Drop shadow problem

MartinGo

I have the following problem. Sometimes on certain PCs the drop shadow of the text fails and do this. Could you point me on the right directions where to look ?

ChrisIceBox

What is your AC version, and what is your Menu's Source? Can you share screenshots of the Menu involved?

MartinGo

My AC version is: 1.62.6
My Menu's Source: Adventure Creator
My Unity version: 2020.3.30f1.

I'll have to find it first before sending you a screenshot, I'll update it soon.

MartinGo

ChrisIceBox

Your AC version is many years old. I suspect this has long since been fixed, as I cannot reproduce such an issue though it does sound familiar from long ago.

Back up your project, and then - in a separate project - import the latest AC release. Then, open up its AdvGame script, and copy over its DrawTextOutline function into your own game, replacing the one already there in the same script. That may be enough to fix it without having to update your AC version.

Simon_ASA

Hey, I came to look on the forums about this issue and found this post.

I'm sorry Chris but the issue still exists and has not been fixed. I have been having that kind of shadow drop regularly in many games over the years, with different Unity and AC versions.

I am now working on a new game with Unity 2021.3.45f2 and AC 185.5, and this is still happening from time to time. It always happens on the same texts, it's not random.

Recent screenshot:

I have not yet understood why this is happening. It could be due to special characters or to automatic line break, I don't know.

Edit:
I would like to mention that when it happens in the editor preview, it also happens in the build in my case.

ChrisIceBox

Thanks for the details.

It always happens on the same texts, it's not random.

This is to say: certain speech lines will always have this issue, while others never will?

Are you relying on text tokens of any kind?

If you can PM me your Menu Manager, the font being used, and an ActionList that has the issue occur, I can take a look.