Arma 3 Editor Tutorial - Animated Texts - Mission Presentation V 

Thank you very much!

I'll try to keep an eye out for those missions, have a nice day

I am pretty sure the sound effects come automatically with the visual effect. I also searched the BIS campaign missions and it seems like they used the function TypeText, only with a few more parameters. This should be nice as well: any =[ [ ["Mission name","%1"], ["By author"], ["Date", "%1", 90] ] ,0.7, 0.8, "%1" ] spawn BIS_fnc_typeText; It shows the text letter by letter and stays on the screen for a bit longer. It's not a direct copy of a BIS text effect (it's a pain to search through the code), but it looks similar. If you wish to give it a try yourself, you can also look at how the campaign is made. Get any PBO decompiler and open the missions_f_epa.pbo.

I am fairly certain that the example code I provided is correct and doesn't produce errors. I'm guessing you adjusted the examples in some way, and that's most likely the source of the error, however I can't see into your head and have no idea what you're making. If you posted the code you try to use, and how you try to call (use) it, I would be able to tell you if there's an error or not, and help you with fixing it. In other words, I can't see your code or your mission, I know little about your problem, I can't reproduce it, therefore I can't help.

The word 'center' is related to text alignment, not the text position on the screen. The position is static, you would need to edit the function and call it as a custom script. Have a look at the function in the Function viewer, if you want to edit it.

Feuerex Ah okay. I will try doing that sometime. And thanks for the reply

Yup, this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6t-Pf3u7YOc.html

all you have to do is to place the following in the trigger On Activation box. any= ["your text" , "goes here" , "blah blah blah" ] spawn BIS_fnc_infoText;

Feuerex I tried that but it didn’t work before. I’ll give it another shot when I get off work. Thanks for the reply!

Functions have many attributes hard coded in them. The general rule is, if it's not one of the parameters, it probably can't be changed. InfoText has the timing hard coded in the function itself, you'd have to edit the function manually and call it as a custom script.

I set up a testing mission. Empty map, one infantry unit (player), one trigger 50x50 around him. Activation Anybody, on Act. - your code, copy pasted from this comment. Works without any problems, Arma 3 current version 1.56, stable branch, no mods. Same results when calling a script with the same copy pasted code. A quick google search also confirms that the syntax works and there's nothing wrong with it. I don't know what you use to try the code or what other commands you use in addition, but I see no problem with the function when it's called in a blank mission space. I'd recommend you to test the function in the environment described above and then try to figure out where is the issue. If your problem still persists, can you specify what exactly the game doesn't like? How are you calling it? Are you using any other commands in conjunction?

Feuerex Thanks for your fast response and I appreciate all of your tutorial videos. I know your code was right, verified it myself several times. Once I'm home I will try to run the code on a example mission like you did above and start trouble shooting my own code. The script I'm using it in conjunction with it is just a couple camera scripts for my intro along with a fade out, fade, and fade in script.., very simple. I will post my whole script file if I don't have any luck.

Yep, as long as you keep it simple you are totally fine with just using triggers. All script files are already in the base game. Of course, you are also absolutely free to write your own little script to call the functions, if you prefer writing bits of code. Not sure what you mean by bis_fnc_intro, such function doesn't exist to my knowledge, but the examples listed below the video do indeed work the same when called from a trigger or a script.

Thanks for the quick reply. What do you think would be the best method for a MP mission that has respawn and runs on a dedicated server? I'm thinking I could just put a trigger that runs one time so the players don't see the message every time they die and spawn back on the trigger. Wondering if it would be better to add it to the init.sqf, with the goal of all clients seeing the message no matter which spawn point they choose (I have multiple respawn_west markers). Thoughts?

I tend to avoid the multiplayer related problems as much as possible. Another reason why these videos are strictly singleplayer focused. I think you're better off dealing with that yourself or asking someone on the forums / any other community place. I wish you best luck with your mission.

Allan Hoyle You are missing a " after Date. The code should be any= ["Mission Name", "By: Author", "Date"] spawn BIS_fnc_infotext;

Feuerex Thank you that fixed it.

+Jester Tested the code right now, in an empty map, Arma 3 vanilla, stable version. Works without a problem, so yes, the code you provided is written correctly. The second line didn't show complete, it was a bit too long to display, some characters didn't fit on screen. I was testing in windowed and a very small resolution, but still. The compiler also didn't report any errors. If there's something that doesn't work in your mission, it probably isn't this particular piece of code, but something else.

