RPG styled text scrolling

[Uneven Pixel Studios]

I need some help on how to make the text draw itself in a manner similar to old RPGs.
For example, if a character was to say "hello", I need it to type h, then e, then l, etc. does anyone know how to do this

 

[Rusty]

You need to have a character counter, a variable that will count towards the max length of the string and then use string_copy to copy over the string into the draw frame in proportion to that counter. It's a pretty simple code when you know what you need to do.
Draw Event:

if text_typed<string_length(text_mesge)
{   text_typed+=0.75;}
draw_text(x,y,string_copy(text_mesge,0,ceil(text_typed)));

 

[Uneven Pixel Studios]

Thank you for helping. Now why 0.75 added to text_typed?

 

[Uneven Pixel Studios]

Thank you for helping. Now why 0.75 added to text_typed?

Never mind I figured it out. Thanks so much. I'll be sure to credit you.

 

[Rusty]

0.75 in my example is the speed in which the text is drawn. You want to set it to either 0.1, 0.2, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 or 1. Other numbers, such as 0.6, will sometimes make the system appear to be lagging as it frequently switches between taking one step or two steps to draw the next character. With 0.75, this happens much less frequently and gives a good text speed without being noticeably infrequent when it's multiplication lands on .25.

And don't worry about crediting me, a special thanks would be nice but ultimately the GMC is just happy to help. Don't be afraid to ask us for any help or advice you need.