Help displaying text on players screen
Created 20 years ago2004-08-22 15:30:36 UTC by
BeaMeR
Created 20 years ago2004-08-22 15:30:36 UTC by
BeaMeR
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 15:30:36 UTC
Post #52885
Hello Im currently making a map for half life and I need some help. I made a bridge that is invisible and I need just before the player gets to it a message to popup on their screen telling them something.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 15:32:14 UTC
Post #52886
make a trigger_once like trigger a env_text 
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 15:33:38 UTC
Post #52887
Well my map is a climb type map and I was using a trigger_multiple (because people can fall and come to the same point again) that would trigger env_message but I cant get it to work.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 15:48:42 UTC
Post #52889
are u sure that the triggers target is the same as the env_message cause u can make mistakes sumtimes lol
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 15:52:26 UTC
Post #52891
I just made sure Im going to compile right now oh and BTW it's a game_text I'm using.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:00:19 UTC
Post #52895
I still cant get it to work.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:02:44 UTC
Post #52896
yes, game_text's are better, because with env_message's you have to edit the titles.txt. alright this is what you should do:
make a game_text entity put set it's name to whatever you want,
then make a box that the player can run through and put it as a trigger_once, in it's target properties put the name of your game_text.
<also,>>game_text's usually dont work with trigger_auto's, at least not on my comp.
<<
make a game_text entity put set it's name to whatever you want,
then make a box that the player can run through and put it as a trigger_once, in it's target properties put the name of your game_text.
<also,>>game_text's usually dont work with trigger_auto's, at least not on my comp.
<<
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:05:11 UTC
Post #52897
Going to test it right now
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:06:48 UTC
Post #52899
Still no luck maybe Im doing something rong.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:08:57 UTC
Post #52902
Alright I created a trigger_once for the player to walk through with target "Seeing is Believing". I then more towards the middel of the map created a game_text with name "Seeing is Believing" and target "Seeing is Believing" with the Message Text "Seeing is Believing".
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:13:39 UTC
Post #52907
hmm, try it with no spaces in the name, maybe that'll work?
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:15:54 UTC
Post #52911
That didnt work either Floater619 can I possibly send you the RMF?
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:18:03 UTC
Post #52913
yeah, just email it to me. my email is in my profile.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:19:49 UTC
Post #52914
Their I sent it
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:27:24 UTC
Post #52917
dont use spaces or capital letters in the entity name. keep it short, something like "sib" or "txt1". and the message name is different from the name field. message name is what will appear on the screen, name is what you should be targetting to activate the text.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:27:30 UTC
Post #52918
i got it but i couldnt open it, because it wasnt a .zip,
could you put the .rmf in a zip then send it to me?
could you put the .rmf in a zip then send it to me?
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:31:50 UTC
Post #52921
Their I resent it zipped and ministeve I will try that.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:35:56 UTC
Post #52923
are you sure??, i got it again, but the attatchment was test.rmf, it wasnt zipped.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:41:40 UTC
Post #52924
I sent it again I know it's zipped.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:48:20 UTC
Post #52925
I sent it again I know it's zipped.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:52:27 UTC
Post #52926
i didn't get it, i got the first one you sent me with the .rmf attatchment, but i didnt get the other two with the .zip attatchments
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 16:56:46 UTC
Post #52930
Is their any other way we can talk like through AIM or something and what's rong with just the .rmf?
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 17:44:12 UTC
Post #52938
Can anyone else help me out with this?
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 17:54:03 UTC
Post #52939
BeaMeR, i had a map made with text's in it, but it was never finished, i could e-mail it to you, and you could take a look how i got the text to work. You can do whatever you want with it, i wont finish it, you can finish it and post it if you want.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 19:05:19 UTC
Post #52957
Alright that sounds great just email it to 1989bmw@adelphia.net
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 19:07:42 UTC
Post #52960
okay, the map is called "Bad Memories"
the story is in the readme.
the story is in the readme.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 19:15:07 UTC
Post #52962
i sent it to you.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 19:44:05 UTC
Post #52976
read ministeve's post.... no capital letters and no spaces... it should work that way
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 21:44:13 UTC
Post #53002
I feel like a idiot and let me explain why. Stupid me never changed the output path a my compiler so it was trying to copy my map to the old directory see I renamed my mod without change that. It works perfect now and thank you to everyone who helped. Oh and BTW Floater619 your map is awesome but for some reason none of the monsters appear I will take a look at it in a few.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 21:45:32 UTC
Post #53004
hmmm.. they should. strange.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 21:49:56 UTC
Post #53006
heres what it should look like in-game:
also, there is a cut-scene at the start.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 21:55:09 UTC
Post #53007
I figured out the problem right after I posted it see I was running my map in my own custom mod and I put your map in their not considering the fact that I dont have any of those models in the correct folder.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 21:57:11 UTC
Post #53008
BTW, if your playing the map, watch out for the helicopter.
Posted 20 years ago2004-08-22 23:13:30 UTC
Post #53022
The helicopter never attacked me it just kept going higher and higher till is disapeared and the grunts never appeared.
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