Writing on the walls

[asrowley]

Hi,

Is it possible to create text or pictures on walls (like graffiti or advertising etc) or on other objects? Alternatively, can info points or checkpoints contain/reveal written information?

I am hoping to use the San Andreas "sandbox" to store ideas (like lecture notes etc). This will make revision a lot more interesting and memorable.

I am new to MTA and know only the basics of map editing (and very little script editing) but am willing to learn if there is a good tutorial relating to this.

Thank you for your help

asrowley

[Castillo]

You can use shaders to draw text on walls.

[asrowley]

Thanks for the info Castillo, I'll have a look at shaders

[DiSaMe]

It's also possible to do this by generating a TXD file using file functions and applying it to the model, like in

video, but that may be inefficient, though the script in the video could be optimized a lot.

[asrowley]

Thanks, that does look really promising.

I also found two resources called "shader_uv_scroll.zip" and "shader_uv_scripted.zip" at https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Shader_examples

However I can't find any information on how to actually use these.

I've tried to copy them into server/mods/deathmatch/resources/[editor] along with the other resources there.

I realise that this probably sounds hopelessly stupid to the experienced scripters on this site but that's where I am!

Can anyone help in pointing out a step by step guide to this? I've looked at the wiki and can't find anything relevant.

[12p]

I find it hard to be done.

You shall better make some experiments with the shaders before trying something like this.

[asrowley]

I agree, this is quite tricky.

I've managed to get the resources to work and get my bitmap file floating on a billboard above the Pirate ship!

However I'm far from being where I'd like to be. It just seems a little complicated with the wiki describing how to get all sorts of things whizzing back and forth all over the place.

All I need is to go into map editor and place pictures in a very rough way around the map at various points - they don't need to be anything fancy (and save it for further use without having to start up a shade resource manually everytime I enter MTA)

Back to the drawing board I guess

[qaisjp]

Isn't there the 'drawtag' resource?