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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: Fury on April 21, 2010, 12:13:01 am

Title: Suggestion for a sexp: read-text-file
Post by: Fury on April 21, 2010, 12:13:01 am

How about a sexp that reads a text file and displays contents on-screen? Additional arguments would control how the text is displayed. For example, you could have vertically scrolling text at specific coordinates at fixed width and length.

Title: Re: Suggestion for a sexp: read-text-file
Post by: General Battuta on April 21, 2010, 12:13:51 am

Well, I'm not sure what it'd give us that subtitles and training messages don't, except I guess scrolling ability...

Title: Re: Suggestion for a sexp: read-text-file
Post by: Fury on April 21, 2010, 12:15:33 am

Think of much larger amount of text, sort of like in-game fiction viewer. One could use it to display long credits at the end of campaign for example.

Title: Re: Suggestion for a sexp: read-text-file
Post by: General Battuta on April 21, 2010, 12:17:52 am

I have a feeling it would be a ton of work for relatively specific gain.

Title: Re: Suggestion for a sexp: read-text-file
Post by: Goober5000 on April 21, 2010, 12:24:47 am

Quote from: General Battuta on April 21, 2010, 12:17:52 am

I have a feeling it would be a ton of work for relatively specific gain.

This.

Plus, it can be done with existing sexps. :nod: