I've been stuck on this problem for weeks now. I'm trying to find a way for the mouse cursor to touch something in 3D space which causes text to pop up to let the user know that the mouse is touching an object. I am still having problems trying to get it work. This is what I have done:

Code:

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	string str1 = "The mouse is touching the tree. \n Testing the text now. \n testing the line breaks also! loading.....";


mouse_test();
mouse_event();

function mouse_event()
{
	
	if(event_type == event_touch)
	{
		my.transparent = on;
		my.alpha = 50;
		contact_text.string = str1;
	}
	if(event_type == event_release)
	{
		my.transparent = off;
	}
	

}


function mouse_test()
{

while(1)
{

temp.x = MOUSE_POS.x;
temp.y = MOUSE_POS.y;
temp.z = 9999.99;
vec_for_screen(temp, camera); 
wait(1);
}
}

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thanks in advance...