cutText

1.00

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Description

Description:: Displays a text message in the center of the screen. The text can be displayed on multiple lines by using "\n" new line characters: cutText ["line1\nline2\nline3", "PLAIN"];
For greater efficiency and ease of modability it is recommended to use named layers through the alternative syntax.
Groups:: GUI Control

Syntax

Syntax:: cutText [text, type, speed, showInMap, isStructuredText, drawOverHUD]
Parameters:: text: String - text to be displayed
: type: String - one of "PLAIN", "PLAIN DOWN", "BLACK", "BLACK FADED", "BLACK OUT", "BLACK IN", "WHITE OUT" and "WHITE IN". See Title Effect Types for more information about these values.
: speed: Number - (Optional, default 1) time in seconds to fade in resource. If 0 or less, default value is used
since 0.50: showInMap: Boolean - (Optional, default true) false to hide the text when the map is opened
since 1.74: isStructuredText: Boolean - (Optional, default false) true to switch support for Structured Text formatting - see Example 4
since 2.16: drawOverHUD: Boolean - (Optional, default true) false to show the text under in-game HUD
Return Value:: Nothing

1.58

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

layer cutText [text, type, speed, showInMap, isStructuredText, drawOverHUD]

Parameters:

layer: Number or String

Number - layer number on which the effect is shown, where 0 is the back most. Layer number is rounded to the nearest integer and also cannot be negative. Layer 99.5 will be treated as layer 100.
String - layer name on which the effect is shown. Layer names are CaSe SeNsItIvE.

text: String - text to be displayed

type: String - one of "PLAIN", "PLAIN DOWN", "BLACK", "BLACK FADED", "BLACK OUT", "BLACK IN", "WHITE OUT" and "WHITE IN". See Title Effect Types for more information about these values.

speed: Number - (Optional, default -1) time in seconds to fade in resource. If 0 or less, default value is used

showInMap: Boolean - (Optional, default true) false to hide the text when the map is opened

since 1.74

isStructuredText: Boolean - (Optional, default false) true to switch support for Structured Text formatting - see Example 4

since 2.16

drawOverHUD: Boolean - (Optional, default true) false to show the text under in-game HUD

Return Value:

Nothing when layer is a Number
Number when layer is a String

Examples

Example 1:: cutText ["", "BLACK OUT"]; cutText ["Hello World!", "PLAIN", 2];
Example 2:: 2 cutText ["Hello World!", "PLAIN", 2]; // returns nothing
Example 3:: private _layer1 = "normal" cutText ["In The Centre", "PLAIN"]; private _layer2 = "down" cutText ["At The Bottom", "PLAIN DOWN"];
Example 4:: cutText ["<t color='#ff0000' size='5'>RED ALERT!</t><br/>***********", "PLAIN", -1, true, true];

Additional Information

See also:: allCutLayers titleText cutRsc cutObj cutFadeOut allActiveTitleEffects activeTitleEffectParams

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