Text Overlapping(stack letters)

[speedydapetrock]

i need some help with stacking letters...

i dont know how! heh

plz teach meeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[Wing Zero]

ok do u have the X-tra editor? well this is how type the thing 2 times then um copy the stick thingy that is stack leter then paste

 

[speedydapetrock]

starxtraeditor isnt working i have mcaffe which constantly scans my computer and no files are corrupted in corralation (have to do with) starcraft or xtra editor..
would having other programs like platinum aspect and guedit have any effect on this? please reply A S A P

 

[speedydapetrock]

btw i deleted all my programs for map making backed up my maps and reinstalling scbw right now....gonna try again

 

[speedydapetrock]

ok i found the stacking stick but i still dont know how to use scenario little block thingies!

 

[Wing Zero]

huh what bloack?

 

[Crookedfoot]

My understanding of how it works, though I have yet to do it is, is like this.

Let's say you want to type WoW in a 3D look.

First type WoW

You would then place the marker for Overlapping Back 
Then the color you want

Then WoW


WoW

Then you would place the maker for Overlapping front 
Then it's color 
Then WoW

WoW

All total it would look like.....

WoW
WoWWoW

It should be blue to the left, green in the center, and red to the right with this configuration.

This from memory from a tutorial I read about 6 months ago, if I am in error, someone please correct me, because I remember the tutorial also saying.......

"Play with it because I never got the hang of it"

.......... So I never fooled with it.

After testing this though, it would seem that a person needs to play with the spacing to get the word to overlap itself properly.
This not a good example for the finished product, but it's a start

 

[eX-reaver]

it dont work with triple stacking i swear

 

[Heimdal]

The stacking characters are actually alignment characters. The "back" character is really a centering mark, and the "front" character is a right-align mark. If you use just one, you'll see this effect. When you use both, what happens is the text gets centered, and then the text after the right-align mark gets put over to the right. You then have to add a lot of spaces at the end to push it back over on top of the original text.

In fact, you don't even have to use the first centering character! You can type the word you want, and then a right-align mark, the word again, and a lot of spaces. The number of spaces depends on how long your text is, of course. To do really fine alignment, you can insert an invisible character, then replace a space with a period or a curly brace ({). Spaces are 4 pixels each, periods are 3, and braces are 5. So if you want your (front) text one more pixel to the left, replace a space with a brace. One pixel to the right, replace a space with a period. You can then use combinations of these to get 2 and 3 pixel alignments as well.

 

[eX-reaver]

thanks for that heimdal ^_^ n wat program did u use for starforge to make it ??

 

[Heimdal]

It's written in C++ and Visual Basic.

 

[eX-reaver]

do u know if i can download it instead of buying cuase it easier on me and if u can were please ?

 

[Romanian]

Well heres the code: Text Text
Colours:

= Light Blue 1
 = Light Blue 2
 = Green
 = Light green
 = Grey
 = White
 = Red

All you have to do is add the colours before the text and if necessary delete or add some spaces between the text, do not delete the spaces tho. U need em. Add your colours after Before the text yet after the Ascii square so it would b somefin like dis


Speedy Speedy

The second Square is the colour. Don't change the first square!

 

[Heimdal]

Originally posted by eX-reaver
do u know if i can download it instead of buying cuase it easier on me and if u can were please ?

Did you see it for sale somewhere? Please tell me where.

StarForge is a free program. You shouldn't download it anywhere except for my site, because it is guaranteed to have the latest version. If you get it somewhere else, they may not have the newest one.

http://teamse.x-boxnight.com/editors.htm

(Or click the picture in my signature)