How do I make text pop up?

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Hi!
I decided to try and make a game for my biology project as I thought it seemed easy enough, which it turned out not to be. I got the camera and movement working, now I just need text.
I tried using labels that would appear once you collided with the doctor, but the problem is that the label is constantly showing.
I tried with alerts, and that is pretty much what I want, but the problem is that I don’t want the alert box to be in the middle of everything.

So what is easiest: Making text invisible and appear only when colliding with an object or move the alert box? And how do I do either of the above?
I hope I make sense. :grin:

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Hello! Welcome to flowlab.io. Making labels disappear and appear is simple. When you want it to disappear, input a 0 (number) into the alpha input and when you want it to appear, input a 100 into the alpha input of the label behavior.

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Oh wow that does seem simple. I’ll try that! Thank you very much for your reply!

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You can use the label block and have it start with a 0 in the alpha, then at the point you want it visible send 100 into the alpha. To make it invisible again just add a timer block that sends another 0 into the alpha.

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Thank you for your answer! Probably a silly question, but how do I make it start with a 0? I tried just making a number with 0 and putting the out into alpha, but what do I need to put into the number? : )

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You will have to put a trigger that inputs into the in of the number behavior.

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you need a once block to send into the number 0, then into the alpha on the label block.

check out the “Foreground” item in my game “Running for President” https://flowlab.io/game/play/1294695

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Thank you both for the help! It was just what I needed. :smile:

(And that’s a really cool game Bmarzi !!)

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Thanks, good luck in your gaming.

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Can you send me a step by step on how to do it with a click on the object

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Do you want it to appear when you click on the object?

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Please don’t post on old topics. Dm someone or make a new post.

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Please don’t revive old topics, instead start a new one.

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yes when i click on the object but at the start it always starts it at 0

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Show me your code. Also, other people, chill out. It’s related to the topic.

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Screenshot 2021-04-28 2.31.56 PM

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Click on the MouseClick. Click on the button that says, “detect clicks anywhere”

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se This is the problem at the start it sets it to one

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You have the lines (whatever they are) connected to the Numbers “Set” input. Which the Set is for making other numbers change the number.
For example if you have a 3 Number plugged into the set of a 10 Number, it will set the 10 number to 3.

You want to plug the lines into the “Get” input to retrieve the number and pass it forward into the label.

Edit: Which explains why the Once is turning the number to a 1, cause it doesn’t know what to extract so 1 is the default number.

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Thank you I was really confused

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