Change color of text at random using a timer --- please help!!!

katslump

I need an easy way to say
"every 1 second"
---change Display Text color to a random color

-Timo-

the color his min is 0 and his max is 1
so say
every 1 sec do:
change self.color.green to random(0,1)
change self.color.red to random(0,1)
change self.color.blue to random(0,1)
but this is with an actor and not with the display text...
I don't think this is possible with display text so I think you have to make an white text image and import this to the actor.
hope this helped
good luck!

katslump

See that is the problem...the text is spitting out random words and the words need to be different colors.
I have tried your way with the actor; however it doesn't work.
I originally had the Opacity at 0 for the actor (so the background of the text wouldn't be white) so I thought that might have been the problem. However, even after I changed the opacity nothing seemed to happen.
Hmm.

Socks

Create your text externally (eg: Photoshop) as white text on a transparent background.


Timer / Every 1 second:
Change Attribute self.color.Red to: random(1,255)/255
Change Attribute self.color.Green to: random(1,255)/255
Change Attribute self.color.Blue to: random(1,255)/255

Socks

Example project (attached):

katslump

Okay so there is no way for me to keep my text as it and just change its color?

The_Gamesalad_Guru

No you were told that.

Socks

Okay so there is no way for me to keep my text as it and just change its color?

@katslump

You can (depending on how your project is set up) apply the colour over your GameSalad generated text using a transfer mode.

(example attached):

katslump

THANK YOU! Thats what I needed

Socks

THANK YOU! Thats what I needed

No problem, glad it works for you. >-