You're saving the text in text box, which would be whatever the player decides to enter as their name.

You can add the action go to next layout in the same event.

Have you done the beginner tutorials?

Sadly, I haven't because some of the things I'm looking for aren't there.

EDIT: OK so I programmed it in the same action, yet the button is broken? It doesn't seem to do anything. I have the following:

Button- On clicked- Set Name to Textbox.text

- Go to layout 3

It won't go to layout 3.

You're saving the text in text box, which would be whatever the player decides to enter as their name.

You can add the action go to next layout in the same event.

Have you done the beginner tutorials?

Sadly, no I haven't. Some of the things I'm looking for aren't there.

My gosh MKP1000. I saw your other question in your other topic.

It looks/feels like you never rode a bike and instantly want to participate in a Bike Parkour.

May i suggest that you first create a chat room, then worry about bubbles.

Now, i can tell you that a chat room is way out of my league, but then again, i am into Construct for only 17 months (close to).

So may i do a second suggestion. Plz follow at least 20 tutorials, so you understand the basics.

Then build something way more easy to start with.

OK! Sounds good!

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> Event action:

> System - Set variable to TextBox.Text

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Update: So I tried to get it to save the name and I don't think it worked. I have it set to:

Global text: name

Button- On clicked- Set Name to textbox.text

Is that how I get the player's name to save? And if so, how do I make the button save the name and go to the next screen at the same time?

Hi! I had a few questions on how to do some things!

The first question is, how do I make a pop up animation for certain objects? My goal is to make a chat room in the game I'm making, and whenever a character is texting I want to have a small bubble that pops up when they're typing, like actual texting. Does anyone know how I'd do that?

The other question I had is how do I program multiple choices into the game? I want to make my game have these parts where you can choose what dialogue your character says and have someone else respond in different ways depending on what you said. How would I do that as well?

Thanks in advance!

MKP1000

The Global Text name should just be NameVariable.

& is used to put strings and expressions together (for when you need to display it later).

Edit: quick example - dropbox.com/s/ixxhux3nofbsb ... .capx?dl=0

OK so I have a problem. I'm trying to make it so that when you press the OK button, it saves the name and goes to the next screen at the same time.

I have:

Global Text as Name Variable

Button- On clicked- Set name Variable to textbox.text

Button- On clicked

The Global Text name should just be NameVariable.

& is used to put strings and expressions together (for when you need to display it later).

Edit: quick example - dropbox.com/s/ixxhux3nofbsb ... .capx?dl=0

Ah, OK. I think that'll do the trick. Thanks!

One last edit: OK so I have to set it, but what do I set it with?

Ah that . in my post was a period. Follow what I wrote here - "Hi "&NameVariable&"! How are you?"

Thank you so much for all the help! One last thing though. What do I set the initial value as?

EDIT: So I have this:

Global Text Name = &Namevariable&

Button- On clicked

The problem is, when I try to get to give a save command with that string it gives me an error.

Global variable: right click on your event sheet and add variable (text).

Event condition:

Button - On button clicked

Event action:

System - Set variable to TextBox.Text

OK! When I try to set the value to &.namevariable& it actually gives me a syntax error. Any ideas on how to fix this? Do I make that the value or the initial value? Whatever one it's not, what do I do there?

First, to save a name you probably want to save it in a global variable. To build a string, you can use &. So set text to "Hi "&NameVariable&"! How are you?"

To save and load, the simplest method is to use the system save and load actions. Local storage is more complex, but gives you more fine control over what to save and load.

Hi again! Now how exactly would I do that? I apologize, I'm new to this. So I have a text box and a button. My goal is to have it save when I click the button. I make the global string where exactly?

Thanks again,

MKP1000

Hi! I'm new to Construct 2 and I need to know how to get my game to save a name the player types in so the game knows what to call you later on. I want to know how to save just the name (because this is before the game even starts) and if possible, how to add saving in general.

Also, how do I make it so characters will say the name that the player choose during dialogue? For example: "Hi (name)! How are you?" Like that.

Thanks in advance!

MKP1000