place_snapped

With this function you can check and see if the origin of an instance (its x and y position) is aligned to a grid with the hsnap and vsnap values specified by you.

 

Syntax:

place_snapped(hsnap, vsnap);

ArgumentTypeDescription
hsnapRealThe horizontal snapping to check.
vsnapRealThe vertical snapping to check.

 

Returns:

Boolean

 

Example:

with (obj_Pieces)
{
    if (!place_snapped(32, 32))
    {
        move_snap(32, 32);
    }
}

The above code checks all instances of "obj_Pieces" to see if they are snapped to a grid of 32x32 pixels, and if they are not it snaps them to the nearest position in that grid.