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Introduced in

Game:

Operation Flashpoint

Version:

1.00

Description

Description:

Outputs a hint message on the left upper corner of the screen (in OFP with a ding sound).

The text may contain several lines.

Syntax

Syntax:

hint text

Parameters:

text: String - the message to write on the screen may consist of any characters. \n indicates a line break.

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

hint "Press W to move forward. \nPress S to move backwards."

outputs the following message:

Press W to move forward.
Press S to move backwards.

Known Problems: Avoid hint messages that exceed the screen, as this may lead to crashes.

Additional Information

Multiplayer:

-

See also:

hintC, hintCadet, hintC array, hintC structuredText, hintC text, hintSilent

Notes

Notes

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Notes

ArmAtec

Hint can be used with formatting like this:

hint format["Hello %1",player]

pyro05x

To remove the hint box from the screen, pass a null string ("") to the command.

hint ""

Worldeater

hint happily accepts structured text:

_starL  = "<img image='\ca\ui\data\debr_star.paa' align='left'/>";
_starL  = _starL + _starL + _starL;
_starR  = "<img image='\ca\ui\data\debr_star.paa' align='right'/>";
_starR  = _starR + _starR + _starR;
_title  = "<t color='#ff0000' size='1.2' shadow='1' shadowColor='#000000' align='center'>TITLE</t><br/><br/>";
_text   = "Bla bla bla bla bla...";
hint parseText (_starL + _starR + _title + _text);

(Tested with 1.14, 1.15 beta and 1.16 beta)

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