A way to change the color of one word out of a string? [SOLVED]

[Stranga]

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if there is a way to change the color of 1 or 2 words out of a string rather than just the whole string? I had a look at possibly using the Text Phraser but was wondering if there were a way to do it in code first. Any help would be greatly appreciated Also going through the manual now to see if I've missed anything related to this.

For example: (The underlined word is in a different color from the main string)
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[Cassiebsg]

There might be a module (or plugin) for that.

But check Overlay.CreateTextual in the manual, think that's what you want.

[Stranga]

Thanks or your help Cassie! Checking out Over.ay.CreateTexual now. Also, forgot to mention I'm using a custom dialogue script (Not sure if that makes a difference or not).

[Khris]

It depends on the context. If we're talking about drawing strings, you can probably use DrawStringWrapped to draw the white text in full, then use GetTextWidth and GetTextHeight for "There was a " to get the coordinates of where to draw the colored "key" string.

But inside a label text or Display command, AGS doesn't support multiple colors.

[Stranga]

Ah I see, thanks Khris. I thought it may have supported multiple colors but the DrawStringWrapped seems like an interesting approach.