Scrolling actor/text

rjh5000

I've got a lot of text that I want the user to be able to scroll trough.

I've tried putting it on an image then setting it as the background and making the background scrollable.

Then tried using display text, but can't seem to get either working.

Is the only way to build my own scroller? Or is there an in built function I'm missing?

Thanks

msones

You're on the right track. Check out the multiscreen menu system on the cookbook page (youtube.com/gamesaladcookbook). It's got some instructions for scrolling with your finger. Attach that to the movement of your text actor (your actor displaying the text), and have your actor move up and down (or side to side) based on the movement of the player's finger.

Assuming you want your text to scroll up-down - make the actor that it is displaying on large enough to show all the text. This way the player can continue to touch the actor and see all of the text, even if 9/10ths of it is "above" the scene.

rjh5000

Thanks for the reply.

Yeah that is exactly what I am trying to do.

Got the actor ready. Will have a look at the cookbook