211 replies to this topic

[BruceCollins]

I'm planning to add this to one of my games, but I'm wondering how I can have it so that it only fills up the view, and not the whole room?

Hello ah2190,
Look at your textbox code and find the user variables section. Replace variable destinations as you see below. Depending on the size you have your views set to, you may need to adjust the variables "y1" and "y2".


// USER VARIABLES /////////////////////////

x1 = view_xport; // x1 :: Left x position of textbox Adjusts textbox to left.
y1 = view_yport+360; // y1 :: Top-left y position of textbox Adjusts the top.
x2 = view_wport; // x2 :: Right x position of textbox Adjusts textbox to right.
y2 = view_hport-1; // y2 :: Bottom y position of textbox Adjusts the bottom.

Hope this helps. :D~

[Xeodisc Games]

Has anyone tried using this script in HTML5? It works when using the Windows option but crashes with no errors when in HTML5. It would be great to see an update of this script as it is one of the best in the community.

[JetstreamOrbitars]

I tried this script, but for some reason, the text box fills the whole screen and does not show any text. It even goes off-screen!

Here are the details:

-My views are set to 240 X 320, though the rooms themselves are much bigger multiples of 16.
-I am using a long sprite from Mario Kart DS as a text box.
-User variables:

x1 = view_xport - 1240;                 // x1            :: Left x position of textbox
y1 = view_yport - 480;                 // y1            :: Top-left y position of textbox
x2 = room_width - 1240;           // x2            :: Right x position of textbox
y2 = room_height - 210;         // y2            :: Bottom y position of textbox

I am not sure what is the cause of the problem.

[Blue Leader]

I tried this script, but for some reason, the text box fills the whole screen and does not show any text. It even goes off-screen!

Here are the details:

-My views are set to 240 X 320, though the rooms themselves are much bigger multiples of 16.
-I am using a long sprite from Mario Kart DS as a text box.
-User variables:

x1 = view_xport - 1240;                 // x1            :: Left x position of textbox
y1 = view_yport - 480;                 // y1            :: Top-left y position of textbox
x2 = room_width - 1240;           // x2            :: Right x position of textbox
y2 = room_height - 210;         // y2            :: Bottom y position of textbox

I am not sure what is the cause of the problem.

You just need to play around with those variables in the script. That's happened to me a few times... Just try playing around with the numbers (decreasing them I believe) until it appears correctly.

[Xeodisc Games]

Has anyone tried to fix this for GM studio?

[ironkladgames]

This is an incredible tutorial/example for message boxes - very professional, and just an FYI to other users, it works with the current version of GM8.1

Thanks for your effort J factor

cheers

[AppleBurner]

I don't know if anyone still pays attention to this but I don't understand how to influence what text appears in the box. Any help would be appreciated.

[2001IAS OG]

Worked for me! I Just fixed some stuff, added some arguments, and TA-DA! Now i'm using it in the 8.1 Updated Version! :D
I will give you some credits in my game. Thanks for posting this!

[Wiiboy4ever]

Wow, this is awesome!

One thing though, is there a way that you can use a font that's NOT a sprite font? I prefer to use the resource font, and the font that I'd like to use isn't available in gif form anyway....
also, you should update it to let the user choose if he wants to freeze the game or not. This really gets in the way of people that already have cutscene seqeunces in their games.

Edited by Wiiboy4ever, 10 February 2013 - 06:05 PM.

[BluishMicrobe]

Ok I hope to god this lil thread isnt dead...Any ways *Noob question* how to I make a enter key press even (if that makes sense) for example when my sprite collides with a box and *if* i press the enter key it opens up the dialog box?? (any body wanna write up a lil code for me haha)

Also how do make the Yes and no dialog thingys !?

My Game is due in a couple days so umm.. please for the love of god PM me back

[Boysano]

This is really helpful and we should revive it for GMS and GMS HTML5

[Thingo]

Thanks for the upload. This should prove quite helpful.