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Objects with effects Reference

Actions/conditions to enable/disable and change parameters of visual effects applied on objects. Read more explanations about it.

Objects with effects

Actions/conditions to enable/disable and change parameters of visual effects applied on objects.

Behavior actions

Enable an object effect
Enable an effect on the object

See parameters & details
  • Parameter 0: 👾 Object
  • Parameter 1: 🧩 Behavior
  • Parameter 2: 🔤 Object Effect Name (String)
  • Parameter 3 (❓ Yes or No): Enable?

Technical note: this action internal type (in GDevelop JSON) is EffectCapability::EffectBehavior::EnableEffect.

Effect property (enable or disable)
Enable or disable a property of an effect.
You can find the property names (and change the effect names) in the effects window.

See parameters & details
  • Parameter 0: 👾 Object
  • Parameter 1: 🧩 Behavior
  • Parameter 2: 🔤 Object Effect Name (String)
  • Parameter 3: 🔤 Object Effect Property Name (String)
  • Parameter 4 (❓ Yes or No): Enable this property

Technical note: this action internal type (in GDevelop JSON) is EffectCapability::EffectBehavior::SetEffectBooleanParameter.

Effect property (number)
Change the value of a property of an effect.
You can find the property names (and change the effect names) in the effects window.

See parameters & details
  • Parameter 0: 👾 Object
  • Parameter 1: 🧩 Behavior
  • Parameter 2: 🔤 Object Effect Name (String)
  • Parameter 3: 🔤 Object Effect Property Name (String)
  • Parameter 4 (🔢 Number): New value

Technical note: this action internal type (in GDevelop JSON) is EffectCapability::EffectBehavior::SetEffectDoubleParameter.

Effect property (string)
Change the value (string) of a property of an effect.
You can find the property names (and change the effect names) in the effects window.

See parameters & details
  • Parameter 0: 👾 Object
  • Parameter 1: 🧩 Behavior
  • Parameter 2: 🔤 Object Effect Name (String)
  • Parameter 3: 🔤 Object Effect Property Name (String)
  • Parameter 4 (string): New value

Technical note: this action internal type (in GDevelop JSON) is EffectCapability::EffectBehavior::SetEffectStringParameter.

Behavior conditions

Effect is enabled
Check if the effect on an object is enabled.

See parameters & details
  • Parameter 0: 👾 Object
  • Parameter 1: 🧩 Behavior
  • Parameter 2: 🔤 Object Effect Name (String)

Technical note: this condition internal type (in GDevelop JSON) is EffectCapability::EffectBehavior::IsEffectEnabled.

No expressions for this behavior.

The Objects with effects extension is always installed in all GDevelop projects: there is no need to add it from the Project Manager.

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