Tips and Menus

RTS can be very useful for displaying messages to the player. The tip system is quite powerful, you can define how long to show the tip, as well as the color/position/size of the message. Multiple tips can be active at the same time on different "slots".

You can also show custom menus to the player, and act upon their choices. This allows RPG elements like dialogs with NPCs, or vending machines, etc.

List of commands

TIP
Display an on-screen message.

TIP_GRAPHIC
Display an on-screen graphic.

TIP_SLOT
Sets the current slot for tips to use.

TIP_SET_ALIGN
Align existing tips on-screen.

TIP_SET_COLOUR
Set the color of a tip.

TIP_SET_POS
Position existing tips on-screen.

TIP_SET_TRANS
Fade tips in or out.

SHOW_MENU
Display a menu to the player.

JUMP_ON
Jump to a label in the script depending on the choice made in the menu.