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Floating Text Must Die

Bloodsong Termagant
Manic Artist
Join date: 22 Jan 2007
Posts: 615
02-01-2010 07:01
heyas;

is there any display option, or debugging option that will cause floating text not to display on my screen at all? um... without removing the rest of the interface too? :X


i know i can turn it on/off in snapshots... oh wait, maybe its under 'hud display,' like it is with snapshots. though i'd rather like to still see my huds. just not floating text.
Isablan Neva
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02-01-2010 07:38
Floating text is an unfortunate, necessary evil. Take a deep breath, find your center, and learn to tolerate. You might hate it, but half of the people in SL can't function without it as a locator for interactive items and navigation/information.
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Kira Welty
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Join date: 15 Aug 2008
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02-01-2010 08:29
Turning off Hover Text is one of the restriction functions in RLV, you could always run RLV with that restriction in place ;))
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Bloodsong Termagant
Manic Artist
Join date: 22 Jan 2007
Posts: 615
02-08-2010 08:22
heyas;


i'm sorry, the floating text is not an option in RLV, that i found. chat, yes. im's yes. floating text, no.


i've found that turning off the interface kills floating text (shift-ctr-f1). however, that also kills any text chat input/output. i suppose if you only use voice, that's fine.



i've been poking around the debugging settings. i haven't found anything so far.

actually, does anyone know how to change the font for the floating text? i understand some people have a different default font for it, somehow.
Kitty Barnett
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Join date: 10 May 2006
Posts: 5,586
02-08-2010 08:31
From: Bloodsong Termagant
i'm sorry, the floating text is not an option in RLV
@showhovertextworld=n is your friend :p.

Of course you might run into issues with vendors which use floating text to display the price of an item, or scripts that use it for instructions, etc.
Naz Fride
21st Century Faux
Join date: 8 May 2007
Posts: 341
02-08-2010 09:53
Hover Text and floating text are two different things, BTW.
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Nika Talaj
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02-08-2010 09:58
From: Naz Fride
Hover Text and floating text are two different things, BTW.
How so?
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Isablan Neva
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02-08-2010 10:07
From: Nika Talaj
How so?



I think she's referring to Tool Tip Text.
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