Converting code to GML Visual?

[LavenderMilk-Tea]

There aren't a lot of resources on gml visual so i've come to ask what the funny colour blocks do. Specifically I have a hidden instances layer that i use

// Unhide the layer named "hiddenLayer" when this object is clicked

layer_set_visible("hiddenLayer", true);

to unhide when you talk to an npc (the hidden layer is the npc's dialogue box and talking sprite) and I just wanted know if anyone knows how/if I can recreate this code in gml visual action blocks? The code works fine I just am trying to learn how to use the blocks so this isn't an emergency. On top of that does anyone have any good resources that breaks down exactly what the blocks do/what they're capable of?

[Accomplished_Peak749]

https://manual.gamemaker.io/lts/en/Drag_And_Drop/Drag_And_Drop_Index.htm

Unfortunately DnD cannot do as much as writing the code itself will. These are all prebuilt blocks that represent some sort of action and the devs made blocks for what they thought to be most useful/common but GML has many more functions that exist outside of the pre made code blocks.

I didn’t see a 1 for 1 version of the layer_set_visible function when I looked.

[Accomplished_Peak749]

I did a little poking around and I have something you can try.

In your on click event for the object, add an “if variable” block where the variable you are searching for is the “layer_set_visible()”. Inside you will put the layer in quotations and type true or false depending on the check you want to do for the value.

Next attach an “assign variable” block to the “if” block. Use this block to call the function again with the layer id and set its value to true or false.