GM: surface free

The correct title of this article is surface_free(id). It appears incorrectly here because of technical restrictions.

The correct title of this article is surface_free(). It appears incorrectly here because of technical restrictions.

Arguments

id = name of the variable which holds the ID of the surface (see surface_create).

none.

Note: Please remove limitations and port them in the "Remarks" section at the end of the article.

This function frees the memory used by the surface with the given ID. When a surface is freed, all what was drawn on the surface will be lost.

This article was originally found at the Game Maker Knowledge Base, contributed by Eyas Sharaiha.
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