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How do I create overlays for unit names?
Feb 4 2009, 1:00 am
By: m.0.n.3.y  

Feb 4 2009, 1:00 am m.0.n.3.y Post #1



I hope you know what I'm talking about, it's the cool effect the makes the unit name look 3D. I think its called Text Overlapping It's used in like bounds on the zerglings and in Dodge the Light 2. Can anyone help?



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Feb 4 2009, 1:02 am O)FaRTy1billion[MM] Post #2

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Text overlapping? ;o



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Feb 4 2009, 1:04 am m.0.n.3.y Post #3



Quote from O)FaRTy1billion[MM]
Text overlapping? ;o
Yeah I think that's it lol, so it looks all cool n such



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Feb 4 2009, 1:05 am poison_us Post #4

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In scmdraft, just use the <12> and <13> tags




Feb 4 2009, 1:06 am m.0.n.3.y Post #5



Quote from poison_us
In scmdraft, just use the <c> and <r> tags
So for the unit name, would i just put something like
<c>Archer
And that would text overlap it?



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Feb 4 2009, 1:08 am poison_us Post #6

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You would want it like this: <12>Archer <13>Archer

in between, you're gonna need several spaces...and even then it doesn't always line up

EDIT: The tag <12> aligns all of the following text to the right margin, and the <13> centers it. You put spaces after the text with the <12> tag, so that the text gets pushed to the right.




Feb 4 2009, 1:16 am Falkoner Post #7



http://falkoner.cow.googlepages.com/Overlap_Generator.html

It calculates it for you :D



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Feb 4 2009, 1:19 am poison_us Post #8

Master has given Dobby a doctorate! Dobby is free!

EW.

I prefer to guess-and-check on my own, but I suppose that you might have a fairly good program there.




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