Referencing Text Object (newbie question)

Not been coding very long so be gentle pls

I'm looking for a way to reference when the text component of a game object is being updated so I can play a sound from FMOD (it isn't an Fmod issue, I know how to use that Im just not amazing at writing code)

my logic is something along the lines of: when text is updating > text update = true > play sound

I just need it to be true when updating and false when it's not

sorry if thats a stupid way of explaining it

Thanks in advance

 

There's no way (that I know of) to know from a stock UnityEngine.UI.Text item that it is being updated.

Generally the way this is approached is somewhere in the game you know something happened and that this something might require some output, perhaps a text updating and a noise happening, so you plumb both of those things in.

That way if in the future you decide to remove the Text, or replace it with something else like a TextMeshPRO, the sound will continue working.

I have a system I call 'datasacks' that lets you do handy event subscription like this. See the repo at:

http://bitbucket.org/kurtdekker/datasacks

It has a diagram but basically what you would want to do is have a datasack called whatever it is that is the quantity you are displaying, and hook that up with a DSTextDisplay-style script to your Text field.

Second you would have a script that also subscribes to changes on that variable and does the sound triggering you want. IN FACT, there already is a datasack script called DSAudioPlay.cs that would play the sound for you anytime the datasack changes, so that might be close to what you're looking for.

There's a simple example game in the above repository.

 

Should have been a little clearer on the description of exactly what I'm trying to do, my apologies (it's late haha)

The sound that's playing needs to be attached to the dialogue/text that's displayed as it is the sound effect of the text appearing

here's an example of the effect I'm looking for:

would datasacks still be an appropriate method of managing this task?

 

You could also use an inputfield, it has a built in onchange event and you can just turn off the interactible part so players cant tap on it.

 

If you had a ticka-ticka-ticka sound going in that box, then you could use a DSAudioVolume.cs script to control the volume.

While the text is moving forward, set the volume to 1, then when the text stops scrolling, set it to 0.

The DSAudioVolume.cs script uses the initial volume of the AudioSource(s) it finds as baseline, letting you adjust them in-scene or in-Prefab and still use 0 to 1 to control it.

 

You could also look at textmeshpro and the typewriter example.

 

I had a look and I think input field does exactly the job I want but my issue now is that whenever I create one, my text is no longer displayed, as if it's covering the old text, or just not displaying it at all

I'm assuming you set the text component to the object you want to populate the field?

 

Inputfields have their own text that you need to set.

Code (CSharp):

1. public InputField target;
2.  
3. void Start()
4. {
5.     target.text = "Some text";
6. }

This text is set on the inputfield and not on the text component it targets. It will handle showing the text on the text component. If you try to set the text on the text component that the inputfield targets, it will get overwritten and thus shouldn't display.