UI (functions)/Textbox

WaitShowDialogue

Displays a dialogue box with text, waiting until the player completes it. Takes a string as an argument.

Arguments

Argument order is UI:WaitShowDialouge(text, callbacks)

Name	Type	Technical Type	Purpose	Required
text	String	?	The text to display with the textbox.	Yes
callbacks	Lua Table	?	A table of callbacks to be called by the textbox for customization features.	No

Example

UI:WaitShowDialogue("Hello World!")

WaitShowTimedDialogue

Displays a dialogue box with text, waiting until the specified time has expired.

Arguments

Argument order is UI:WaitShowTimedDialouge(text, waitTime, callbacks)

Name	Type	Technical Type	Purpose	Required
text	String	?	The text to display with the textbox.	Yes
waitTime	Integer	?	The time for the textbox to remain on screen. Pass -1 to wait for layer input.	Yes
callbacks	Lua Table	?	A table of callbacks to be called by the textbox for customization features.	No

Example

UI:WaitShowTimedDialogue("Hello World!", 120)

TextDialogue

Sets the current dialogue text to be shown. Requires WaitDialog to actually display.

Arguments

Argument order is UI:TextDialogue(text, waitTime, callbacks)

Name	Type	Technical Type	Purpose	Required
text	String	System.String	The text to display with the textbox.	Yes
waitTime	Integer	System.Int32	The time for the textbox to remain on screen. Pass -1 to wait for layer input.	No
callbacks	Lua Table	NLua.LuaTable	A table of callbacks to be called by the textbox for customization features.	No

WaitShowVoiceOver

Displays a voice over, waiting until the player completes it.

Arguments

Argument order is UI:WaitShowVoiceOver(text, expireTime, x, y, width, height, callbacks)

Name	Type	Technical Type	Purpose	Required
text	String	System.String	The text to display with the textbox.	Yes
expireTime	Integer	System.Int32	The time for the textbox to remain on screen. Pass -1 to wait for layer input.	No
x	Integer	System.Int32	The starting X position of the box.	No
y	Integer	System.Int32	The starting Y position of the box	No
width	Integer	System.Int32	The width of the box.	No
height	Integer	System.Int32	The height of the box.	No
callbacks	Lua Table	NLua.LuaTable	A table of callbacks to be called by the textbox for customization features.	No

Example

UI:WaitShowVoiceOver("Hello World!", 120)

TextVoiceOver

Sets the current voice-over text to be shown. Requires WaitDialog to actually display.

Arguments

Argument order is UI:TextVoiceOver(text, expireTime, x, y, width, height, callbacks)

Name	Type	Technical Type	Purpose	Required
text	String	System.String	The text to display with the textbox.	Yes
expireTime	Integer	System.Int32	The time for the textbox to remain on screen. Pass -1 to wait for layer input.	No
x	Integer	System.Int32	The starting X position of the box.	No
y	Integer	System.Int32	The starting Y position of the box	No
width	Integer	System.Int32	The width of the box.	No
height	Integer	System.Int32	The height of the box.	No
callbacks	Lua Table	NLua.LuaTable	A table of callbacks to be called by the textbox for customization features.	No

TextPopUp

Makes text pop up in the bottom-left corner by default. Displays concurrently with any other process.

Arguments

Argument order is UI:TextPopUp(text, expireTime, x, y, width, height, callbacks)

Name	Type	Technical Type	Purpose	Required
text	String	System.String	The text to display with the textbox.	Yes
expireTime	Integer	System.Int32	The time for the textbox to remain on screen. Pass -1 to wait for layer input.	No
x	Integer	System.Int32	The starting X position of the box.	No
y	Integer	System.Int32	The starting Y position of the box	No
width	Integer	System.Int32	The width of the box.	No
height	Integer	System.Int32	The height of the box.	No
centerH	Boolean	System.Boolean	True if the text should be centered horizontally.	No
centerV	Boolean	System.Boolean	True if the text should be centered vertically.	No

WaitShowTitle

Fades in a title text, waiting until the fade-in is complete.

Arguments

Argument order is UI:WaitShowTitle(text, time)

Name	Type	Technical Type	Purpose	Required
text	String	System.String	The text to display with the textbox.	Yes
time	Integer	System.Int32	How long the text takes to fade in.	No

• text: The text to display.
• time: The time for the text to fade in.

Example

UI:WaitShowTitle("Hello World!", 60)

UI:TextShowTitle(System.String,System.Int32)

Shows text in the format of a title drop. Requires WaitDialog to actually display.

Arguments

• text: The text to display.
• time: The time for the text to fade in.

UI:WaitHideTitle

Fades out the currently displayed title, waiting until the fade-out is complete.

Arguments

• time: The time for the text to fade in.

Example

UI:WaitHideTitle(60)

UI:TextFadeTitle(System.Int32)

Fades out the text set in a title drop. Requires WaitDialog to actually fade.

Arguments

• time: The time for the text to fade in.

WaitDialog

Displays the currently set dialogue box and waits for the player to complete it.

Example

UI:WaitDialog()

UI:_DummyWait

Instantly break. Used as default/invalid value when returning a yieldable value.