Is there a way to add a text box around the text that first appears when you enter an area? Or a way to change it's color to something else instead of white?
Intro Text Box
#1
Posted 14 January 2017 - 01:47 PM
#2
Posted 14 January 2017 - 02:03 PM
Is there a way to add a text box around the text that first appears when you enter an area? Or a way to change it's color to something else instead of white?
If you use the tab Appearance in the edit Dmap and Dmap title then no.
For that one i use a signpost script.
Edited by judasrising, 14 January 2017 - 02:04 PM.
#3
Posted 14 January 2017 - 02:08 PM
Okay! Sounds easy enough. Thanks!
#4
Posted 14 January 2017 - 02:15 PM
You can also show it in your passive subscreen if you want to use several copies of it.
#5
Posted 14 January 2017 - 02:24 PM
I just make a door repair and use a string that gives out the area name. The fee being 0 means there should be no effect on gameplay other than displaying that string once and only once. Only downside is that you can on only have one entrance or at least force the player to enter a certain entrance first.
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#6
Posted 14 January 2017 - 03:36 PM
I'll be using both these ideas in my quest. Thank you!
#7
Posted 14 January 2017 - 04:21 PM
The built-in intro string functionality is pretty hardcoded. Instead of using it, I always just use a simple script to display a string from the strings list. In order to prevent it from showing up more than once (you probably won't want it to do that), use the Screen->D[] variable to register that the intro string has been displayed for this particular screen.
Edited by Jamian, 14 January 2017 - 04:23 PM.
#8
Posted 14 January 2017 - 04:35 PM
This is one of the most hackish solutions to a ZC problem I've heard yet and I kinda like it. Almost makes me miss the days when I didn't know how to script and had to try to come up with clever stuff like this.I just make a door repair and use a string that gives out the area name. The fee being 0 means there should be no effect on gameplay other than displaying that string once and only once. Only downside is that you can on only have one entrance or at least force the player to enter a certain entrance first.
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#9
Posted 15 January 2017 - 02:52 PM
Need to add translucent dialogue boxes, and text shadows at some point.
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