putting an image on a xyzzytext prim

i've got a 5 high object of xyzzytext prims, (5 prims, 5 high, making 50 character plate, 10x5)


i'm wanting to display an image on these 5 prims, without modifying thier size, etc

sometimes it might be text, sometimes image.... does anyone know the texture repeats,
offsets to make this work for each face for a straight 512x512 image ?

thanks

You will have had a little prim setup script to make those prims, with a few llSetPrimitiveParams lines in it. Those two vectors after the texture UUID are the offsets and repeats for each face. The first number before the UUID is the face number.

You can do this from the editor too. To see which face is which, have the Advanced menu enabled, edit the prim, click the Select Texture button, click on a face, and press Ctrl-Alt-Shift-T. That will tell you the face number. Look in the texture tab to see the offsets and repeats.

that's all great and nonhelpful not new info.. but thoes offsets and repeats are relevent to the grid array used by the text/image system..... and have nothing to do with exact offsets/repeats of a square image.

they're totally different, and i would hope you'd think that i'd of already tried that

The tiling offsets you need will be very complex and may not be possible to set precisely enough to avoid distortion. I recommend you just make all five prims 100% transparent and add a sixth prim for the image. That's what other people generally do.

If you already know all the answers then why are you asking?

With the offsets and repeats in hand, you can do two things.

One is to do the arithmetic to make your textures match the offsets used by the text scripts.

The other thing you can do is record those numbers, change the prims to offsets and repeats that are easy enough to fit into your brain, then change them back to the numbers required for the text script when you want to display text again.

If these things are too hard to do, you could overlay an additional prim atop the others for displaying images, and hide that prim when you want to display text. Seriously, this is not rocket science.

My goodness, you sound really annoyed that someone tried to help you! I mean, yeah, the answer wasn't what you wanted, but damn them for trying, right?


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obviously you dont understand the question... i believe my question was...

"does anyone know the texture repeats, offsets to make this work for each face for a straight 512x512 image ?"

the question still remains

that's the compromise i'm trying to fix at the moment....

Dude, each cell is a prim face. No offsets necessary.

You don't have to be an ass

Feel free to gtfo the forums.

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Been there, done that, discovered that you have to compromise too much to make it not suck. The edges will not line up.

and while I don't know the answer offhand, if you're really that bored, please feel free to use the wonder alignment texture that Chosen Few posted a link for over in Texturing Tips... it really does make aligining large textures over multiple prims with odd shapes SO much easier.

and on a side note, there is no need to be nasty to people trying to help. not only is it rude and obnoxious, but lowers your chances of getting useful help later.