Text Boxes?

[Gimbabwe]

Hello. I am in the process of making a game and it is quite narrative heavy. To display that up to this point I portrayed dialogue in computer pop-up windows however this obviously disallows the game to be ported over to other mediums. A lot of the default text objects I've found to be not very malleable and versatile enough to be text boxes. Seeing as how the dialogue is extremely integral, I was wondering If anyone knows a way to create in-game text boxes or point me towards a tutorial for that? Or perhaps there is an object that does all of this? Thank you.

[DavidN]

There's a dialogue tutorial on the Tutorials page (have a look on the sidebar on the right when viewing a forum list). I think that it'll either use the Speech Bubble object or the Text Blitter.

What format is your game going to be for?

[Gimbabwe]

I was thinking for Android and IProduct devices.

[Gimbabwe]

Also I found the Text Blitter object to be extremely useful. However. Is there anyway for the text to appear slowly on the screen? Like old-school RPGs?

[nivram]

Also I found the Text Blitter object to be extremely useful. However. Is there anyway for the text to appear slowly on the screen? Like old-school RPGs?

You mean like a typewriter?

Marv

[Gimbabwe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_M17...eature=related

I wish for the text to appear in this fashion when the characters speak.

[Corlen]

Make the string something like this.

Left$( "blah blah", Alterable Value A( "Text Blitter Object" ) )

Then add 1 to the value A of the text blitter as the text is displayed. Make sure each time a message is displayed the text blitter's value A is always set to 0 at the start of the message being displayed.

[Gimbabwe]

Also can someone explain to me how the handles in the Text Blitter object work?

[ChrisBurrows]

As far as I know, the Text Blitter is not supported by the various exporters. Flash, IOS ect.

Here's a text blitting example I made that uses no extensions: http://www.whenthereisnoroominhellth...itversion2.mfa

[dogen]

As far as I know, the Text Blitter is not supported by the various exporters. Flash, IOS ect.

Here's a text blitting example I made that uses no extensions: http://www.whenthereisnoroominhellth...itversion2.mfa

link's not working! can you please upload it again?
it'd be very very helpful