I want to make a sprite thats text changes controlled by code. I have some ideas on how to do this, but are extremely complicated. The simplest way to do this would to be to make a varible, make it visible and change it to the text I want, but then I wouldn't be able to move it or anything. Suggestions please!

Are you looking for a text engine? Do you have a project you've started you can show us and we can look at it.

If not a text engine that spells the word out letter by letter. You could create costumes of your entire text that should show. Name the costume something appropriate, set your variable to the name of the costume, the switch the costume the variable. Just note, that the costumes are case sensitive and can't be numbers to use this method.

I have a few ideas for you but am curious how you plan to use it.

See if this helps. It starts at costume1, then after 2 seconds it switches costume to “current_text”
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/253522636/

I want to have the name of a parakeet (this is custom set by the user, and i cant make a costume for every possible name) in the form of a sprite.

That is why sharing the project always is helpful so we don't have to guess how to help. So you are looking for a text engine? Is it just letters? Or is it letters numbers and symbols. Give me a minute, I will share a quick example of a simple text engine.

You need a variable to count through each letter of the word.

I've got to go now, talk later and thanks for helping so far

See if this helps. I broke it into 2 parts, The setup and the spelling. All letters in the list MUST be in capital letters. I normally use a list method but I wasn't sure if you were familiar with looping through a list. If you are, I can add a separate method.

This also uses clones. You could substitute with stamping. Note, stamps can not go on top of sprites. Also, I did not include a cloneID system. I wanted to keep as simple as I could.

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/253523780/

A really nice way to do it, I hadn't thought of doing it that way and I'll keep it in mind for future projects. Though, I was hoping to find a way to be able to move the text as well. I guess I could stamp and clear it a few times a second, but that's be inefficent and choppy.

You can move this text. This was a simple example.

I added movement. The text clones can do whatever you want them to do. Share the project so we can help better.

Sorry for not responding in a while. You solved my question tysm

mstone326 wrote:

You can move this text. This was a simple example.

I added movement. The text clones can do whatever you want them to do. Share the project so we can help better.

I prefer not using global variables. Will release a project regarding this soon enough.

I Made It! wrote:

I prefer not using global variables. Will release a project regarding this soon enough.

Made it finally.

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Help I don’t know how to add a text sprite

psychonaut2009 wrote:

Help I don’t know how to add a text sprite

There is an article in ScratchWiki about this matter

https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Text_Rendering#Text_Rendering_with_a_Sprite

I think another reason this would be cool is that you can customize it and stuff unlike variables. And also this would be easier to code for beginners.

bopthing1 wrote:

I think another reason this would be cool is that you can customize it and stuff unlike variables. And also this would be easier to code for beginners.

Please don't post on old topics. The problem has likely been resolved, and doesn't need more input.

i want it to be like that its a variable that we can type in

If you want to make changing text, you can use a pen-

-to make text.

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psychonaut2009 wrote:

Help I don’t know how to add a text sprite

Make a sprite and add text. Simple as that.