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3D2D Textscreens

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Content Type: Addon

Addon Type: Tool

Addon Tags: Fun, Roleplay

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Nov 22, 2012 @ 7:57pm

Apr 1 @ 1:57pm

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Description

Create 3D2D text anywhere in the world.

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This addon is now open source! Contribute to development of this addon on GitHub[github.com]. All pull requests are welcomed!
This tool can be found under "Construction" in your tool menu.

Features:

Create 3D2D text anywhere in the world
Rotate and manipulate this text simply via your physgun
Up to 5 lines of text
Multiple different fonts, font sizes, and colours
Heavily optimised
- Full scale testing on a highly popular RP server
- Draw distance optimisations
- Minimal FPS hit
Permanent text screens
- Hold C for context menu, right click on the textscreen, and make the text screen permanent (only works for admins). This is perfect for welcome messages or rules.
Presets
- Define preset textscreen data (size, text, colours, etc) and save/load these for future use at any time. This is very useful to trying to replicate multiple textscreens across maps.
Want more? Contribute to development of this addon on GitHub[github.com]. All pull requests are welcomed!

User Customisation

ss_render_range controls how far textscreens have to be away from you in order to render (default 1500). Setting this to a lower number can help with lag on older machines
ss_render_rainbow controls if rainbow textscreens should actually rotate their colours, or render as solid white (default enabled 1). 0 will cause them to render as solid white, which can be beneficial for accessibility

Server owners

sbox_maxtextscreens controls the maximum amount of text screens that each player can spawn. This defaults to 1. This cvar only exists on the server, so make sure it's set via RCON, or in something like server.cfg.
ss_enable_rainbow controls whether players on your server can use the rainbow effect. Set this to 0 in your server.cfg to prevent anyone from using rainbow effects.
Set ss_call_to_home 1 on your server to provide anonymous analytics including your operating system, version of the addon, and rough, anonymised geo-location. This is entirely optional and used solely to put a smile on my face.
To install this onto your server, follow the instructions listed here[wiki.facepunch.com].
This addon supports custom admin permissions and user/group permissions for placement via hooks. See my website[jross.me] for more information.

For those interested, a location map of the last 1000 users of this addon can be found here[jross.me].

Please do not contact us directly for support, especially Dellkan as he is no longer actively involved in development of this addon, and is listed solely as an original author for credit sake. Please direct any support enquiries to a discussion thread on this workshop item or an issue on github[github.com].

Popular Discussions View All (72)

Jul 2 @ 4:36am

Doesn't work

AvengingWing605

Nov 5, 2022 @ 12:25pm

textscreen "update" not functional

homeofsexual

Aug 25, 2021 @ 9:51am

can this use custom fonts?

Spamton in a trashcan

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1,389 Comments

James [author] 2 hours ago

There is no way to make them 3D. The "3D2D" name comes from the Lua APIs that are called to render 2D elements in a 3D environment.

XALORR 6 hours ago

Ok it works...fine...
but where is that 3D?
I had thought i could generate 3D and 2D Textline but it is only 2D.
And a anonymous analytics box? serious dude?