Changing RscText With Variables ... ?

[duckwilliamson]

OK i have a slight problem that may be simple or complicated - i don't know ...

I want to have rsctext on the screen so i can position it and call it whenever i like ...

I've got the text working thanks to a rsctext tutorial, but i was wondering if i could modify the text with a command of some type ...

Say i have black text in the top left ... can i have it so there is only one rsctext used where the text is always black top left, but the text changes according to whatever i change variables to everytime i display it??

I have done work with dialogs and my dialog changes using the ctrlsettext perfectly fine, is there a way to do this with rsctext's too??

All i want to do is have the rsctext be capable of being changed without having to rewrite a new class in the description.ext ...

thx for any help in advance  

[macguba]

Why not just bung all the stuff from the tute into your description.ext and use variables to conrtol how the text appears?     If var1=1 then it's black top left, if var1=2 its red bottom right, etc..

I'm thinking of Xenofane's tute, is that the one you're referring to?

[duckwilliamson]

I am refering to Xenofane's tute ... (thx to him)

And i don't wanna change between top left black ... i want it to always be top left black ... i just want the text to change

So i want to define the top left black and control the text of that class with a variable ... how do you do that?

[Gameer_77]

You can't "ctrlsettext" rsctitles, only the dialogs themselves...Sorry, sucks aye?

Gameer

[KTottE]

http://www.ofpec.com/editors/comref.php?letter=C#ctrlSetText

If he does a dialog it will work.

[Gameer_77]

Then he's got a cursor in the middle of the screen and the gameplay stops, though.

[duckwilliamson]

so now  at least you guys understand my problem ... and i fooled around with ctrl's and they didn't work (only in dialogs)

so i ask: does that mean there is no way to change a rsctext once it's been written in the description without have a mouse cursor on the screen?

[Gameer_77]

Yes, no way.

If there's not to many options, you can easily just copy+paste the part, it's not as hard as it sounds.

Gameer

[duckwilliamson]

So ya well then my problem is kinda massive ...

-i want to have black text in the top left corner that displays ppl's names in multiplayer and what they do for each thing:

e.g:

"Bill has bit the dust"
"Bob ate Bill's rocket"
"Quazi reached the airport objective"

So by having this i can think of ways around it, but 'tis still difficult and i don't know how to add ppl's names into the lines either without having some type of variable (which apparently there isn't the capability of doing) ...

Anyways tell me- should i not do this at all - or should i change something - or what ??!!
Anyone please give me ideas or input somehow on how to make this sucker work!!

I thank anyone for their help  ;D