Snippet Marquee Scrolling

[Lobster]

This is a simple way to get a scrolling message in multiboards.

Can be edited depending on the length of the text, and the speed. How to do so is included in the map.

Here is the trigger code if you need it, or dont want to dl the map:

Create multiboard
    Events
        Time - Elapsed game time is 5.00 seconds
    Conditions
    Actions
        Multiboard - Create a multiboard with 2 columns and 1 rows, titled Message
        Set Multiboard = (Last created multiboard)
        Multiboard - Set the display style for Multiboard item in column 1, row 1 to Show text and Hide icons
        Multiboard - Set the width for Multiboard item in column 1, row 1 to 40.00% of the total screen width
        Multiboard - Set the color for Multiboard item in column 1, row 1 to (0.00%, 0.00%, 100.00%) with 0.00% transparency
        Multiboard - Show Multiboard
        Trigger - Turn on Set message <gen>

Set message
    Events
        Time - Every 0.20 seconds of game time
    Conditions
    Actions
        Multiboard - Set the text for Multiboard item in column 1, row 1 to (<Empty String> + (Substring(Messageboard, (Numberofletters - 10), Numberofletters)))
        Set Numberofletters = (Numberofletters + 1)
        If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
            If - Conditions
                Numberofletters Greater than or equal to 40
            Then - Actions
                Set Numberofletters = 1
            Else - Actions
                Do nothing
        Multiboard - Show Multiboard
        -------- current text has 30 letters --------

Create the follwing variables:

Variable Variable type

Multiboard Multiboard

Number of letters integer