os_type;
Returns: Constant
This variable holds one of various constant GameMaker: Studio has to tell you which operating system the game has been created for. Note that this is not necessarily the same as the OS of the device running it, since - for example - your game could be running on an Amazon Fire OS, but will have been built for the Android platform (in which case os_type will be os_android).
The following constants can be returned:
| Constant | Description |
|---|---|
| os_windows | Windows OS (NOTE: this replaces the deprecated os_win32 constant) |
| os_uwp | Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform |
| os_linux | Linux |
| os_macosx | Mac OS X |
| os_ios | iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) |
| os_android | Android |
| os_ps3 | Sony PlayStation 3 |
| os_ps4 | Sony PlayStation 4 |
| os_psvita | Sony PlayStation Vita |
| os_xboxone | Microsoft XBox One |
| os_unknown | unknown OS |
switch (os_type)
{
case os_windows: global.Config = 0; break;
case os_android: global.Config = 1; break;
case os_linux: global.Config = 2; break;
case os_macosx: global.Config = 3; break;
case os_ios: global.Config = 4; break;
}
The above code checks the OS running the game and sets a global variable accordingly.