Report, edit, etc...Posted by sckor on 2005-02-13 at 02:17:23
You know in SCXE, you can press enter 5/6 times then type in your text, then type in the remaining number of lines, and that centers the text in the middle of the page right? (vertically).
I tried that with starforge, but it wouldn't work. And when I tried it in SCXE, then opened it up in Starforge, it was exactly the same thing... but when I tried it manually with starforge, it wouldn't work, and error would appear.
Bolt_Head Edit: Ohh your talking about display text (I spiffied up your title there for ya)
I tried that with starforge, but it wouldn't work. And when I tried it in SCXE, then opened it up in Starforge, it was exactly the same thing... but when I tried it manually with starforge, it wouldn't work, and error would appear.
Bolt_Head Edit: Ohh your talking about display text (I spiffied up your title there for ya)
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Heimdal on 2005-02-13 at 11:32:04
It's perfectly possible to write multi-line display text triggers in starforge. All you need to do is remember that you have to begin and end the text with quotes. I tried the following action and it worked fine:
After re-reading your post, I realized you wanted something more like this, which still works:
As an alternative to this, you can always edit the strings yourself in the string table.
CODE
DisplayText("test
second line", 4);
second line", 4);
After re-reading your post, I realized you wanted something more like this, which still works:
CODE
DisplayText("
test
", 4);
test
", 4);
As an alternative to this, you can always edit the strings yourself in the string table.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by BeeR_KeG on 2005-02-13 at 11:35:25
What happens if my trigger looks like this:
Display text("Marine: " Drink A Beer"
*Drinks*", 4);
Would the two " ", interfere with the ones separating it in the trigger?
Display text("Marine: " Drink A Beer"
*Drinks*", 4);
Would the two " ", interfere with the ones separating it in the trigger?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Heimdal on 2005-02-13 at 11:38:02
Yes, that's what escape characters are for. To include a character that would otherwise conflict with the string parsing, you need to precede it with a backslash (\). To include an actual backslash, you write a double backslash (\\).
So for your example, the trigger would need to look like the following:
So for your example, the trigger would need to look like the following:
CODE
Display text("Marine: \" Drink A Beer\"
*Drinks*", 4);
*Drinks*", 4);
Report, edit, etc...Posted by BeeR_KeG on 2005-02-13 at 11:43:56
Alright thanks, I believe almost no one knew that here.
ADDITION:
I added it to the SF FAQ so that no one forget.
ADDITION:
I added it to the SF FAQ so that no one forget.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by KaboomHahahein on 2005-02-13 at 12:45:45
QUOTE(BeeR_KeG[eM] @ Feb 13 2005, 11:43 AM)
Alright thanks, I believe almost no one knew that here.
ADDITION:
I added it to the SF FAQ so that no one forget.
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ADDITION:
I added it to the SF FAQ so that no one forget.
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I knew that
. Well just recently. I was testing the quotes in the other editors and in starforge it had the "\"Report, edit, etc...Posted by (U)Bolt_Head on 2005-02-13 at 15:13:00
QUOTE(Heimdal @ Feb 13 2005, 10:38 AM)
Yes, that's what escape characters are for. To include a character that would otherwise conflict with the string parsing, you need to precede it with a backslash (\). To include an actual backslash, you write a double backslash (\\).
So for your example, the trigger would need to look like the following:
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So for your example, the trigger would need to look like the following:
CODE
Display text("Marine: \" Drink A Beer\"
*Drinks*", 4);
*Drinks*", 4);
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Ha Ha i didn't know that at all (or i forgot). That explains something weird that was happening to me yesterday though.