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SuezanneC Baskerville
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03-31-2007 18:37
To make a one prim HUD button with centered text, try a cube with size X of .075, size Z of .01, rotation Y of 315, taper X of -1, topshear X of .5, llSetText("Button Text", <1,1,1>,1); .
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Darien Caldwell
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03-31-2007 21:33
Nice work, a clever solution
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Deanna Trollop
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03-31-2007 21:56
I've tinkered with HUD buttons using floating text, and the vertical position of the text will vary from viewer to viewer depending on screen resolution settings, since the offset above center appears to be in pixels, rather than a function of object height.
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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04-01-2007 01:50
This appear to produce reasonably well centered text at 800 by 600, 1024x768, and 1280x800.
The text is so nearly centered in the object image the resolution probably doesn't make a difference of more than a pixel or two, if that. _____________________
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Kenn Nilsson
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04-01-2007 02:07
Yes...if you rotate a prim so that the 'top' of the prim is facing you in the HUD, the floating text will not appear to move. The float seems to be 'above top' rather than 'above prim'
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Winter Ventura
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04-01-2007 05:59
The only drawback with rotated hud objects, is if you change the attachment hardpoint, it reverts to rotation 0,0,0. A solution night be to put a rotation command into the on_rez event, so the proper face is always facing the viewer, regardless of attachment point.
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Gearsawe Stonecutter
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04-01-2007 09:43
very nifty. now we just need llSetLinkText then we are all set.
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Deanna Trollop
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04-01-2007 13:12
This appear to produce reasonably well centered text at 800 by 600, 1024x768, and 1280x800. With the box un-checked, UI elements (including floating text and the associated vertical offset) will be scaled to the multiple of their literal pixel size specified by the slider. When checked, they will be scaled based on their physical screen size at 1024x768. I suspect the box is checked in your preferences, Suzanne. Try un-checking it, and you'll probably see a quite noticeable difference in floating text font size and vertical positioning between resolutions. |