No, but you may need Advanced Mode enabled. It is in the 'Move' tab, and is two blue arrows pointing down for d+d
Have it move without gravity keeping it on the ground.
You can download the Lite Edition of Game Maker for free, however, the Pro Edition of Game Maker costs $20.00 US Dollars.
Yes, the internal variable for an object's speed in Game Maker is <Object_Name>.speed.
No
To give an object gravity you have to click create and add "execute piece of code" but to get the code go to wikipedia highlight it ,then press ctrl c and go to piece of code and press ctrl v .
Halo 2 has the gravity rifle in it but i (think) you have to have the custom edition to get the gravity rifle.....
For making a First person shooter game you need Game Maker pro edition. For making your fps game you can see this tutorial: http://www.yoyogames.com/downloads/tutorials/fps.zip
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use the instance_create function
You cannot import an AVI into game maker 7.0 pro or lite. BUT, with game maker 8.0, you can make a splash screen consisting of an AVI. OR if you really want your AVI in your game, you can convert your AVI into a short GIF.
Depth determines whether it shows up under or below an object if an object collides with it.
An instance is most commonly a [Object] placed on a [Room] -Battlemaster1