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Lindsay44

So in my game I have clickable animals that make noise when touched, but I would also like when you click them a separate box to pop up at the top of the screen with the animal name in in, ex "DOG". How do I do something like that, I have been working at it for days, and have hit a road block it seems ... I have many animals per screen (four scenes total) and I want the name plate to disappear after a couple seconds.


Thanks

jonmulcahy

this is what I would do (and have done something similar)

create two attributes:
animalName = text
showAnimalLabel = boolean

put your label actor just off screen. in it have a rule that says

when showAnimalLable = True
interpolate self.position.y to XXX - where XXX is a position on screen you can view it
timer: after 3 seconds
change attribute game.showanimalLabel = FALSE
otherwise
interpolate self.postion.Y to XXX - offscreen position

have another rule in the label actor

displayText animalName
(you could get fancy and use images instead)
constrain attribute self.image to animalName
(for this to work, if you were trying to display dog, your image file would have to be called dog.png)

then in the animal actor itself

when touch is pressed
change animalName to (whatever you want here)
change showAnimalLabel = true


that should do what you want

Braydon_SFX

Not that hard when you think about it. I find that taking a piece of paper and writing out all of your thoughts in your head does wonders. For me, I know how to do a certain bit of code, but I need to see it visually in order for me to figure out what things go where. I don't do this all of the time, only when building large game mechanics....Anyway, back to your subject.

Create a table and create as many columns (or rows) as you have animal blocks.
Fill each one with the animal name. For example, if the first animal (from left to right) is a penguin, in your table (column 1) write "penguin."

You'll need to create a boolean attribute that will turn to true when any animal is pressed.

In your popup box actor:
When boolean attribute is true,
Display text: tableCellValue(game.AnimalTableName,X,Y) ---- X is the row of that animal name, Y is the column of the animal name.

Interpolate: self.Color.Alpha to 1 (duration is up to you).

OTHERWISE:
Interpolate: self.Color.Alpha to 0 (duration is up to you).

Also inside your box actor:


In a separate actor, preferably one that controls other things in the game, like scene changes, scores etc:

Rule: When attribute boolean attribute is true,
Timer: After x amount of seconds,
Change Attribute: game.boolean attribute to false

Hopefully that puts you on the right track...

Braydon_SFX

Hey @jonmulcahy‌ - You and I just keep posting and answer questions right after another haha.

jonmulcahy

Hey @jonmulcahy‌ - You and I just keep posting and answer questions right after another haha.

i know, busy day on the forums

Lindsay44

@Braydon_SFX‌ I see you guys have lots of helpful videos, on tables. Do you have any up that would help in this situation ? The directions that you gave me are awesome, but just in case.

Lindsay44

So i asked this already, and got great answers but I still can't figure it out. Below I have attached an image of one of my screens. I want when you click an animal there to be a banner in the sky with the title of the animal. "FOX"/"DEER". I was told to use a table, but I can't figure it out (been working at it for about 4 hrs now )... Is there anyone that could basically spell it out for me.

jonmulcahy

let me see if I can throw together a quick demo

jonmulcahy

this is a quick demo, but it should get you started.

tatiang

[merged threads]

Please don't create multiple threads for the same issue.

Lindsay44

@jonmulcahy Thanks so much, thats awesome!!! so helpfull

@tatiang‌ sorry, won't happen again