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[Ichenhamlish]

I have multiple instances of the same object in a room. Let's call it a "point" for simplicity's sake.
Without making a new object and variable for every instance of the point, how can I make it so that when I leave the room and come back, the game remembers which points have been destroyed?

[creepers9164]

Just click the persistent checkbox on the settings tab for the room. I hope I helped.

[Ichenhamlish]

Just click the persistent checkbox on the settings tab for the room. I hope I helped.

Oh no, it was really that simple? I'm facepalming so hard right now.
Thank you xD

[creepers9164]

Haha no problem!

[Ichenhamlish]

Sorry, an additonal question. If rooms are persistent, how can I get a certain object to run its creation event every time a room is visited?

[TheouAegis]

Try putting its creation code in the Room Start trigger instead and see if that helps. I'm not sure if persistent rooms will bypass that trigger or not, though.

[Ichenhamlish]

Yeah, that did it. Thanks a lot

[TheouAegis]

Oh yeah, just a quick warning about that method, though.

Room Start triggers early on but still pretty late in the sequence of events. Read up on the order of event sequences in GM, because trying to reference a variable in an event that triggers before the Room Start event can cause errors.