screen display question

[Manji]

is there any way to simultaneously display screen text and event movements? like having a character walk around while there's a story being displayed on-screen.

[Rodak]

Re: screen display question

The screen diplay : Text command has a "Screen" option.

The letters are spaced funny a n d y o u n e e d t o s p a c e your text like that.

Or use VFX Text displyed with the 2D option. That stays in place like the department of Housing and Urban Development (an HUD).

Either'll do it.

Peace.

[Manji]

Re: screen display question

cool. thanks so much, rodak.

[thetruecoolness]

Re: screen display question

As something to watch out for, you can only have so much 2D VFX text before your game starts to slow down. So if you want a lot of text either use the 3D VFX text and move it, or use the Screen command. Just remember to use the apply together command with the Screen command in a different script, since the screen command blocks other things from happening after it if you don't.

Script: Apply Together
Script: Call [Show Text]
<do other stuff>


Show Text
Screen command

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

Re: screen display question

I've found that how the game slows down when showing VFX test depends laregly on how you use it. The game has less trouble displaying 10 lines of text in 10 separate VFX than it does if you put those 10 lines in a single VFX.

As for having a cutscene while the text is going onscreen, you could also use the Text Box option. It's displayed much like the text boxes in the PS1 FF games, and you could have 10 of them onscreen at the same time (and no risk of slowdown). I prefer it over the big ol' message box that fills up the bottom of the screen.