how do i use variable colors for object colors?

[blitzreality]

how do i make it so that a color variable like global.color to be used to change the color of an object's bodypart for customization?? i know its confusing

[Xenith]

unless each body part is a different object or you have sprites with different colored sprites premade it's not gonna work unfortunately sprite palettes don't exist in gm, maybe in version 6 but not 5.3...i'm not sure

[blitzreality]

lol i use gm6 and it does and thanks but im still confused

[Xenith]

gm6 has palette switcing now? that's awsome... i'm not sure how to switch palettes but i'll try it out and reply when i figure it out

[blitzreality]

wait if u mean by pallete switching. that it comes up with a color pallete?

[IsmAvatar]

no, it just swaps all of one color for another color.

And I believe Xenith is backwards. You can do it in GM5.3, but GM6's removed it (I guess Direct X can't do it).

From the manual:

sprite_set_hue(ind,amount) Sets the hue (0-255) for the image(s) in the sprite.
sprite_set_hue_partial(ind,from,till,newhue) All pixels in the sprite with a hue between from and till are replaced by the new hue.
sprite_shift_hue(ind,amount) Shifts the hue for the image(s) in the sprite by the given amount.
sprite_change_value(ind,amount) Changes the value (0-255) for the image(s) in the sprite.
sprite_change_saturation(ind,amount) Changes the saturation (0-255) for the image(s) in the sprite.

[Xenith]

are you saying that gm5.3 could change red to blue and not affect any of the other colours in the sprite?

[IsmAvatar]

well, I know for a fact that GM6 cannot.
As for GM5.3, if it's not one of the functions I just posted, then no, it can't do it either.

[blitzreality]

OKOKOK!!! heres the proof that there can be a popup of a color changer www.myfilestash.com/userfiles/spacecadet/libs/paint.zip but its a lib so u have to know how to use em... but its proof jeez just tell me what i do to use the color i picked to change the character!!!

[IsmAvatar]

oh the color picker is very possible in GM. We're just concerned about how it would change the color of the character.

get_color

[blitzreality]

lol srry