//this is the script the player sends the damage to, and the text only shows ontop of eachother, or actually it keeps repeating on the same line

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using System.Collections;

public class DamageLogBox : MonoBehaviour {

    public static DamageLogBox Instance;

    private PlayerMovement player;
    private EnemyController eC;
    public Text textHolder;

    public string logText;

    void Start()
    {
        eC = FindObjectOfType<EnemyController>();
        player = FindObjectOfType<PlayerMovement>();
        Instance = this;
        textHolder = GetComponentInChildren<Text>();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if(logText.Contains(player.name))
        {
            textHolder.color = Color.green;

        }
        else if(logText.Contains(eC.name))
        {
            textHolder.color = Color.red;
        }
        textHolder.text = logText;
    }
}

//this is hte code in the player script
DamageLogBox.Instance.logText = this.name + " did " + PlayerStats.Instance.damage.ToString() + " damage to " + hit.collider.gameObject.name;