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<h1>Paths</h1>
<p>GameMaker Studio 2 has an extensive collection of functions and built-in variables for using paths within your game. This section deals with the basic ones that are used when dealing with paths that have previously been created in the <a href="../../../../The_Asset_Editors/Paths.htm">Path Editor</a>,
but further functions exist that permit you to create your own paths using code, and to manipulate them in various ways.</p>
<p>The following basic functions exist that deal with paths:</p>
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<li><a href="path_start.htm">path_start</a></li>
<li><a href="path_end.htm">path_end</a></li>
<li><a href="path_get_closed.htm">path_get_closed</a></li>
<li><a href="path_get_kind.htm">path_get_kind</a></li>
<li><a href="path_get_length.htm">path_get_length</a></li>
<li><a href="path_get_name.htm">path_get_name</a></li>
<li><a href="path_get_number.htm">path_get_number</a></li>
<li><a href="path_get_point_speed.htm">path_get_point_speed</a></li>
<li><a href="path_get_point_x.htm">path_get_point_x</a></li>
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<li><a href="path_get_precision.htm">path_get_precision</a></li>
<li><a href="path_get_speed.htm">path_get_speed</a></li>
<li><a href="path_get_x.htm">path_get_x</a></li>
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<p>To aid with debugging paths, you have a function to draw it to the screen too:</p>
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<li><a href="../../Drawing/Basic_Forms/draw_path.htm">draw_path</a></li>
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<p>Each instance of an object also has a series of built-in variables designed to make using paths eaiser, and these variables are listed in the following section:</p>
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<li><a href="Path_Variables/Path_Variables.htm">Path Variables</a></li>
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<p>Finally, it is possible to manipulate the contents of a path as well as create new paths when the game is running. The functions that enable these things and more are available from the following section:</p>
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<li><a href="Path_Manipulation/Path_Manipulation.htm">Path Manipulation</a></li>
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