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Text #298221 11/12/09 23:58 11/12/09 23:58
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 34 S Sepiantum OP Newbie
Sepiantum OP Newbie S Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 34	How would I make text appear on the screen and then disappear. I want to say: "Keep your ship in the game!!!" for like 2 seconds and then I want it to disappear. Halp me plzkthnx.

Re: Text [Re: Sepiantum] #298225 11/13/09 00:19 11/13/09 00:19
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 737 Ottawa, Canada O Ottawa User
Ottawa User O Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 737 Ottawa, Canada	Hi! From the manual Quote: Example: STRING* welcome_str = "Welcome"; TEXT* welcome_txt = { layer = 1; pos_x = 10; pos_y = 10; string (welcome_str,"this is","a","TEXT"); // flags = CENTER_X \| TRANSLUCENT \| SHOW; in a function .... set (welcome_txt, SHOW); wait (-2); toggle (welcome_txt, SHOW); ... Hope this helps! Ottawa Ver 7.86.2 Pro and Lite-C

Re: Text [Re: Ottawa] #298226 11/13/09 00:38 11/13/09 00:38
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 34 S Sepiantum OP Newbie
Sepiantum OP Newbie S Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 34	ok, when video_mode = 7, and pos_x = 400, pos_y = 300, and the flags = CENTER_X \| CENTER_Y \| SHOW, the text is centered. Any help with that?

Re: Text [Re: Sepiantum] #298271 11/13/09 12:53 11/13/09 12:53
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 306 Austria A Alan Senior Member
Alan Senior Member A Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 306 Austria	Hi, the decisive command for centering the text on screen is this one: flags = CENTER_X\|CENTER_Y\|SHOW; You need to have this inside your text object definition to make it work. "SHOW" will cause your text to be actually visible on screen (so if you switch SHOW back to off, it will disappear again). "CENTER_X" will center the contents of your text object (just as when you select a text and click "center" in Microsoft Word or write "div_align = center" in HTML or...). Finally, "CENTER_Y" does the same thing as CENTER_X, just in a vertical manner instead of a horizontal one. I hope I could help you with that ^^ Greets, Alan

Re: Text [Re: Alan] #298444 11/15/09 03:24 11/15/09 03:24
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 34 S Sepiantum OP Newbie
Sepiantum OP Newbie S Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 34	Yeah okay, I did that, but when video_mode is 7, pos_x is 400, pos_y is 300, and the flags are as you specified, it still isn't in the center.

Re: Text [Re: Sepiantum] #298454 11/15/09 07:59 11/15/09 07:59
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 88 Walori Junior Member
Walori Junior Member Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 88	well you could try aligning the text something like this: Code: TEXT* test_txt={ pos_x = 0; pos_y = 0; layer = 100; ... } void main(){ test_txt.pos_x = screen_size.x/2; test_txt.pos_y = screen_size.y/2; test_txt.flags = CENTER_X \| CENTER_Y \| SHOW; ... } With that no matter which resolution you would have th text would allways be centered on the screen.

Re: Text [Re: Walori] #298520 11/15/09 18:08 11/15/09 18:08
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 34 S Sepiantum OP Newbie
Sepiantum OP Newbie S Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 34	Thank you!!! I did some testing and realised that my resolution was 720x480 instead of 800x600 like it was supposed to be. Go figure.