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11 — Text Trigger...

Changed in 0.2.0

Prints one numbered line of tutorial text over the tactical view.

Editor data
Numeric ID
11
Engine ID
TACTION_TEXT_TRIGGER
Editor name
Text Trigger...
Need token
NEED_NUMBER
Parameters
  1. Numberinteger
Attachment
none
INI example
[Actions]
<TriggerID>=1,11,0,<Number>,0,0,0,0,

The text comes from the numbered lines that TUTORIAL.INI holds. A map can add or replace lines with a [Tutorial] section of its own. Its lines take precedence over TUTORIAL.INI lines with the same number for as long as the mission is played.

TUTORIAL.INI
[Tutorial]
120=Hold the ridge until the transports arrive.
map file
[Tutorial]
120=Hold the bridge instead.


[Actions]
DemoText=1,11,0,120,0,0,0,0, ; prints the map's line 120, "Hold the bridge instead."

The line stays on screen for MessageDelay minutes unless later messages push it off.

Valid values

  • The number of a line in the map's [Tutorial] section or in TUTORIAL.INI.
Caveats
  • A number that neither holds prints nothing. The trigger's other actions still run.
  • Tutorial lines share the on-screen message list with chat and game notices. The list shows six messages, and each new message after that removes the oldest, so later messages can take the line off the screen before its time is up.
  • A line too wide for the message area is split into several messages. Each part plays the incoming-message sound and can be pushed off the screen separately.

History

  1. Changed0.2.0In development

    Read a map's own tutorial lines