Author Topic: An easier way to display a terminal like computer. (Read 1480 times)

Alkatjo · May 17, 2017, 02:52:50 PM

I'm working on a Single player horror adventure and I'm in need of a more efficient way to display texts and logs without having to write every line to On x -> client -> [Words].

Something that allowed you to store data through in game links, similar to a terminal.
I'm terrible at describing things so let me just give a visual example.

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phflack · May 17, 2017, 09:22:13 PM

could potentially use print bricks, but then the displays would be pretty large
I remember at some point there was a way to display text above bricks as well

otto-san · May 17, 2017, 10:49:56 PM

Quote from: phflack on May 17, 2017, 09:22:13 PM

I remember at some point there was a way to display text above bricks as well

yeah you can just use staticshapes or smth that doesn't have a setShapeName password. there was an event that did it at some point, duno where it went

Alkatjo · May 17, 2017, 11:39:24 PM

I was thinking more along the lines of displaying a gui on the screen and navigating with your mouse. Those two options sound good but not in the scope of what i'm trying to achieve. I'm not familiar with static shapes either.

otto-san · May 18, 2017, 12:05:37 AM

you would need a client mod to be able to make a menu like that

PhantOS · May 18, 2017, 05:26:38 AM

You can store a lot of information on .txt files and read it in with a client mod. If you're making a singleplayer game you might as well use that. for multiplayer, client guis are unfavorable.

Swollow · May 19, 2017, 11:57:36 AM

Quote from: otto-san on May 18, 2017, 12:05:37 AM

you would need a client mod to be able to make a menu like that

Quote from: PhantOS on May 18, 2017, 05:26:38 AM

You can store a lot of information on .txt files and read it in with a client mod. If you're making a singleplayer game you might as well use that. for multiplayer, client guis are unfavorable.

he did say its a single player thing though, so its definitely viable

Super Suit 12 · May 27, 2017, 08:02:28 PM

Website that procedurally generates and displays an image based on the url you go to (kind of like what beepbox does) plus BL-Browser?

SWAT One · May 31, 2017, 01:55:04 AM

Try Event_BrickText.zip from this page.

Pah1023 · May 31, 2017, 04:31:47 AM

Quote from: Super Suit 12 on May 27, 2017, 08:02:28 PM

Website that procedurally generates and displays an image based on the url you go to (kind of like what beepbox does) plus BL-Browser?

Just a note, this could be done easier via AWS_LoadUrl("data:text/html,<html>");