Input$ and Text

Maybe this shouldnt be in this forum but this is the question.

I am woring an a 3d adventure game which requires text and input.

The text is no problem as the TEXT command works perfectly well.

I do have an issue when the player is asked to input some text. When I use the a$=input$("What Is your name?") for example. The input prompt is at the top of the screen , whereas all other text using the text command is situated where I want it.

Is there a way to specify the location that text and input prompt appears. I have a 3d game, animated characters, enemies etc but can`t figure this one out.

Try out the Locate command, it moves the current screen pointer thingy for input and print :)

http://www.blitzbasic.com/b3ddocs/command.php?name=Locate&ref=2d_a-z

Ross

How did I miss that one...
Thanks for the very quick response..

Np :)

Hey "cash" - good luck with your adventure game - that's how I first started programming (although mine were more traditional adventure games - text only).

I created my own input routines using a bitmapped font....