Describe the bug

when using place_meeting the arguments supplied are X, Y and object to check collisions with.
The object calling place_meeting will use it's own bounding box to check collisions.
Currently supplying X and Y does not offset the position the collision is checked, meaning objects will get stuck inside of other objects

Steps To Reproduce

some sample code that can be used on an object to check this bug

/// ===== CREATE EVENT ========= ///
/// initialisation and vars
spd=6; //max speed
acc=1; //acceleration
vel=0; //current velocity

/// ===== STEP EVENT ============ ///
/// movement
// check keys pressed and accelerate, otherwise decellerate
if(!(keyboard_check(vk_left) || keyboard_check(vk_right) || keyboard_check(vk_up) || keyboard_check(vk_down))){
    vel=max(vel-acc,0);
}else{
    vel=min(vel+acc,spd);
}
/// collisions
// change position of object based on velocity values
if(!place_meeting(x+cos(degtorad(direction))*(vel+1),y-sin(degtorad(direction))*(vel+1),objWall)){
    x+=cos(degtorad(direction))*vel;
    y-=sin(degtorad(direction))*vel;
}

/// ===== ANY KEY EVENT =========== ///
//movement
// check button pressed and set the direction value accordingly
if(keyboard_check(vk_left)){
    AnimCurrent=AnimWalkLeft;
    // Diagonal movement
    if(keyboard_check(vk_up))
        direction = 135;
    else if(keyboard_check(vk_down))
        direction = 225;
    else
    // normal movement
        direction = 180;
}else if(keyboard_check(vk_right)){
    AnimCurrent=AnimWalkRight;
    // Diagonal movement
    if(keyboard_check(vk_up))
        direction = 45;
    else if(keyboard_check(vk_down))
        direction = 315;
    else
    // normal movement
        direction = 0;
}else

if(keyboard_check(vk_up)){
    AnimCurrent=AnimWalkUp;
    direction = 90;
}else
if(keyboard_check(vk_down)){
    AnimCurrent=AnimWalkDown;
    direction = 270;
}

Expected behavior

place_meeting should check a collision at the supplied coordinates and not the calling object's coordinates.

Game files & Screenshots

The following project is a port of a project i made in GMS2 for school in 2017 to enigma
College_game.gmx.tar.gz

ENIGMA Configuration:

• Endeavour OS (Arch, LINUX510)
• Occurs on Polygon collision engine