Wiki typewriter script and GUI 2.0

Hello All,

I have this script using the wiki's typewriter script.
I was trying to use it so I can output a text on a GUI.Box or Label.
Since the wiki script requires a GUIText component I used a GUIText component instead of an empty one and slap this code to it.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. /* Test GUI Scripts */
3.  
4. var word = "this is a test";
5. var myFont : GUISkin;
6. var letterPause = 0.2;
7. var sound : AudioClip;
8.  
9. var test = true;
10. function OnGUI ()
11. {
12.    
13.     GUI.BeginGroup(Rect(Screen.width/2-256,Screen.height/2-256,512,512));
14.    
15.     GUI.Box(Rect(0,0,512,512),"");
16.    
17.     GUI.skin = myFont;
18.     GUI.Label(Rect(10,2,200,18),GUIContent(guiText.text));
19.     GUI.EndGroup();
20.        
21.    
22.    
23. }
24.  
25. function Update()
26. {
27.     if(test == true)
28.     {
29.  
30.     TypeText();
31.     test = false;
32.     }
33. }
34.  
35.  
36. function TypeText()
37. {
38.     //yield WaitForSeconds(4);
39.     for (var i = 0; i < word.Length; i++)
40.         {
41.             guiText.text += word[i];
42.             if (sound)
43.             audio.PlayOneShot (sound);
44.             yield WaitForSeconds (letterPause);
45.         }
46.     //test = false;
47. }
48.  
49.  
50.  

The problem is if the GUIText component transform is at 0.5,0.5,0.0...
it is also typing the string on that location(because I think it is attached to a GUIText component).

See my attached image.

I fixed this by putting the transform into some location far far away.

Is there a better way of doing this other than my hocus focus approach?

Thanks,
Ray

Edit: I meant Hello

 

You may have figured this out already, but you should just use an empty Game Object if you're going to use a Box or Label from the GUI. The wiki script probably used the GUIText because there was no GUI before Unity 2.0.

 

lgoss007

Yes, I was using an empty GO at first, but using it I get an error that guiText.text requires a GUITexture. What I was trying to figure out is "How can I do this typewritter effect" on a GUI 2.0

Thanks,
Ray

 

Instead of assigning guiText.text with the character string, just pass it to a variable that you pass into a GUI.Label. Since OnGUI is updated immediately, it will always reflect the changes in your variable that is updated in the TypeText method.

Cheers
Shaun

EDIT: If you've created a GUIText GO, I suggest dumping it, creating an empty GO and dropping this script on it, then updating the code.

 

Ah, I missed that guiText.text part. You can just fix that by doing what Shaun says. Code would be (comments included on changes):

Code (csharp):

1. /* Test GUI Scripts */
2.  
3. var word = "this is a test";
4. var myFont : GUISkin;
5. var letterPause = 0.2;
6. var sound : AudioClip;
7. private var wordLabel : String; // Add this as the display text for our typewriter
8.  
9. var test = true;
10. function OnGUI ()
11. {
12.    GUI.BeginGroup(Rect(Screen.width/2-256,Screen.height/2-256,512,512));
13.    
14.    GUI.Box(Rect(0,0,512,512),"");
15.    
16.    GUI.skin = myFont;
17.   // Change the content to our new wordLabel
18.    GUI.Label(Rect(10,2,200,18),GUIContent(wordLabel));
19.    GUI.EndGroup();
20. }
21.  
22. function Update()
23. {
24.    if(test == true)
25.    {
26.      TypeText();
27.      test = false;
28.    }
29. }
30.  
31. function TypeText()
32. {
33.    //yield WaitForSeconds(4);
34.    for (var i = 0; i < word.Length; i++)
35.       {
36.         // set the word label text one at a time
37.          wordLabel += word[i];
38.          if (sound)
39.          audio.PlayOneShot (sound);
40.          yield WaitForSeconds (letterPause);
41.       }
42.    //test = false;    
43. }

 

lgoss007 shaun

Thank you, Works perfect

Ray