working with Display Text

jonmulcahy

Is it possible to display multiple attributes, with some static text, in a single display text actor? I want to display time, which requires 3 attributes, hours, minutes and seconds. I'd like to just display it like this:

hours : minutes : seconds

Would that be possible?

jonmulcahy

the answer is yes:

game.Attribute..":"..game.Attribute

now just to figure out this % symbol, it aint working right.

MarkOnTheIron

It would be great if it was also possible to insert a return to display high scores in a column.

So far I was unsuccessful (even tried inserting a return in a text attribute)

rmvz3

Hi all. I've just starting to play with Gamesalad and I'm totally shocked how fast you can do things here.

I have a question about jonmulcalhy answer. Why can't I add spaces to the text between "" ?. I'd like to display something like "You have "..game.lives.." lives left" but I can't insert spaces between quotation marks. What am I missing?

MotherHoose

@mvz3 …yes… as this is an expression … you have to type a space as [option]+[space] … just hold down the option key and press spaceBar

for a return: .."\n"..
EX: gameAttribute1.."\n"..gameAttribute2.."\n"..gameAttribute3    … etc.

think "\r" might work for a return … but I like newLine "\n"

@};- MH

rmvz3

Thank you very much, MotherHoose. I'll try that way.

Rob2

Some standard C escape sequences work - always test on device !

\b back space
\f form feed
\n newline
\r carriage return
\t horizontal tab
\v vertical tab
\\ backslash
\" double quote
\' single quote

mars3725

would it be the same if you were using the new line operator with regular text for example:
I like pie and.."\n"..I like apples

MotherHoose

you can copy paste text into the displayText behavior

add noteBehavior
type in:
I like pie
I like apples

copy those 2 lines … paste in Text: for displayText
note that the newLine is there without command
or you can just type in that Text field using [option]+[return] for newLine

have copied formatted text from textEdit and pasted in displayText
and formatting stayed (ex: bullets)

but in expressionEditor where you want an attribute's value then you should use the "\n"

play around with it!

MH