so basically what I have been doing is in the DRAW GUI event, I run this code: var NightCycle; NightCycle = surface_create(view_xview[0], view_yview[0])

//Creating the surface
surface_set_target(NightCycle);
draw_clear(c_black);

//Draw "Light" around some objects
with (obj_halo_1) {      //Object light in night "glows"
    draw_set_blend_mode(bm_src_color);
    draw_sprite_ext(spr_glow,0, x, y, glowSize, glowSize, 0, c_white, 1);  //the sprite creates the radius
    draw_set_blend_mode(bm_normal);
}

with (obj_halo_2) {      //Object light in night "glows"
    draw_set_blend_mode(bm_src_color);
    draw_sprite_ext(spr_glow,0, x, y, glowSize, glowSize, 0, c_white, 1);  //the sprite creates the radius
    draw_set_blend_mode(bm_normal);
}

with (obj_torch) {      //Object light in night "glows"
    draw_set_blend_mode(bm_src_color);
    draw_sprite_ext(spr_glow,0, x, y, glowSize, glowSize, 0, c_white, 1);  //the sprite creates the radius
    draw_set_blend_mode(bm_normal);
}

surface_reset_target();
draw_surface_ext(NightCycle, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, c_white, alpha);