Mod:Create a popup message

This tutorial shows how to create a popup window that appears in the game The Sum to display a message.

This tutorial explains how to display a yellow message window like this one.

Required tools

• Notepad++
• Level_editor|Level Editor

Create a popup message window

Access the .txt file of the location

Each location has its dialogue file (with an eponymous code name) already imported. It is in Game/NousAurons/locale/ (French version) and Game/core/locale/ (English version). Some of these files are in a folder of the same name to allow to store voices.

Write the message

1. Open the two files place_code_name_where_the_message_appears.txt and for each of them:
   1. Press
       ctrl 
      +
       f 
      and search for "// INFORMATIONS"
   2. Copy/paste the following code:

      AJOUT_Message_Arrivee = {<Jc><img:gui/images/Trouver.zar>You found a beautiful pair of shoes! It was anything but planned! You know someone who will be happy to hear that...<C->}

      
      
        In place of "Trouver.zar" in the message code, you can replace that filename with any .zar image found in the Game/core/gui/image/ folder. If you are unable to view them, install the Red!Viewer program. 
      
      
      
2. Go to the
    File 
   menu and then
    Save 
   .

Code the message in the Level editor

Open the location file (Level editor)

1. Open the folder Game/ then FT Improver.EXE.
   
     Use FT Tools.exe instead will result in an error. 
   
   
   
2. Pass the videos by clicking on them.
3. Click on
   ⦿  MORE 
   .
4. Click
   ⦿  LEVEL EDITOR 
   .
5. Navigate to the
    File 
   menu then
    Open 
   .
6. Open the file of a location which must end with .mis.

Script the message (advanced)

Coding a message inside the level_editor requires a script. Refer to the Mod:Scripts section for the basics of coding in the Level editor.

Display the message

1. Click on the
    Level 
   tab.
2. Click on the
    Triggers... 
   button at the bottom left.
3. Click on
    New... 
   .
4. Add a short description to the script (example: QUEST 1 - Pers1).
5. Click
    New... 
   again.
6. Add a series of conditions of your choice.
7. Click on the tab
      Actions 
   . It will change to
    ✔ Actions 
   .
8. Click on
    New... 
   .
9. Click on the
    Center View 
   tab and select
    Display World Text 
   . Select the code name of the text to display in the list, as written in the .txt files of the place (example: AJOUT_Message_Arrivee).
10. Click on
     Ok 
    3 times (for each open window).
11. Go to the
     File 
    menu and then
     Save 
    .