Exp points floating over killed enemy?

3absh3absh Member Posts: 601
in Working with GS (Mac)

I'm trying to make experience points (which are gotten from a table) to float above an enemy actor right after he is killed and fade away - similar to RPG games.
I tried using 'show text' behavior but it didn't work as I imagined.
I think I need custom font to make this work and in a way make the png numbers identical to the numbers in the table, to which I have no clue how to do.
Could you guys help me solve this or refer to a similar thread, I searched everywhere and couldn't find a solution.

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  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922

    To do numbers as png is the same as doing a custom score. Custom fonts I suspect will work the same as the display text behavior as you won't be able to do fades.

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  • crestwoodgamescrestwoodgames Member Posts: 191
    edited December 2015

    If you have just a few different experience point values, you could just make a .png of each and interpolate alpha to 0 and have the object move up using particles.

    If you have a lot of different values, you might be able to work it a little bit. Its kind of a messy workaround, but I assume you could do it as follows.

    I only put int 10 steps to make the alpha go from 1 to 0. You could increase the steps and make it smoother if you wanted.

  • 3absh3absh Member Posts: 601
    edited January 2016

    @crestwoodgames
    AMAZING!!! Thanks a lot, you just saved my life.

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