cutText

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Description

Description:

Displays a text message in the center of the screen.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

cutText [text,type,speed,showOnMap]

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

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

Return Value:

Nothing

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

layer cutText [text,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 backmost one.

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

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

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

cutText ["","BLACK OUT"]
cutText ["Hello World!","PLAIN",2]

Example 2:

2 cutText ["Hello World!","PLAIN",2];

Additional Information

See also:

titleTextcutRsccutObj

Notes

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Notes

Posted on September 20, 2013 - 06:59

Killzone_Kid

In Arma 3 "PLAIN" param will display your test where the crosshair is, "PLAIN DOWN" will push the text further down, closer to the bottom of the screen.