cutText

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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"];. Since Arma 3 v1.73.142260 this command supports Structured Text formatting.

For greater efficiency and ease of modability it is recommended to use named layers available with alternative syntax since Arma 3 v1.57.134673
Groups:: Uncategorised

Syntax:: cutText [text, type, speed, showInMap, isStructuredText]
Parameters:: [text, type, speed, showInMap, isStructuredText]: Array
: 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 (Optional): Number - Time in seconds to fade in resource. Default: -1
: showInMap (Optional): Boolean - false to hide the text when the map is opened. Default: true (Introduced in Arma 3)
: isStructuredText (Optional): Boolean - true to switch support for Structured Text formatting. Default: false (See Example 4. Available since Arma 3 v1.73.142260)
Return Value:: Nothing

Syntax:: layer cutText [text, type, speed, showInMap, isStructuredText]
Parameters:: layer: 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.
: [text, type, speed, showInMap, isStructuredText]: Array
: 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 (Optional): Number - Time in seconds to fade in resource. Default: -1
: showInMap (Optional): Boolean - false to hide the text when the map is opened. Default: true (Introduced in Arma 3)
: isStructuredText (Optional): Boolean - true to switch support for Structured Text formatting. Default: false (See Example 4. Available since Arma 3 v1.73.142260)
Return Value:: Nothing

Syntax:: layerName cutText [text, type, speed, showInMap, isStructuredText] (Since Arma 3 v1.57.134673)
Parameters:: layerName: String - layer name on which the effect is shown. Layer names are CaSe SeNsItIvE
: [text, type, speed, showInMap, isStructuredText]: Array
: 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 (Optional): Number - Time in seconds to fade in resource. Default: -1
: showInMap (Optional): Boolean - false to hide the text when the map is opened. Default: true (Introduced in Arma 3)
: isStructuredText (Optional): Boolean - true to switch support for Structured Text formatting. Default: false (See Example 4. Available since Arma 3 v1.73.142260)
Return Value:: Number - number of the allocated layer

Example 1:: cutText ["","BLACK OUT"]; cutText ["Hello World!","PLAIN",2];
Example 2:: 2 cutText ["Hello World!","PLAIN",2];
Example 3:: _layer1 = "normal" cutText ["In The Centre","PLAIN"]; _layer2 = "down" cutText ["At The Bottom","PLAIN DOWN"];
Example 4:: Since Arma 3 v1.73.142260:cutText ["<t color='#ff0000' size='5'>RED ALERT!</t><br/>***********", "PLAIN", -1, true, true];

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Posted on September 20, 2013 - 06:59
Killzone_Kid: In Arma 3 "PLAIN" param will display your text where the crosshair is, "PLAIN DOWN" will push the text further down, closer to the bottom of the screen.

Posted on July 6, 2016 - 13:32 (UTC)
Krzmbrzl00: The value for speed has to be greater 0. If 0 is used as speed the default value (1) will be used.
If you want to create an "instant" effect you can use a really small value (e.g. 0.001)

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