Create an actor through script, and control him in game

[Hblade]

I'm going to be working on this as I wait for an answer, but I was wondering how I could do this type of function:

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makeText(msg, x, y, windowIndex, messageIndex);


The windowIndex is important, as is the messageindex. MessageIndex represents the cloneindex of the newly created text actor, but what I'm confarzed about is how in the world to change the text of the newly created actor, based on the variable "msg"

here's what I have so far

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NameBox("names.0", "Shop Keeper", 12, 0, 2, 0);
NameBox("names.1", "Another name :3", 125, 0, 2, 1);


This for some reason, makes names.0 over-lap names.1 and names.1 not to show up at all?
here's the completed code for everything

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void NameBox(char *textacotrname, char *texts, int X, int Y, int winIndex, int TextIndex)
{
    char tmp[256];
    int temp;
    Actor *a=getclone(textacotrname); //get the name of the text actor used
 
    if(!temp)
    {
        CreateActor("names", "icon", "(none)", "(none)", 0, 0, false);
        temp=1;
    }
 
    sprintf(a->text, texts); //a function used to set the text of a var to another
 
    a->xscreen=winX[winIndex]+10+X;
    a->yscreen=winY[winIndex]-2+Y;
 
 
 
    setpen(64, 25, 44, 0, a->height);
    moveto(a->xscreen, a->yscreen+(a->height/2));
    lineto(a->xscreen+a->width, a->yscreen+(a->height/2));
}


It works however if I actually clone the text actors.


AKR:
Nevermind the PM

[tintran]

not sure what you're trying to do exactly but did you know that you can do this

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  Actor *a;
  a = CreateActor("names","icon","(none)","(none)",0,0,false); //this will set a to point to the newly created actor.
  sprintf(a->text, "some text");


[Hblade]

Thanks a bunch man =)!