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[CrimsonTurtle8]

Despite having made many tables now, I've never used decals. I looked at the command text and I don't understand how to apply it to a decal. 

 

So I see: *Text(string)

 

So I thought Decal.Text(blah blah blah)

 

or 

 

DecalText(blah)

 

or 

 

Decal.Text = "blah"

 

but none of that works.

 

Is it possible to change the text any time in the script based on what the player is doing?? It seems like it should be but I can't figure it out. The table crashes almost no matter what I try.

 

Also all my decals insist on having the same name? Don't get that. How do I change anything about them if they don't have distinct names?

 

Thanks!

[bluenmaize]

Not exactly sure what you are trying to do, but decals don't appear to be an option.

 

 

Variables starting with a (*) can't be changed by the script (most can be read though) or don't have an effect.

 

DECAL

==============================================================================================================================================

 

Variables

---------

 

*Rotation(float)

*Width(float)

*Height(float)

*X(float)

*Y(float)

*Type(DecalType) - 0=Text, 1=Image

*Image(string) - texture name

*Text(string)

*SizingType(SizingType) - 0=AutoSize, 1=AutoWidth, 2=ManualSize

*FontColor(OLE_COLOR)

*Font(IFontDisp)

*HasVerticalText(bool)

*Surface(string)

[CrimsonTurtle8]

 

Not exactly sure what you are trying to do, but decals don't appear to be an option.

 

 

Variables starting with a (*) can't be changed by the script (most can be read though) or don't have an effect.

 

DECAL

==============================================================================================================================================

 

Variables

---------

 

*Rotation(float)

*Width(float)

*Height(float)

*X(float)

*Y(float)

*Type(DecalType) - 0=Text, 1=Image

*Image(string) - texture name

*Text(string)

*SizingType(SizingType) - 0=AutoSize, 1=AutoWidth, 2=ManualSize

*FontColor(OLE_COLOR)

*Font(IFontDisp)

*HasVerticalText(bool)

*Surface(string)

 

Gotcha. Well darn.

 

What good is a decal then to just display static bland text in a rectangle? Lol I mean an image, sure, but the text function seems useless then.

Edited by CrimsonTurtle8, 09 January 2025 - 02:50 AM.

[jpsalas]

20 years ago, decals were used to add the text on top of the light inserts, as the lights didn't blend with the playfield image.  But we stopped using them, as people didn't want to install fonts, and they looked weird without the fonts installed.  Also VP got update with new lights which could blend with the playfield. I guess decals are only useful now for adding some extra images.

But since we have very good developers now, it is always possible to ask them to update the decals to be able to change the text, more like a text box for the game window and not only the backdrop.

[CrimsonTurtle8]

20 years ago, decals were used to add the text on top of the light inserts, as the lights didn't blend with the playfield image.  But we stopped using them, as people didn't want to install fonts, and they looked weird without the fonts installed.  Also VP got update with new lights which could blend with the playfield. I guess decals are only useful now for adding some extra images.

But since we have very good developers now, it is always possible to ask them to update the decals to be able to change the text, more like a text box for the game window and not only the backdrop.

A-ha yeah that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the context!