idGuiEntity_Text

An entity that displays text in the world.

Example

entity {
	entityDef sample_text { // name of the entity
	inherit = "gui/text";
	class = "idGuiEntity_Text";
	expandInheritance = false;
	poolCount = 0;
	poolGranularity = 2;
	networkReplicated = false;
	disableAIPooling = false;
	edit = {
		flags = {
			noknockback = false;
		}
		renderModelInfo = {
			model = "editors/models/gui_text.lwo";
			scale = { // size of the entity
				x = 10;
				y = 10;
				z = 10;
			}
		}
		clipModelInfo = {
			type = "CLIPMODEL_NONE";
		}
		swf = "swf/guientity/generic_text.swf";
		spawnPosition = { // location of where the entity will appear
			x = 1;
			y = 1;
			z = 1;
		}
		spawnOrientation = { // direction the entity will face
			mat = {
				mat[0] = {
					x = 1;
					y = 0;
					z = 0;
				}
				mat[1] = {
					x = 0;
					y = 1;
					z = 0;
				}
				mat[2] = {
					x = 0;
					y = 0;
					z = 1;
				}
			}
		}
		dormancy = {
			allowDistanceDormancy = false;
			allowDormancy = false;
			allowPvsDormancy = false;
		}
		dynamicMoveActive = true;
		swfScale = 0.02; // size of the string
		bodyText = {
			text = "Sample Text"; // the string itself
		}
		headerText = { // Use if using generic_text.swf and without bodyText
			text = "Text\nWith\nLine\nBreaks"; // enter text here
			color = {
				r = 1;
				g = 1;
				b = 1;
			}
			relativeWidth = 1; // the width of the text relative to the swf (eg. generic_text = 1.0, generic_text_wide = 1.95)
			alignment = "SWF_ET_ALIGN_CENTER"; // Text alignment; SWF_ET_ALIGN_LEFT, SWF_ET_ALIGN_RIGHT, SWF_ET_ALIGN_CENTER, or SWF_ET_ALIGN_JUSTIFY
		}                                      
		billboard = true; // if true, the text entity will always face the player
	}
}
}

String customization applies to both BLANG files and idGuiEntity_Text entities.

See Also

• String Customization