Datapad Message
Last modified by KDearnley on 2023/07/31 14:06
Datapad Message
The Datapad Message displays an overlay to the player's HUD containing custom text. Add worldbuilding information or narrative elements such as logs, emails, or mission objectives.
Details
 | Object: Datapad Message Category: Communication |
Inputs
| INPUTS | ||
|---|---|---|
 | Show | Show the Message. |
Outputs
None
Properties
| PROPERTIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Property | Type | Description |
| Name | String | The name of this object. Rename an object to make it easy to identify. |
| Header | String | Header text of the datapad. |
| Title | String | Title text of the datapad. |
| Subtitle | String | Subtitle text of the datapad. |
| Show Type | Enum | Determines how to display the Datapad message. It can show a notification only, the Datapad message only, or show the notification and the Datapad message. |
| Datapad Background Image | Enum | The background that shows up behind the datapad text fields. |
| Type | Enum | Determines how the Datapad messages are formatted. All lines can be combined into a single paragraph, shown individually like bullet points, or a combination of both. |
| Message Line 1 | String | Line 1 text. |
| Message Line 2 | String | Line 2 text. |
| Message Line 3 | String | Line 3 text. |
| Message Line 4 | String | Line 4 text. |
| Message Line 5 | String | Line 5 text. |
| Message Line 6 | String | Line 6 text. |
Hidden Text Formatting
Beyond those properties listed above, in the message box, players may also customize the color of their text through inserting the following modifiers before their text. For example, ^cUsertext here, would display Usertext here in a goldish yellow color. When input correctly, the modifier immediately changes the text typed afterward into the color.
| Color modifiers | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color Modifier | Description | ||||||||
| ^c, ^<, ^\, ^L)||Goldish yellow. ~ | - ~ | ^d, ^+, ^M||Pale yellow. ~ | - ~ | ^b, ^;, ^X, ^K||Gray. ~ | - ~ | ^f, ^?, ^_, ^O||Light blue. ~ | - ~ | ^e, ^>, ^N | Red. |
| ^g | Orange. | ||||||||
| ^h | Mild blue. | ||||||||
| ^a, ^:, ^Z, ^J | Brown. | ||||||||
| ^1, ^A, ^Q | Bright red. | ||||||||
| ^2, ^R, ^B | Bright green. | ||||||||
| ^3, ^C | Bright yellow. | ||||||||
| ^4, ^D, ^T | Bright dark blue. | ||||||||
| ^5, ^E, ^U | Bright light blue. | ||||||||
| ^6, ^V | Bright purple. | ||||||||
| ^7, ^z, ^W, ^G | White. | ||||||||
| ^8, ^H | Light gray. | ||||||||
| ^9, ^0, ^Y, ^I, ^P | Black. | ||||||||