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• ChrisIceBox

  February 14 edited February 14

  The easiest way to extract variable values is to reply on text tokens - i.e. [var:X], where X is the ID number of the variable.

  A string containing tokens can be converted into live values using the ConvertTokens function, so it's possible to display variables in Text box without the Menu Manager with a very short custom script:

  using UnityEngine;
  using UnityEngine.UI;
  
  public class TokenDisplayer : MonoBehaviour
  {
  
      public string inputText;
      public Text textBox;
  
      void Update() => textBox.text = AC.AdvGame.ConvertTokens(inputText);
  
  }
  
• juanmaguerrero

  February 14

  Thanks so much! In my humble opinion, this could come as part of AC as a component, it saves a lot of time and helps with maintainability! Now I can go and delete a lot of menus created just for the sake of putting any text on screen. Thanks again!!

  PS: Would there be a way of using it with Text Mesh Pro as well?
• juanmaguerrero

  February 15

  Ah! I figured how to do so:

  using UnityEngine;
  using TMPro;
  
  public class TokenDisplayer : MonoBehaviour
  {
  
      public string inputText;
      public TextMeshProUGUI textBox;
  
      void Update()
      {
          if (textBox != null)
              textBox.text = AC.AdvGame.ConvertTokens(inputText);
      }
  
  }
  

  Again, this is an incredibly easy to add feature that removes completely the need for using and controlling menus in cases we don't need them! Wonderful!!