How do I make a text style preference?

[NikMacPattyWak]

I want to use a recurring on screen text (not tied to any characters or dialogue) that with special formatting and I don't want to have to specific that text formatting every time I want to use that text. Is there a way to make a text style preference so that I only need to define that formatting once?

[Per K Grok]

I want to use a recurring on screen text (not tied to any characters or dialogue) that with special formatting and I don't want to have to specific that text formatting every time I want to use that text. Is there a way to make a text style preference so that I only need to define that formatting once?

You could make a screen like this

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screen special():
    frame:
        pos (50, 100)
        padding (5,5,5,5)
        text "qwerty bngt" size 17 color "#F00"

    timer 4.0 action Hide("special")

You can format the text as you want.

You show the text with

show screen special

it will automatically hide after 4 sec. (or what ever time you want to set) as it is set up.

Is this what your looking for?

[NikMacPattyWak]

I want to use a recurring on screen text (not tied to any characters or dialogue) that with special formatting and I don't want to have to specific that text formatting every time I want to use that text. Is there a way to make a text style preference so that I only need to define that formatting once?

You could make a screen like this

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screen special():
    frame:
        pos (50, 100)
        padding (5,5,5,5)
        text "qwerty bngt" size 17 color "#F00"

    timer 4.0 action Hide("special")

You can format the text as you want.

You show the text with

show screen special

it will automatically hide after 4 sec. (or what ever time you want to set) as it is set up.

Is this what your looking for?

Kinda. I want the text to change but the font/size/color/etc. to stay the same. I essentially want it to be an on-screen prompt that changes from encounter to encounter. Like "So-and-So wants to borrow your pencil" or "This person is asking you to prom". Different text, same formatting.

[Per K Grok]

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Kinda. I want the text to change but the font/size/color/etc. to stay the same. I essentially want it to be an on-screen prompt that changes from encounter to encounter. Like "So-and-So wants to borrow your pencil" or "This person is asking you to prom". Different text, same formatting.

If you change the code as below you can chose whatever message you want each time you show the screen.
If you want you could have an additional argument for the time before the screen hides.

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screen special(message):
    frame:
        pos (50, 100)
        padding (5,5,5,5)
        text message size 17 color "#F00"

    timer 4.0 action Hide("special")

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    show screen special("qwerty bngt")

[NikMacPattyWak]

If you change the code as below you can chose whatever message you want each time you show the screen.
If you want you could have an additional argument for the time before the screen hides.

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screen special(message):
    frame:
        pos (50, 100)
        padding (5,5,5,5)
        text message size 17 color "#F00"

    timer 4.0 action Hide("special")

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    show screen special("qwerty bngt")

Thank you!