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[Lightarious]

I'm not used to using surfaces been looking them up for a couple hours, I got the fog of war working on a 2D game, exported it to my 3D game, and it just stays black.

create event for fog

global.scalefog=5

background_showcolor=false
global.fog=surface_create(room_width/global.scalefog,
room_height/global.scalefog)
surface_set_target(global.fog)
    draw_clear_alpha(c_white,1)
    draw_set_color(c_white)
    draw_set_blend_mode(bm_add)
    draw_rectangle(0,0,room_width/global.scalefog,room_height/global.scalefog,0)
    d3d_transform_set_identity()
    draw_set_blend_mode(bm_normal)
surface_reset_target()

Draw event for fog

draw_set_color(c_black)
draw_surface_ext(global.fog,0,0,global.scalefog,global.scalefog,0,c_black/*c_white makes it stay white instead.*/,1)
draw_set_color(c_white)

Draw event for units

background_showcolor=false
draw_set_color(c_white)
surface_set_target(global.fog)
draw_set_blend_mode(bm_subtract)
draw_circle(x/global.scalefog,y/global.scalefog,200/global.scalefog,0)
draw_set_blend_mode(bm_normal)
surface_reset_target()
background_showcolor=true

Does anyone know the problem? ---Thanks in advance!

[Phantom107]

Your game is 3D, and I suspect you're trying to draw 2D to a surface while the 3D camera is still active. So call d3d_set_projection_ortho(0, 0, room_width/global.scalefog, room_height/global.scalefog, 0) to create a 2D projection before drawing to the surface.

[Lightarious]

Your game is 3D, and I suspect you're trying to draw 2D to a surface while the 3D camera is still active. So call d3d_set_projection_ortho(0, 0, room_width/global.scalefog, room_height/global.scalefog, 0) to create a 2D projection before drawing to the surface.

Well now the unit isn't invisible XD but the surface is still staying black .