Screen text while in mission

[Koni 3]

I know I must be missing something simple, but I'm trying to get text up on the screen during the mission "not cutscene" without using trigger effects all the time.

I have tried making up a simple script for this, but It's probably totally wrong way to do it.

example..

["""Man - "blah blah blab blah""",0,.84,5,1] spawn bis_fnc_dynamictext

~4

["""Man - "blah blah blab blah""",0,.84,5,1] spawn bis_fnc_dynamictext

~4

exit;

running it on a trigger like I do with a cutscene like [] exec "chat.sqf", but dosen't happen.

Tried

CutText ["Man - "blah blah blab blah","Plain Down",0];

~3

CutText ["Man - "blah blah blab blah"","Plain Down",0]

dosen't work either

Tried titletext but nothing..

It works fine during a cutscene, but I want it to be displayed while actually playing....

What am I doing wrong please

Tried searching for "screen AND text" etc etc

[kylania 568]

titleText examples

[Koni 3]

Hot damn ! :p

Tried titletext, but I must have made a mistake somewhere before trying another way.

Thanks kylania :)

[Jack_Ryan_ 10]

Thanks kylania, your link not only helped me with the text, but what a great resource you have there. Hi5

[CarlGustaffa 4]

running it on a trigger like I do with a cutscene like [] exec "chat.sqf", but dosen't happen.

1) In a trigger you need the syntax:

[b]0 = [/b][] execVM "chat.sqf"

2) Also, for .sqf files use execVM, for .sqs files use exec.

3) The syntax you use is sqs. I suggest rewriting it to use sqf.

4) Is functions module placed in the mission?

5) With functions module placed, with a true trigger with a one second delay, I put this in its On Activation field:

0 = ["Man: blah blah blab blah",0,.84,5,1] spawn bis_fnc_dynamictext

And the text is shown. Not sure where all your "'s came from.

Edited September 23, 2010 by CarlGustaffa

[Koni 3]

1) In a trigger you need the syntax:

[b]0 = [/b][] execVM "chat.sqf"

2) Also, for .sqf files use execVM, for .sqs files use exec.

3) The syntax you use is sqs. I suggest rewriting it to use sqf.

4) Is functions module placed in the mission?

5) With functions module placed, with a true trigger with a one second delay, I put this in its On Activation field:

0 = ["Man: blah blah blab blah",0,.84,5,1] spawn bis_fnc_dynamictext

And the text is shown. Not sure where all your "'s came from.

the ""'s we're from picking apart other peoples demo missions.

Generally if there is something I don't know how to do, I will first try and search the forums, but in many cases what I want to do may exist but I don't know what it would be called to search for it, so I end up reading thread after thread for many pages and I don't seem to have much luck doing that either lol

Then if I still can't find what I am after, I open up assorted missions from Armaholic and see if they have included in their mission what I am after doing too, then if all that fails I will post a question on here and hope I don't get flamed for not searching around for my own answer first :p

So I seem to be stuck doing my very basic scripting in .sqs then, old habit from OFP, though I must admit I am a somewhat novice "complex" mission maker.

People on here have said before I should be using [] execVM to execute a script from a trigger but it would never accept that, though you are the first I have noticed use the 0 = while explaining how to do it, so from now on I will try using 0 = [] execvm so I thank you for that :)

Edited September 23, 2010 by Koni

[kylania 568]

If you're copying code directly from the mission.sqm file, remember that there are extra " " around everything.

[Koni 3]

No never from the mission.sqm, script files and triggers only, though that's not to say they didn't do that in finding it themselves in the first place maybe.

[CarlGustaffa 4]

@kylania: Yes, but have a look at the original " count (7, which is odd :D) and how/where they appear. Smelled fishy for me to be copied from mission.sqm.

The line

0 = ["Man: blah blah blab blah",0,.84,5,1] spawn bis_fnc_dynamictext

would end up like

"0 = [""Man: blah blah blab blah"",0,.84,5,1] spawn bis_fnc_dynamictext"

which at least is enclosed in an even number of ".

[kylania 568]

To be honest i read the first post as this:

blah blah Tried titletext but nothing.. blah blah

:j::p