buffer_delete

With this function you can delete a buffer previously have created using the function buffer_create() from memory, releasing the resources used to create it and removing any data that it may currently contain.

NOTE It's important to always remove any dynamically created resources from memory when you no longer need them to prevent memory leaks.

IMPORTANT When you create a buffer, the index value used to identify it is an integer value starting at 0. These indices are re-used by GameMaker, so a destroyed buffer index value may be used by a newly created one afterwards, and we recommend that you set any variable that holds a buffer index to -1 after having destroyed the buffer.

Syntax:

buffer_delete(buffer)

Returns:

N/A

Example:

buffer_delete(player_buffer);
player_buffer = -1;

The above code will delete the previously created buffer with the id stored in the variable "player_buffer" and then sets the variable to -1.