I was wondering what the limit was for the text in the loading screen, for example, body size, title size, ect. if there is one. I was also wondering if there was a way to get around this. I have noticed maps with a large amount of text in the loading screens, but the body in my loading screen seems to limit me to only a couple sentences.
It would be great if I could put a little more information in the loading screen where newer players will be forced to read it with no distractions. They apparently won't take the time to browse my extensive help tabs I've created in game because the negative reviews for my map all complain about no tutorial or information on how to play --
I have considered putting the text on the loading screen picture, but it would be annoying to have to redo the picture so often, plus I am not sure how the text looks for different players with different computer screen sizes.
@DaBernMon: Go I know how you feel, some of the guys who played my maps complained about it, when all they had to do was read the How To Play instructions, and they are very simple. I don't know if throwing a long text in the loading screen can be of any help. My suggestion: Try to pop up chat messages when the instructions are needed, maybe flash some buttons... these flashy things can attract the kids ;-)
Haha yes that's the plan eventually, I don't really want to use a wall of text on the loading screen but at this point it is probably the fastest way to solve the problem. Unfortunately my time is being spent entirely on adding new stuff to the game and I'm still kinda new to text tags, dialog boxes and the like so while I would love to have more tutorials (I have plenty as it is, in my opinion) I feel my time would be better spend adding new things for the players that actually take time to read what's in place rather than mastering how to make the tutorials flashy so the !@#$ fools who don't read will figure it out too.
Also, just so that it can be documented here, anyone know the specific text limits for things like the loading screen? I've seen map size and bank limits and other such limits in other places on the site, but nothing about text limits.
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I was wondering what the limit was for the text in the loading screen, for example, body size, title size, ect. if there is one. I was also wondering if there was a way to get around this. I have noticed maps with a large amount of text in the loading screens, but the body in my loading screen seems to limit me to only a couple sentences.
It would be great if I could put a little more information in the loading screen where newer players will be forced to read it with no distractions. They apparently won't take the time to browse my extensive help tabs I've created in game because the negative reviews for my map all complain about no tutorial or information on how to play --
I have considered putting the text on the loading screen picture, but it would be annoying to have to redo the picture so often, plus I am not sure how the text looks for different players with different computer screen sizes.
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated!
@DaBernMon: Go I know how you feel, some of the guys who played my maps complained about it, when all they had to do was read the How To Play instructions, and they are very simple. I don't know if throwing a long text in the loading screen can be of any help. My suggestion: Try to pop up chat messages when the instructions are needed, maybe flash some buttons... these flashy things can attract the kids ;-)
@SoulFilcher: Go
Haha yes that's the plan eventually, I don't really want to use a wall of text on the loading screen but at this point it is probably the fastest way to solve the problem. Unfortunately my time is being spent entirely on adding new stuff to the game and I'm still kinda new to text tags, dialog boxes and the like so while I would love to have more tutorials (I have plenty as it is, in my opinion) I feel my time would be better spend adding new things for the players that actually take time to read what's in place rather than mastering how to make the tutorials flashy so the !@#$ fools who don't read will figure it out too.
Also, just so that it can be documented here, anyone know the specific text limits for things like the loading screen? I've seen map size and bank limits and other such limits in other places on the site, but nothing about text limits.