/// @description child_add(x, y, object, halign, valign);
/// @param x
/// @param  y
/// @param  object
/// @param  halign
/// @param  valign

var xp; xp = argument[0];
var yp; yp = argument[1];
var obj; obj = argument[2];
var ha = fa_center;
var va = fa_center;

if argument_count > 3 ha = argument[3];
if argument_count > 4 va = argument[4];

//if ha == fa_left xp -= (base_w div 2);
//if ha == fa_right xp += (base_w div 2);
//if va == fa_top yp -= base_h div 2;
//if va == fa_bottom yp += base_h div 2;

child[children] = instance_create_depth(x+xp, y+yp, depth-1, obj);
child[children].parent = id;
child[children].visible = visible;

with child[children]
{
    halign = ha;
    valign = va;
    x_add = xp;
    y_add = yp;
    xscale_start = image_xscale;
    yscale_start = image_yscale;
    dir = point_direction(0, 0, x_add, y_add);
    dis = point_distance(0, 0, x_add/abs(parent.xscale_start), y_add/abs(parent.yscale_start));
    xscale = xscale_start; //sign(image_xscale) * min( 1, abs(image_xscale) );
    yscale = yscale_start; //sign(image_yscale) * min( 1, abs(image_yscale) );
    angle = image_angle;
    alpha = image_alpha;
    x_offset = 0;
    y_offset = 0;
    update_angle = 0;
    update_coords = 1;
    update_alpha = 1;
    update_scale = 1;
    //depth += other.depth;
    depth_init = depth; //depth + other.depth_init;
}

children += 1;

return child[children-1];