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game_text_quick

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== Entity Description ==

An entity that displays text on screen. The text can be defined in the Hammer Editor. The difference between game_text and game_text_quick is, that you can trigger the message you want to show on screen through the Input/Output-System.
The game_text_quick entity helps in many ways, mainly to save ent_data in huge maps and ease complex game_text In-/Outputrelations into one step.

== Keyvalues ==

* targetname <target_source>

The name that other entities refer to this entity by.

* spawnflags <flags>

spawnflags

* message <string>

Message to display onscreen.

* x <string>

Horizontal position on the player's screens to draw the text. The value should be between 0 and 1, where 0 is the far left of the screen and 1 is the far right. -1 centers the text.

* y <string>

Vertical position on the player's screens to draw the text. The value should be between 0 and 1, where 0 is the top of the screen and 1 is the bottom. -1 centers the text.

* effect <choices>

* color <color255>

* color2 <color255>

* fadein <string>

The time it should take for the text to fully fade in.

* fadeout <string>

The time it should take for the text to fade out, after the hold time has expired.

* holdtime <string>

The time the text should stay onscreen, after fading in, before it begins to fade out.

* fxtime <string>

If the 'Text Effect' is set to Scan Out, this is the time it should take to scan out all the letters in the text.

* channel <choices>

You can have up to four individual game_text messages onscreen at once, stored in channels. Select which channel this text should be placed in, which will overwrite any active message already in that channel.

* master <string>

Legacy support: The name of a master entity. If the master hasn't been activated, this entity will not activate.

== Inputs ==

*Kill

Removes this entity from the world.

*KillHierarchy

Removes this entity and all its children from the world.

*AddOutput <string>

Adds an entity I/O connection to this entity. Format: <output name> <targetname>:<inputname>:<parameter>:<delay>:<max times to fire (-1 == infinite)>. Very dangerous, use with care.

*FireUser1

Causes this entity's OnUser1 output to be fired.

*FireUser2

Causes this entity's OnUser2 output to be fired.

*FireUser3

Causes this entity's OnUser3 output to be fired.

*FireUser4

Causes this entity's OnUser4 output to be fired.

*Display

Display the message text.

*CounterEntity <string>

Input a String to specify which math counter will be used to replace (math) in your message with a value.

DisplayText <string> Display a message text defined in <string>.

== Outputs ==

*OnUser1-4

Fired in response to FireUser1-4 input.

== See also ==

[[point_message_multiplayer]] - A similar entity that displays a text on a fixed location in the world.

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 The game_text_quick entity helps in many ways, mainly to save ent_data in huge maps and ease complex game_text In-/Outputrelations into one step.
 *<span style="color:red">'''Warning:'''</span> Don't use quotation characters (") in the Text Message field (not even \" characters). It will cause fatal errors with opening and/or compiling your map and may need to be fixed by manually editing the VMF in a text editor.
 == Keyvalues ==

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 == Keyvalues ==
+* '''targetname <target_source>'''
 The name that other entities refer to this entity by.
-* spawnflags <flags>
+* '''spawnflags <flags>'''
 spawnflags
-* message <string>
+* '''message <string>'''
 Message to display onscreen.
-* x <string>
+* '''x <string>'''
 Horizontal position on the player's screens to draw the text. The value should be between 0 and 1, where 0 is the far left of the screen and 1 is the far right. -1 centers the text.
-* y <string>
+* '''y <string>'''
 Vertical position on the player's screens to draw the text. The value should be between 0 and 1, where 0 is the top of the screen and 1 is the bottom. -1 centers the text.
-* effect <choices>
+* '''effect <choices>'''
-* color <color255>
+* '''color <color255>'''
-* color2 <color255>
+* '''color2 <color255>'''
-* fadein <string>
+* '''fadein <string>'''
 The time it should take for the text to fully fade in.
-* fadeout <string>
+* '''fadeout <string>'''
 The time it should take for the text to fade out, after the hold time has expired.
-* holdtime <string>
+* '''holdtime <string>'''
 The time the text should stay onscreen, after fading in, before it begins to fade out.
-* fxtime <string>
+* '''fxtime <string>'''
 If the 'Text Effect' is set to Scan Out, this is the time it should take to scan out all the letters in the text.
-* channel <choices>
+* '''channel <choices>'''
 You can have up to four individual game_text messages onscreen at once, stored in channels. Select which channel this text should be placed in, which will overwrite any active message already in that channel.
-* master <string>
+* '''master <string>'''
 Legacy support: The name of a master entity. If the master hasn't been activated, this entity will not activate.
 == Inputs ==
+*'''Kill'''
 Removes this entity from the world.
-*KillHierarchy
+*'''KillHierarchy'''
 Removes this entity and all its children from the world.
-*AddOutput <string>
+*'''AddOutput <string>'''
 Adds an entity I/O connection to this entity. Format: <output name> <targetname>:<inputname>:<parameter>:<delay>:<max times to fire (-1 == infinite)>. Very dangerous, use with care.
-*FireUser1
+*'''FireUser1'''
 Causes this entity's OnUser1 output to be fired.
-*FireUser2
+*'''FireUser2'''
 Causes this entity's OnUser2 output to be fired.
-*FireUser3
+*'''FireUser3'''
 Causes this entity's OnUser3 output to be fired.
-*FireUser4
+*'''FireUser4'''
 Causes this entity's OnUser4 output to be fired.
-*Display
+*'''Display'''
 Display the message text.
-*CounterEntity <string>
+*'''CounterEntity <string>'''
 Input a String to specify which math counter will be used to replace (math) in your message with a value.
-*DisplayText <string>
+*'''DisplayText <string>'''
 Display a message text defined in <string>.
 == Outputs ==
+*'''OnUser1-4'''
 Fired in response to FireUser1-4 input.
 == See also ==

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 An entity that displays text on screen. The text can be defined in the Hammer Editor. The difference between game_text and game_text_quick is, that you can trigger the message you want to show on screen through the Input/Output-System.
 The game_text_quick entity helps in many ways, mainly to save ent_data in huge maps and ease complex game_text In-/Outputrelations into one step.
+*<span style="color:red">'''Warning:'''</span> Don't use quotation characters (") in the Text Message field (not even \" characters). It will cause fatal errors with opening and/or compiling your map and may need to be fixed by manually editing the VMF in a text editor. Instead, use use detailed quotes (i.e. “ and ”).
 == Keyvalues ==
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 [[point_message_multiplayer]] - A similar entity that displays a text on a fixed location in the world.