Here's an old demo I made that contains a similar concept. It wouldn't be overly difficult to apply the same general concept with some restrictions to get the result you're after.
tatiangMember, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-ChefPosts: 11,949
Without taking a look at @Armelline's demo, the way I would do it is to determine the start and end points (x,y) and then position a rectangular actor at the center point between the two and rotate it according to the slope of the line between the two points (potentially using vectorToAngle).
tatiangMember, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-ChefPosts: 11,949
edited June 2019
Here's a demo of what I mentioned. It doesn't have tables or anything fancy yet but I think you'll get the idea. The middle letters (P, P, L) are in fixed positions but if you move the first letter (A) and last letter (E), you'll see that the highlight actor repositions and rotates to follow them. It won't auto-size but that could be added.
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Here's an old demo I made that contains a similar concept. It wouldn't be overly difficult to apply the same general concept with some restrictions to get the result you're after.
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Without taking a look at @Armelline's demo, the way I would do it is to determine the start and end points (x,y) and then position a rectangular actor at the center point between the two and rotate it according to the slope of the line between the two points (potentially using vectorToAngle).
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Here's a demo of what I mentioned. It doesn't have tables or anything fancy yet but I think you'll get the idea. The middle letters (P, P, L) are in fixed positions but if you move the first letter (A) and last letter (E), you'll see that the highlight actor repositions and rotates to follow them. It won't auto-size but that could be added.
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thanks very much! I'm going to dive into this now since i have free time now.