GameMaker right font doesn't show up

[Lemon85]

I'm trying to make a custom font with the font_add_sprite function, but every time I try to use the variable global.talkFont in other objects' events, it has an error and says it isn't defined. Also, the apostrophes don't show up.

For the Create Event, the code is:

map_string = "@\"?!.<>^~*:;,-#$AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz/[\\]%()1234567890[]&_=' ";

global.talkFont = font_add_sprite_ext(talkfont, map_string, true, 1);




For the Draw Event, the code is:

draw_set_font(global.talkFont)
draw_text(600, 600, "Please Work!");

 

[obscene]

So I've never done this so take my advice with a grain of salt...

Display the value of map_string to the screen and see if it looks like what you expect. I'm suspicious since it includes three double-quotes. Could be causing an issue.

 

[nacho_chicken]

So I've never done this so take my advice with a grain of salt...

Display the value of map_string to the screen and see if it looks like what you expect. I'm suspicious since it includes three double-quotes. Could be causing an issue.

He's terminating the double quotation mark in the middle with a backslash. That isn't an issue. I'm doing the exact same thing in my game right now and it works fine. In fact, I see absolutely nothing in this code that shouldn't work as intended.

What is the code the other object is using?

 

[Yal]

If code changes don't work as expected, try cleaning your cache (the broom icon near the test play button). Sometimes cache files get corrupt so GM doesn't realize it needs to rebuild them after a change (and sometimes they get so corrupt you get weird visual glitches or other weird effects)