Here is the code that I have been needing help with. What I wanted to do is fill string1 first, then string2, then string3 etc... Then when string5 is reached, all new chat is filled into string5 and then string5 becomes string4, string4 becomes string3 etc... so that it scrolls up and the new line of text is always at string5. Right now its always filling string5 and then scrolling up. I would like the player to be able to review the last 10 or whatever lines of text. This code is ready to run as is. Hopefully you understand what I want to do.


Code:
#include <acknex.h>
#include <default.c>


var i;
var yes;
var no;
var string1;
var string2;
var string3;
var string4;
var string5;
STRING* string_one = "";
STRING* string_two = "";
STRING* string_three = "";
STRING* string_four = "";
STRING* string_five = "";
STRING* npc_message = "";
BMAP* message_window = "message_window.tga";

PANEL* main_pan =
{	
	
	digits(30,20, "String1: %s","Arial#14",1,string_one);	
	digits(30,30, "String2: %s","Arial#14",1,string_two);
	digits(30,40, "String3: %s","Arial#14",1,string_three);
	digits(30,50, "String4: %s","Arial#14",1,string_four);
	digits(30,60, "String5: %s","Arial#14",1,string_five);
	layer = 10;
	flags = SHOW;	
}
	

function message_win()
{
	i = 1;
		 
	
	while((i > 0)&&(i <= 6))
	{
		if(i == 1)
		{
			str_cpy(string_one,npc_message);  string1 = yes; i += 1;
		}
		if((i == 2))
		{
			str_cpy(string_two,npc_message);  string2 = yes; i += 1;
		} 
		if((i == 3))
		{
			str_cpy(string_three,npc_message); string3 = yes; i += 1;
		}
		if((i == 4))
		{
			str_cpy(string_four,npc_message); string4 = yes; i += 1;
		}
		if((i == 5))
		{
			str_cpy(string_five,npc_message); string5 = yes; i += 1;
		}
		if((i == 6)&&(string5 == yes)&&(string4 == yes)&&(string3 == yes)&&(string2 == yes)&&(string1 == yes))
		{	
			 str_cpy(string_five, npc_message);
		}
		wait(1);
	}
 i = 1;
 	

}

function npc_chat()
{
   var choice;
	random_seed(0);
	choice = integer(random(5));clamp(choice, 1, 3);
	if(choice == 1)str_cpy(npc_message, "This is choice 1");
	if(choice == 2)str_cpy(npc_message, "This is choice 2");
	if(choice >= 3)str_cpy(npc_message, "This is choice 3");
	str_cpy(string_one, string_two);
		str_cpy(string_two, string_three);
		   str_cpy(string_three, string_four);
			   str_cpy(string_four, string_five);
   
}
	
function main()
{
  screen_size.x = 1024;
  screen_size.y = 768;
  screen_color.blue = 50;
  main_pan.pos_x = (screen_size.x - bmap_width(message_window))/2;
	main_pan.pos_y = (screen_size.y - bmap_height(message_window)-10);
  message_win();
  on_m = npc_chat;
  
  
}


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