Can't seem to use NPCs properly along with the MetroidVania Module (4.5.9) (SOLVED!)

[claydragon44]

Just finished the Joe Granato's tutorial about the MetroidVania Module. Near the end of the third part of the tutorial, he talked about adding an NPC to this module which is exactly I was waiting for but, sadly for me he did not explain how to do it. I tried to do it myself importing the drawNPC Input script from the Adventure Module and everything looks fine except that one NPC I created display only an empty text box. Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

[baardbi]

Just finished the Joe Granato's tutorial about the MetroidVania Module. Near the end of the third part of the tutorial, he talked about adding an NPC to this module which is exactly I was waiting for but, sadly for me he did not explain how to do it. I tried to do it myself importing the drawNPC Input script from the Adventure Module and everything looks fine except that one NPC I created display only an empty text box. Thanks for any help you can provide.

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Did you set up the text and assign in to a text group? The text group needs to be set for a specific screen. If this is a screen on a scrolling level you need to assign the text group on the first screen in the scrolling level. However, from my experience, using text boxes on scrolling levels can cause graphical issues.

 

[dale_coop]

@claydragon44 How is your hud tileset (the Hud.bmp file)?
Make sure you have your numbers and letters in it (else you can se the one from the adventure tutorial assets).

 

[claydragon44]

@dale_coop Of course it was empty because I'm using the MetroidVania Module! I should ask for help more often instead of trying to figure out things for hours by my own! Thanks Dale!

 

[TheRetroBro]

@dale_coop Of course it was empty because I'm using the MetroidVania Module! I should ask for help more often instead of trying to figure out things for hours by my own! Thanks Dale!

Good to beat your head against the wall on occasion because sometimes you'll discover how to do other things by accident in the process