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Topic Subject: Overlay Text Questions

Felix Hermansson
Mortal

posted 03 April 2004 06:23 PM EDT (US)

Can anyone tell me what the different parameters in the 'overlay text' trigger effect are for? No matter how I set them, the text layout doesn't seem to change at all.

And is there a way to make the text appear in two lines above each other? (Without putting two hundred spaces that is.)

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Byz
Mortal
(id: Byzantine_Warrior)

posted 03 April 2004 08:05 PM EDT (US) 1 / 4

Yes, I've been wondering the same.

Byz
Tsunami Studios
"People are born to succeed, not fail." - Henry David Thoreau

Elpea
Hal
(id: lp_usa)

posted 03 April 2004 08:10 PM EDT (US) 2 / 4

they work for me =\

Width is how long the text is, if you set it low, the text will show like this:
"E
l
p
e
a"

X pos is the X axis position of the overlay, I think 1000 is far right

Y is the same as above but for the Y axis

I think that is it..

Alexandergreat3
Mortal

posted 03 April 2004 11:02 PM EDT (US) 3 / 4

I made a reply to King Jared's post regarding the Overlay Text, which explained it in detailshere.

The texts displayed using Overlay Text are restricted within a space... just like when writing on a piece of paper:


---------------------------
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
|                          |
---------------------------

The Width determines the horizontal size of the paper.

a 9-Width Paper vs. a 27-Width Paper


-------           ---------------------
|     |           |                   |
|small|           |                   |
|     |           |     BIG PAPER     |
|paper|           |                   |
|     |           |                   |
|     |           |                   |
|     |           |                   |
|     |           |                   |
|     |           |                   |
|     |           |                   |
-------           ---------------------

.
Thus, if you make the width too small, the words will be squeezed vertically!


---
|T|
|H|
|E|
| |
|W|
|I|
|D|
|T|
|H|
| |
---

Therefore, by making the width large enough, the text will be displayed correctly, and you will be able to use the X-Y positions:


0            X ->           1024
    ---------------------------
    |                          |
    |                          |
Y   |                          |
    |                          |
|   |                          |
V   |                          |
    |                          |
    |                          |
    |                          |
    |                          |
    |                          |
    |                          |
768 ---------------------------

Notes: (0,0) starts at the top left; the values for X and Y seem to be similar to the resolution.

Felix Hermansson
Mortal

posted 04 April 2004 12:52 PM EDT (US) 4 / 4

Thanks for the help! I'll try that out once my own coordinates point a couple of thousand miles further east again.

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