Text (TeaScript)

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Text is a class in TeaScript.vbs that allows you to read/write values for text.

Creating a Text

To create a text object use the TxtCreate function.

call TxtCreate(index, x, y, sasc, easc, cdata, lnum, fontid, flag, text)

For more information visit the TxtCreate documentation.


Using the Text Class

To read the value of Text do:

Text(index).name

To change the value of Text do:

Text(index).name = value


Where index is an unique identifier defined when creating the text object.


Text Properties

Physical Properties
Type Name Read/Write Description
string text - The text shown.
double x - The x coordinate. It uses screen or scene coordinates based on its flag in TxtCreate.
double y - The y coordinate. It uses screen or scene coordinates based on its flag in TxtCreate.
Graphical Properties
Type Name Read/Write Description
double zpos - The priority of the text. Foreground is 0 and background is 1.
double hide - Determines if the text is hidden.(0: Show text; 1: Hide text)
double forecolor - An overlay hue added to the text. Setting this value to 0 makes the player invisible, setting it to -1 returns it to default. Use the rgba(red, green, blue, alpha) function to choose a specific hue.
double forecolor_r - The red value of the hue described in 'forecolor'. Should be a value between 0 to 255. Use this value to read and get only the red component.
double forecolor_g - The green value of the hue described in 'forecolor'. Should be a value between 0 to 255. Use this value to read and get only the green component.
double forecolor_b - The blue value of the hue described in 'forecolor'. Should be a value between 0 to 255. Use this value to read and get only the blue component.
double forecolor_a - The alpha value of the hue described in 'forecolor'. Should be a value between 0 to 255. Use this value to read and get only the alpha component.
Other
Type Name Read/Write Description
double width - The number of characters of a single row in the NPC image file.
double foreground - Set this to 0 and the text created will be hidden. Set this to 1 and the text will be visible.
Unknown
Type Name Read/Write Description
double height - Unknown

Oddities and Quirks

Below is a list of certain quirks text have that does not conform to standard behavior or simply other miscellaneous behavior.