hintC

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Description

Description:

Displays attractive hint in the center of the screen. Player control is taken away until "Continue" is pressed.

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In Singleplayer, the game is paused as well.

After user confirmation, the content of the hintC is repeated again in a normal hint. This type of hint can also have a title. It is also possible to drag this type of hint around the screen.

Groups:

InteractionStructured TextStrings

Syntax

Syntax:

hintC content

Parameters:

content: String

Return Value:

Nothing

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

title hintC content

Parameters:

title: String - message title

content: String, Structured Text, Array of Strings or Array of Structured Text

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

hintC "Press W to move forward";

Example 2:

Same as the above in Arma 3 but without second hint displayed:hintC "Press W to move forward"; hintC_EH = findDisplay 57 displayAddEventHandler ["unload", { 0 = _this spawn { _this select 0 displayRemoveEventHandler ["unload", hintC_EH]; hintSilent ""; }; }];

Example 3:

"Instructions" hintC [ "Press W to move forward.", "Press S to move backwards.", "Use the mouse to turn right or left.", "Press V for weapon sights." ];

Example 4:

Same as the above in Arma 3 but without second hint displayed: "Instructions" hintC [ "Press W to move forward.", "Press S to move backwards.", "Use the mouse to turn right or left.", "Press V for weapon sights." ]; hintC_arr_EH = findDisplay 72 displayAddEventHandler ["unload", { _this spawn { _this select 0 displayRemoveEventHandler ["unload", hintC_arr_EH]; hintSilent ""; }; }];

Example 5:

private _separator1 = parseText "<br />------------------------<br />"; private _image = "\ca\ui\textures\aus_flag.paa"; private _txt = composeText [image _image, "Heading Text", _separator1, "Content"]; "" hintC _txt;

Additional Information

See also:

hinthintCadethintSilent

Notes

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Str

This command must be executed after mission start. If you place it into init.sqs or init field of some unit, it will not work. Just add a little delay (~0.001) and the place the command.

Worldeater

To display multiple messages after another you have to add a small delay in between. Otherwise only the first message will be displayed. hintC "foo"; sleep 0.1; hintC "bar" Without a sleep statement hintC will not suspend the script it has been called from.

ArmAtec

HintC can be used with formatting like this: hintC format ["Hello %1", player]

Posted on March 19, 2015 - 09:52 (UTC)

Killzone Kid

"Titled" hintC uses display #72 while "untitled" one uses display #57. If you are trying examples in Arma 3 debug console, add a little delay like this: [] spawn {sleep 0.5; /* your example code goes here*/ }; or no hintC will be displayed.