What are labels? & How do i customize tool tips?

fasty · Post by **fasty** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:06 pm

1) What exactly are "labels?" You can set them in ZE and also the stock game has some in the ODF's, I was wondering what they are good for.
2) Is it possible to set custom tool tips? I know if you have your tool tips set to auto, you will get a messege when you go near command posts, but is it possible to have one for when you go near other objects and can I have them say what I want?

THEWULFMAN · Post by **THEWULFMAN** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:13 pm

1: Labels are just that, labels. They serve no purpose other than helping developers keep track of things.

2: As far as I know, no. It's probably hardcoded into the exe. But I haven't really ever cared about it enough to look, so what do I know?

Marth8880 · Post by **Marth8880** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:38 pm

I am almost completely positive I saw the localization for tool tips somewhere a few days ago. I'll have to get back to you on this...

Firefang · Post by **Firefang** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:02 am

Marth8880 wrote:I am almost completely positive I saw the localization for tool tips somewhere a few days ago. I'll have to get back to you on this...

I can confirm this. Though, I don't believe you can edit the stock levels, only custom. But they are in the localize tool.

Cerfon Rournes · Post by **Cerfon Rournes** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:05 am

ifelem_helptext wrote:Code to create & modify 'helptext' -- a button icon and associated
-- text.

Hidden/Spoiler:

[code]--

-- Copyright (c) 2005 Pandemic Studios, LLC. All rights reserved.

--

-- Code to create & modify 'helptext' -- a button icon and associated

-- text.

-- Code to make a new helptext. In the template, pass in the following:

-- 

-- Template.ScreenRelativeX, .ScreenRelativeX, .x, .y -- self-explanatory

-- Template.buttonicon = "btna" -- texture for button

-- Template.string = text to show.

-- Template.bRightJustify . nil = left, 1 = right justify

function NewHelptext(Template)

	local TextW = 460

	local ret = NewIFContainer {

		ScreenRelativeX = Template.ScreenRelativeX,

		ScreenRelativeY = Template.ScreenRelativeY,

		y = Template.y, -- just above bottom

		x = Template.x,

		icon = NewIFImage { 

			ZPos = 200, -- behind most.

			texture = Template.buttonicon,

			localpos_l = Template.bRightJustify and -gHelptextIconWidth or 0,

			localpos_t = gHelptextIconHeight * -0.5,

			localpos_r = Template.bRightJustify and 0 or gHelptextIconWidth,

			localpos_b = gHelptextIconHeight * 0.5,

--			inert = 1, -- Delete this out of lua once created (we'll never touch it again)

		},

		helpstr = NewIFText {

			string = Template.string,

			font = "gamefont_small",

			textw = TextW,

			x = Template.bRightJustify and -TextW-20 or 20,

			y = -8,

			ColorR = gHelptextTextColor[1], ColorG = gHelptextTextColor[2], ColorB = gHelptextTextColor[3], alpha = gHelptextTextAlpha,

			halign = Template.bRightJustify and "right" or "left",

			nocreatebackground = 1,

		},

	} -- end of ret

	return ret

end

-- Helper function for right-justified icon + text containers. Each

-- container must have a .icon and a .helpstr field.

function gHelptext_fnMoveIcon(Container)

--	local fLeft, fTop, fRight, fBot = IFText_fnGetDisplayRect(Container.helpstr)

--	local TextW = fRight - fLeft + 10

--	IFImage_fnSetTexturePos(Container.icon,-TextW -gHelptextIconWidth, gHelptextIconHeight * -0.5, -TextW, gHelptextIconHeight * 0.5)

end

[/code]

Try this code out, it just may work.

Located in: C:\BF2_ModTools\data_***\Common\scripts

Dakota · Post by **Dakota** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:36 pm

THEWULFMAN wrote:1: Labels are just that, labels. They serve no purpose other than helping developers keep track of things.

2: As far as I know, no. It's probably hardcoded into the exe. But I haven't really ever cared about it enough to look, so what do I know?

@2: as the others have said i have seen custom tool tips, just look at what it says when you get near a medic droid in one of dann's maps.

fasty · Post by **fasty** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:59 pm

Yes but can I create a tool tip for a custom object?

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