Naming a Text Display Item (Legacy 3DS MAX)

Use a Text Display for dynamic text on a texture. For example, you can use a Text Display to show the value of a variable inside a digital LCD display.

• The text area face of the text display must be multi-material with a dummy texture called textdisplay_default.tga.

• The dummy texture is generated at runtime by the engine.

Script node

ItemTextDisplay

Mesh hierarchy

root

|--textdisplay_xxx

|--(label_textdisplay_xxx)

Building the item

• Create the mesh to be used for the display. You need only the rectangle that displays the text. Detach the other geometry.

• Rename the mesh as textdisplay_xxx.

• Assign your preferred shader and material.

• Use the UVW Map tool to create the correct map coordinates.

Comments

• The mesh must contain a texture called textdisplay_xxx (the same name as the mesh).

• The mesh that flashes when the item is selected is textdisplay_xxx.