If you give me an example I could try it.

GML is basically C++

how do i make it so when i press a button like I and im next to a person it will pop of with a screen that makes them talk?

if (distance_to_object(OBJECT NAME) < 5)
{
instance_create(x position,y position,object name)
}
Make the talking all an animation or disregard the last part(the instance create) and put a Create A message event after the first part of the code
So it would be
if (distance_to_object(OBJECT NAME) < 5),
END CODE
Create A Message: ENTER TEXT HERE

can you be a little more clearer like step by step. i know nothing about entering code or code for that matter. Please and Thanks!

Okay, so if you want it to be a button press (like if you press space when you're near the person) you would do this
1. Add Event Key Press <Space>
2. Go to the Control Tab
3. Drag Execute Code to the Action box
4. It will come up with a pop-up box, which is basically just a blank document.
5. Put the code I put there, and replace OBJECT NAME with the name of the object who should talk.
6. Click the Check mark to finish your code, and go to the Main2 tab.
7. Drag the Display Message to the Action Box (its the speech bubble).
8. On the pop-up, write your message and click OK.

this is what it said



___________________________________________
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Keyboard Event for <Space> Key
for object Sprite:

COMPILATION ERROR in code action
Error in code at line 3:
instance_create(x position,y position,object name)

at position 20: Symbol , or ) expected.


this is what i did

1. add event keyboard space bar
2. execute a piece of code ( i tried both)
3.put display message (wrote Hi this is just a test)
4. tried to play and it gave me the error message

so this is the code i put in

if (distance_to_object(oldman) < 5)
{
instance_create(x position,y position,oldman)
}

You have to put the actual x and y positions, but thats not all. By the instance create, I meant make an animation of the old man talking. What you would have done there was create a second old man. Using the display a message, just take off
"{
instance_create(x position,y position,oldman)
}"
and add a comma after the coding that is left.

can you walk me through this step im confused D:

Alright, I'll just edit my last post:

i did that exactly and this is what happened

___________________________________________
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Keyboard Event for <Space> Key
for object Sprite:

COMPILATION ERROR in code action
Error in code at line 1:
if (distance_to_object(oldman) < 5),

at position 36: Unexpected symbol in expression.

Can you make it so that characters can create objects? Like if in Zelda link can shoot arrows but I don't want it so that if an enemey touches link when he's shooting an arrow to die.

Yes, using the create instance event and check the Relative box.

ORRR if you want it to be moving, click the create moving instance one and relate it

PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING NEEDS HELP! CHAR CANT START BY WALKING LEFT, CHAR WALKS LIKE HE'S ON A BUMPY PLATFORM (WHICH HE ISNT), ONLY MARIO CHAR WORKS, AND AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!! MY HEADS GOING TO BLOW UP... PLZ HELP!!!!!