's X and Y positions in the scrolling action.
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