Dynamic Text

Included Effects

• Vertex Effects
  • Text Wave (identifier: wave)
  • Text Shake (identifier: shake)
• Color Effects
  • Color change (identifier: color)
• Animation Effects
  • Grow (identifier: grow)
  • Slide In (identifier: slide)
• Speed Effects
  • Pause (identifier: pause)
  • Speed Change (identifier: speed)

How to use

1. Place dynamic text script on TextMesh Pro object
2. Use this format to call effects <[identifier]:[effect input]> (example: <shake:4.5>)
3. Use this format to cancel effects </[identifier]> (If no cancel command is given, effects will continue to the end of the text)

How to create custom effects

Creating a custom effect takes 3 steps

1. Create a new class that derives from either TextAnimationEffect, TextVertexEffect, or TextColorEffect
2. Implement the abstract function in your chosen parent class
   • input is usually used to affect the strength of the effect
   • TextVertexArray
     • Each Character's mesh has 4 vertices in a random order
     • (Only modify the vertices of characters from start (inclusive) to end (non-inclusive))'
     • A typical vertex effect looks something like this:

   public override void UpdateText(Vector3[][] textVertices, int start, int end, float input) {
       for(int i = start; i < end; i++) {
          for(int e = 0; e < 4; e++) {
              textVertices[i][j] = *Do something to the vertex*
          }
       }
   }
   

   • TextColorEffect
     • Each Character's mesh has 4 colors (one for each vertex) in a random order
     • (Only modify the vertices of characters from start (inclusive) to end (non-inclusive))'
     • A typical color effect looks something like this:

     public override void UpdateText(Color32[][] textColors, int start, int end, float input) {
         for(int i = start; i < end; i++) {
            for(int e = 0; e < 4; e++) {
                textColor[i][j] = *Do something to the color*
            }
         }
     }
     

   • TextAnimationEffect
     • Each Character's mesh has 4 vertices/colors in a random order
     • A typical animation effect looks something like this:

     public override void UpdateText(Vector3[] characterVertices, Color32[] characterColors, float input, float time) {
         for(int e = 0; e < 4; e++) {
             textVertices[i][j] = *Do something to the vertex based on the current time passed*
         }
     }
     

3. In the text parser script, add an entry into the textRegex array using this format new(["identifier", new [class])