+Feuerex how exactly did you execute the code???

+Jester I made a player controlled infantry unit, made a trigger around him, set the activation to Anybody: present, and copy pasted the code you provided into the on Act box. Then tested the mission. Quick and direct method for testing simple code.

+Feuerex works, thanks!

take the function and change the interval to suit your needs. An example can be seen here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DCUcaapkKUU.html

There totally is, my friend! I'm going to suppose you're writing a script, okay? You have two options. One, you can use the simple fade technique - just fade very slowly. Fade from black to screen, very slow, leaves you with a black screen for about 5 minutes. Cuttext ["","black in",9999999]; You can wait a couple of seconds and then Cuttext again. CutText ["","black in",6]; this will overwrite the previous time and the screen will fade from black to screen in a reasonable time. cutText ["","black in",999999]; sleep 8; cutText ["","black in",6]; //8 seconds of blackness, then fade to screen in 6 seconds. Or, you can use functions. One for immediate fade screen to black effect, then leave the screen black a couple of seconds, and then smooth fade from black to screen. The first parameter is an ID of the effect, so leave it as is or pay attention to it when changing. ["id101",false] call bis_fnc_blackout; sleep 8; ["id101",true] call bis_fnc_blackin; //8 seconds of blackness, then fade to screen, the duration is pre-defined.

Worked a charm! Thanks very much for the advice and thank you for getting back to me so quickly.

Sorry Feurex, I forgot to mention something else... How do I go about fading in (and out) music and general sound as well?

Dale260 There are two commands for you, FadeSound and FadeMusic. The syntax is: _time_ FadeSound _level_ , where _time_ is time in seconds for change from current level to new level. _Level_ is the volume, where 0 is silence and 1 full volume (default when you play sounds). FadeMusic controls the volume of default songs and your custom sounds defined under class CfgMusic, FadeSound controls the volume of default sounds, environmental and background in-game sounds, and your custom sounds defined under class CfgSounds.

Feuerex Have you used this command in your own missions in the past? I ask this because it doesn't seem to be working at all. Below is the working script for my intro as advised by you: // Create InfoText any= ["'Raven Shield'", "Western Altis", "07.08.2041"] spawn BIS_fnc_infotext; // Create Black Screen With Fade In Effect cutText ["","BLACK IN",999999]; sleep 10; cutText ["","BLACK IN",3]; Now where would the FadeSound command sit in this script? Would it even go in there or in the Description.ext?

First, copy the code for the text two times. If you are using a script, you can use the command sleep (sleep 6;) between two texts. If you are using triggers, just make two triggers with the same condition, but the second one with the second text will have countdown 6 seconds. That way you have two texts, you can do the same thing for more.

Feuerex Thank you!

The code? Put it in a script.sqf and launch with: any=[] execVM "script.sqf"; If that's what you are asking. If not, try to use the google translator or something. We'll get it working!

+TheBlackdead I experience no problems on my side, the link is valid and all needed resources are available there. What exactly is wrong?

+Feuerex "You must first verify that you are human" if you press "Verify" the Page is loading and showes you the same as before "You must first verify that you are human. On every Browser Chrome,Firefox and Opera.

+TheBlackdead That is news to me, it never happened over here. I can't change pretty much anything about the site from my position, so I guess you can just wait a bit and try again, see if it gets better. Here's an alternative link pastebin.com/yB1LwzDX Thanks for the feedback by the way. I will mark the issue and if more people get similar problems, I will have to find alternative site for pasting the code.

+Feuerex The new Link works perfect. Thx for the Support and keep up the god Work. ;D

Ahmet Tan I create text.sqf file and player initialization = _text = [this] execVM "text.sqf"; Work but no cut scene and no text write

Ahmet Tan You can't use description.ext for scripts, that will indeed close your game. In _text = [this] execVM "text.sqf" , I'm not sure why you're passing a parameter to the script that isn't used, also local variables may cause problems. Enable script errors to see what goes wrong.

Feuerex I use but dont work.No error but dont work

Ahmet Tan I understand the language barrier is the biggest problem here, I'm unable to assist you with such response. Place the two commands in a trigger (F3). I can assure you the commands themselves work, you are calling the script wrong.

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