How to make text change in game maker?

Question

I have a text that appears, when the game starts. But once the obj_cover is destroyed, I would like another text to appear. So how can I do that?

Answer 1

If you want change one text to another, you can do something like

if instance_exists(obj_cover)
    var txt = "text 1";
else
    var txt = "text 2";

draw_text(posx, posy, txt);

If you want simple show text when obj_cover is destroyed, you can do, for example, this:

Create object obj_text. Add to Create event:

text = "";

Draw event:

// also here you can define color, font, align, etc
draw_text(x, y, text);

Now add to obj_cover, Destroy event:

var obj = instance_create(posx, posy, obj_text);
obj.text = "your text";

Other way - you can use a variable for checking, is need draw text or not. For example, Destroy event of obj_cover:

global.show_text = false;

And somewhere in other object:

if global.show_text
    draw_text(posx, posy, "text");

etc... Very many ways possible.