room

This variable holds the room index for the current room that your game is running. This is not a read only variable, however changing this will not change the index value for the current room, but rather change the room to match the index that you have set the variable to. Care should be taken when doing this as if the index you change the variable to is not valid the game will throw an error and close. In general it is much better practice to use room_goto to change rooms.

NOTE Room IDs are not based on their order in The Asset Browser or The Room Manager, and so you should avoid supplying a number value directly. Instead, use the room constant for the asset you want to reference (which is simply its name) or retrieve it through a function.

Syntax:

room

Returns:

Room Asset

Example:

if (room == rm_level1)
{
    audio_play_sound(snd_level1, 1, 1);
}

The above code will check if the current room is the first level, and in that case play that level's music.