HudMessage doesn't work?!

[Illdo]

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#include "zcommon.acs"

script 1 OPEN
{
	print(s:"test");
	delay(35);
	HudMessage(s:"Message text here"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 0, CR_YELLOW, 1.5, 1.5, 4.0);
}

HudMessage simply does not display. Does not at all.

[Project Shadowcat]

Because it's way off the screen. Where it says 1.5, 1.5? Don't you mean 0.5, 0.5?

[JonayaRiley]

Kind of. x=1.5 means center of x, center each line.

y, however, takes only values from 0.0 to 1.0, or -1.0 to 0.0. 1.5 is off the bottom of the screen.

Illdo, change it to this:

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HudMessage(s:"Message text here"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 0, CR_YELLOW, 1.5, 0.5, 4.0);

And then it should work the way you want it to.

Also, this should help you in the future: http://zdoom.org/wiki/HudMessage

[Project Shadowcat]

Kind of. x=1.5 means center of x, center each line.

........ *makes a note of that*

[JonayaRiley]

Yeah, basically you add 1.0 to the x coordinates of the message and it centers the lines. Very useful.

[HotWax]

While that does fix part of the problem, the message still won't be drawn because he's also printing it out of an [wiki=Script_types#OPEN]OPEN[/wiki] script.

@Illdo: Change the script type to ENTER. Both [wiki]print[/wiki] and [wiki]HudMessage[/wiki] only display for the activator, and with an OPEN script, the activator is the world (not a valid player). Alternatively, you could use [wiki]printbold[/wiki] and [wiki]HudMessageBold[/wiki] to print the message to all players in the game. Both of those work regardless of script activator.

[Enjay]

While that does fix part of the problem, the message still won't be drawn because he's also printing it out of an [wiki=Script_types#OPEN]OPEN[/wiki] script.

Actually, that's not true. I don't know why it's not true, but open scripts can put print and hudmessages on screen. Perhaps because it is something that existed waaaaay back with HeXen's original ACS? Anyway, the above (modified) script works perfectly as an open script.

[Project Shadowcat]

While that does fix part of the problem, the message still won't be drawn because he's also printing it out of an [wiki=Script_types#OPEN]OPEN[/wiki] script.

Actually, that's not true. I don't know why it's not true, but open scripts can put print and hudmessages on screen. Perhaps because it is something that existed waaaaay back with HeXen's original ACS? Anyway, the above (modified) script works perfectly as an open script.

Confirmed. Back when I confused OPEN for ENTER I used OPEN scripts for opening it up with lines of text. They worked as intended -- without using the hudmessagebold modifier.

[Illdo]

Okay, thanks. Turns out I've misread the wiki page.