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[Batbomb]

Hello... The developement of my map continues. I have another problem. I want to add texts to my map, but I have no idea how to do them. hope you can help me.

[michel_boonstra1974]

Adding labels to your map in the FMB (so inserting it like any other object) will generate the texts.txt, which will eventually look something like this:
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191301 237894 7 1 0 14 Schiphol airport
184411 278620 7 1 0 14 Bergen AB
193398 310794 7 1 0 14 De Kooy AB
112238 315289 7 1 1 4 North Sea
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[so.. coordinates, font, font size, font color and the name of the label]

Hope this helps,
Michel

[Uzin]

Hello... The developement of my map continues. I have another problem. I want to add texts to my map, but I have no idea how to do them. hope you can help me.

Simply use your graphic editor, e.g. GIMP, and write the text in the desired position directly to your ed_m0X.tga. It is unnecessary to give any coordinates then, they will be produced automatically in texts.txt file.

[agracier]

Simply use your graphic editor, e.g. GIMP, and write the text in the desired position directly to your ed_m0X.tga. It is unnecessary to give any coordinates then, they will be produced automatically in texts.txt file.

Does that mean to make the text in vector format? If you turn it into a raster it will otherwise simply become part of the pixel makeup of the ed_maps and won't remain the same size when you zoom in and out of the FMB map ...

[Uzin]

Does that mean to make the text in vector format? If you turn it into a raster it will otherwise simply become part of the pixel makeup of the ed_maps and won't remain the same size when you zoom in and out of the FMB map ...

Just another way:
Go to your MapBuilder/File/Load Map/View/Object/Text/Ctrl left mouse button: yellow point appears where the text will be placed as object /Text/write your text.
I hope it is understandable. Both ways work, each in other circumstances.

[walter_solito]

Can someone explain better this: 191301 237894 7 1 0 14 Schiphol airport

191301 237894 - coordinates of the script
7 - font ?
1 - font ?
0 - font ?
14 - font ?
Schiphol airport - text

Thanks in advance for your reply!

walter

[michel_boonstra1974]

191301 237894 - coordinates in the map
7 -  font type (small, medium, large)
1 -  side  (1= red base 2=blue base, etc)
0 -  this one I am not sure of..
14 - font color

[UP~Boomer]

Over at the Ultrapack site, I explain how to do this in my map making kit thread