Typewriter effect with text blitter?

[PaulS]

I know how to create a typewriting effect using strings (thanks to the tutorial here). But I want to use a custom bitmap font. Text Blitter lets me do that but the same technique for creating the typing effect with strings doesn't work with Text Blitter.

Does anyone know how to do it with Text Blitter?

[LB]

What do you mean it doesn't work? It works just fine for me. What exactly are you doing that doesn't work?

[PaulS]

Well, in following the the typewriter effect tutorial here it says to use two different strings, one is named dialogue, the other temp dialogue.

One is offscreen, the other is where you want the text to display. You create an event that every 5 milliseconds it takes one letter from "temp dialogue" and places it in "dialogue" using the expression" Left$(string$( "temp dialogue" ), Len(string$( "dialogue" ))+1)

That one works just fine, perfect. But when trying to use Text Blitter to do the same function there isn't an "Change Alt String" condition. There's a "Change Alterable Text" option but that one doesn't recognize the expression.

[PaulS]

Ugh I got it. I changed the expression to this;

Left$(Text$( "temp dialogue" ), Len(Text$( "dialogue" ))+1)

replacing "string" for the word "text" >.<

...idiot lol