How to do Text Effects A-La Shifters

[ggb667]

Does anyone know how to do the text effects like in the shifters maps where the planet you are visiting has the text displayed one character at a time across the bottom of the screen until the whole message is displayed?

I want to duplicate that effect.

Thanks.

-G

[Geno]

Basically, it's a lot of 'display text message' triggers in one trigger set. You have to display something like 11 blank lines then text. Try
(11 blank lines)
My

Then wait 1000 seconds and then...

Display
(11 blank lines)
My name

Wait 1000
Display
(11 blank lines)
My name is

etc. etc. and you can create it like that. It allows you to do those effects. To make the text appear in the middle of the screen, instead of 11 lines, use like 5 or 6, then put text in, then put in 5 or 6 more blank lines. That's one way of doing it. At least the way I know of... o.O

~Larry "Geno" Meyers

[raylu]

Uh, lemme clear that up for you:

DisplayText R
Wait for 500
DisplayText [11 blank lines]Ra
Wait for 500
DisplayText [11 blank lines]Ray
Wait for 500
DisplayText [11 blank lines]Rayl
Wait for 500
DisplayText [11 blank lines]Raylu
Wait for 500
DisplayText [11 blank lines]Raylu o
Wait for 500
DisplayText [11 blank lines]Raylu ow
Wait for 500
DisplayText [11 blank lines]Raylu own
Wait for 500
DisplayText [11 blank lines]Raylu owns


You need 11 blank lines or it will show up like this:
R
Ra
Ray
If you have 11 blank lines, it will flush out everything else because it can only display 12 lines at a time.