Graphic overlay covering in-game text

[Oz]

Is there any way I can make a graphic overlay cover in-game text? It seems as if in-game text always has the highest z-order value. I would like to position a semi-transparent graphic overlay over a text and gradually change the opacity of the overlay to make the text fade in/out.

[DoorKnobHandle]

No, not as far as I know and I'm pretty damn sure...

[Oz]

Hmmm. It would be nice to be able to set fading options for messages in the message editor. Fade in/out, fade speed, etc. It's quite a hassle having to write text in a paint program and saving it as a picture to be able to fade it (especially if you need to change it later). I know that you can fade text overlays but a text overlay can only contain a string of 300 chars, which is quite a limitation.

[Ashen]

You can fade text overlays? How? (I've propbably missed something obvious, I know..)

Couldn't you put your text on a GUI, and fade that in/out?

[Gilbert]

Nope, as far as I know it's not possible at the moment, you can only set the transparency levels of graphical overlays.

[Oz]

Well, what I meant is that you can cover a text overlay (unlike in-game messages) with a graphic overlay and change the transparency of the graphic overlay to make the text overlay fade in/out.