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the title totally doesnt explain what im looking for here but ill try explaining it.

at some point the idea of putting links within the text was discussed. for instance, There is a door on your left. (door being the link)

HOWEVER, what i would like is this: when writting out a full story you may not be able to express the whole world within the game. and therefore wont be able to give the player enough information to make a decision on where to go.

i propose popups within the text. for instance

You are a soldier fighting in the civil war. You can go to Patterson, NJ or Atlanta, Georgia. when you run the mouse over Patterson, NJ or Atlanta, Georgia, a little pop up window comes up and you get a little more detail about that particular location.

i dont have much of an argument for implementation except it would allow the text field to be used more for story and not a lot of background.

nate

I know this isn't probably what you're loking for, but mouse over this link and see what happens. You may have to hold mouse over for a second or two.

Yah, and make it so links are dotted.  Do you know a way to do that in HTML alex?

Perhaps something like this link?

 HTML Code:

<a title="Hey look at me Im information" style="CURSOR: help; COLOR: darkgreen; BORDER-BOTTOM: darkgreen 1px dashed; TEXT-DECORATION: none">this link</a>

 

darn codes and crap lol. why, when i was your age i was learning to type in windows 3.1!!!!!! lol all this code makes me feel like the CIA or something. yes, alex, that is exactly what i was thinking though. however, by your coding are you saying that it is already doable and you wont do anything with this feature?

nate

Yes -- because the amount of work it would take me to do is fairly significant (I'd say, I'd have to program in a special button in the text editor, which I'm not 100% familiar with, so i'd give atleast 4 hours) -- and it's very easy to work around, especially once you get the hang of it.

Here's an easy "trick" to doing it easily. Step one, write normally and use your info in the bracket:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Phasellus at mi. Praesent orci ipsum, condimentum vitae, semper at, *scelerisque* [Praesent bibendum tellus vel quam. In facilisis suscipit lacus.] at, augue. Vestibulum id massa tempus lectus dictum eleifend. Maecenas facilisis diam id ipsum. Sed consectetuer ipsum at dui ornare auctor. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pellentesque mattis, nisi a lacinia blandit, ligula dui ultrices dui, ut varius nisi metus eget odio. Cras ornare tempus risus.

Next, switch to source mode and look for your brackets and * indicators: (I've emboldened it)

 <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Phasellus at mi. Praesent orci ipsum, condimentum vitae, semper at, *scelerisque* [Praesent bibendum tellus vel quam. In facilisis suscipit lacus.] at, augue. Vestibulum id massa tempus lectus dictum eleifend. Maecenas facilisis diam id ipsum. Sed consectetuer ipsum at dui ornare auctor. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pellentesque mattis, nisi a lacinia blandit, ligula dui ultrices dui, ut varius nisi metus eget odio. Cras ornare tempus risus. </p>

Then, just replace it with the codes I gave ...

 <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Phasellus at mi. Praesent orci ipsum, condimentum vitae, semper at, <a title="Praesent bibendum tellus vel quam. In facilisis suscipit lacus." style="cursor: help; color: purple; border-bottom: purple 1px dashed; text-decoration: none">scelerisque</a> at, augue. Vestibulum id massa tempus lectus dictum eleifend. Maecenas facilisis diam id ipsum. Sed consectetuer ipsum at dui ornare auctor. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pellentesque mattis, nisi a lacinia blandit, ligula dui ultrices dui, ut varius nisi metus eget odio. Cras ornare tempus risus. </p>

And violia! Note how I've changed up the color too ...

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Phasellus at mi. Praesent orci ipsum, condimentum vitae, semper at, scelerisque at, augue. Vestibulum id massa tempus lectus dictum eleifend. Maecenas facilisis diam id ipsum. Sed consectetuer ipsum at dui ornare auctor. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Pellentesque mattis, nisi a lacinia blandit, ligula dui ultrices dui, ut varius nisi metus eget odio. Cras ornare tempus risus.

 

If I notice this used well, what I may do (once i get into making conditional text andw hat not) is make it easier to write this in, like maybe you'd use [INFOLINK scelerisque]Praesent bibendum ...[/INFOLINK] instead of having to switch to source view and what not.