cutRsc

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Description

Description:

Display a resource defined in the mission's Description.ext, the campaign's description.ext or the global resource.cpp.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

cutRsc [name, type, speed, showOnMap]

Parameters:

name: String - the class name of the resource. ("Default" will remove the current resource.)

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 - Time in seconds to fade in resource (optional, default: 1).

showOnMap: Boolean - false to hide the resource when the map is opened (Introduced in Arma 3).

Return Value:

Nothing

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

layer cutRsc [name, type, speed,showOnMap] (Introduced in Arma 2 / VBS2 (1.30+).)

Parameters:

layer: Number - Defines the layer in which the effect is shown, where 0 is the back most.

name: String - the class name of the resource. ("Default" will remove the current resource.)

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 - Time in seconds to fade in resource (optional, default: 1).

showOnMap: Boolean - false to hide the resource when the map is opened (Introduced in Arma 3).

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

cutRsc ["binocular","PLAIN"]
cutRsc ["binocular","PLAIN",2]

Example 2:

2 cutRsc ["binocular","PLAIN",2];

Additional Information

See also:

titleRsccutTextcutObj

Notes

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Notes

Posted on 30 Jun, 2008

Dr_Eyeball

Using cutRsc (instead of titleRsc) for a HUD has the benefits of:

• having the HUD automatically hide itself when you access the map and redisplay itself after closing the map.
  
• using the 'Direct communication' chat channel messages will not interfere with the HUD by hiding it.