text input

  1. Funny Paradox

    How can i get the player's IME keyboard input ?

    I've found "keyboard_string" for the keyboard input but i don't know how can i get their IME input i'm making a rhythm game but when you create a song with the game, you have to write it's name in the name category, when you only use latin character (and probably cyrillic but i can't try) it...
  2. L

    Drag N Drop - Keyboard String

    Hi all, Is there a Drag and Drop tutorial on how to create a text input box via keyboard string? I found a coding one https://gdpalace.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/text-input-box/, but I cannot figure out how to implement this using drag and drop. Thanks!
  3. Evanski

    Asset - Scripts Evanski's Text Input System

    GM Version: 2022.9.1.51+ or latest Long Term Stable Price: $2.99 Links: Itchio Version: 1.2 How to use: Just drop/create the object in a room and it works! It's a local package, so you must import it into GameMaker Features All the basic keyboard short cuts you would have in a normal text...
  4. Mookal

    A More Effective chr() Function for Text Entry (keyboard_key_to_chr)

    I was struggling with solutions to get the right string from any given keyboard key. GameMaker's built-in chr() function is somewhat helpful, but has certain annoying quirks to it like always returning capital letters or having no idea what to do with special characters (many of which are...
  5. Evanski

    Free Evanski's Text Input Framework

    This is a user text input framework I made! Okay well its actually from my terminal sim, turned to debug console, turned to basic text input! It's all built on top of @GMWolf 's user text input system tutorial This is free for all to use, edit and modify to there hearts content! Its a local...
  6. D

    Text cursor and input

    Hey everyone. I'm working on a small project and I'm trying get a working text input system going, I've done it in the past but its been years and I lost my backup of the game I made that had this system so I can't pick apart it's code to figure this out. I have text input showing up on my...
  7. S

    Text based adventure game need some help:

    Hey guys :) Still pretty new to game maker studios, I was wondering if I could get a bit of help on how I could make a text base adventure game like don't 💩💩💩💩 you pants, in terms of how to get your text input to change text or change the room and finally how I would be able to get the count...
  8. M

    SOLVED: Custom Name input for Score bord

    Hi I have made a little scrolling shooter with a scorebord and it is as good as done, but my name input is still a windows popup. I don't know how to change this in a decent name input that fits in my game, because I used a video tutorial for the programming of the scoreboard + name input. Does...
  9. D

    Typing apostrophe creates line break

    I want users to be able to type into my program and check their responses for each word against a full text that they have copied and pasted. It works for capital and lowercase letters, periods, exclamations, question marks. However, when I type a ' it acts as a line break. When I type " it...
  10. M

    How to make a costum name input

    Hoi everyone I am working on a small project here and I created a name input for my scorebord but I want to make it fit more in the style of my game + If you press cancel the game becomes stuck. Doos someone know how I can do this? I used this video for the code of my score bord:
  11. J

    [SOLVED] Where to put the input handling code

    I have a countdown timer, and on creation of the object obj_user_input, a gamemaker dialog box pops up with the message to enter a number. I use this input to set the timer. When I put the input handling code in the obj_user_input creation, game_start, room_start, or step code, I get the same...
  12. P

    Legacy GM [solved]highlight text instead of using cursor

    Hello! when selecting text, I'd like to highlight the letter I'm on instead of using a cursor or arrow. I'm certain it involves using draw_set_colour(c_yellow) and the coordinates of my (invisible)cursor, but so far all I've succeeded in doing is turning the entire text yellow. Thanks in advance...
  13. S

    How to Make a Text Input Box

    GM Version. GameMaker Studio 2 + GameMaker Studio v1.9 Target Platform. All Download. GameMaker 1.x Project: https://goo.gl/A7VDmH GameMaker 2 Project: https://goo.gl/cJxLZZ Summary: This tutorial explains how to make a text input box. Tutorial: Here is the video tutorial, please subscribe...
  14. F

    Android Keyboard extension, anyone has used it

    Hi guys, hope you all are doing great. I purchased this extension https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/299/android-keyboard and it works so far, I was able to show the keyboard on the android device using the keyboard_show(KEYBOARD_TEXT,) with a left pressed mouse event over the text input...
  15. N

    Decimals in text input

    Hey so I'm working on a text input for changing variables in game and Id like to be able to add numbers with decimals. So far I have it set up so I can change variables as whole numbers but a number like 1.5 is registered as 15 due to how string_digits reads. Heres how I I'm doing it right now...
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