SpriteFont (v0.99.5RC) - new update, small bugfixes

there are alot of symbols you might never use in text like ~ or ^ or },], or |
that you can replace with symbols of your choice
as far as changing the color, you can easily cycle through and replace a word with a certain color tint
like (assuming the sprite containing your letters is called lettersprite)
[code:1edec5fs]For Each Word In Phrase
compare currentword = fire
- lettersprite-tint = red[/code:1edec5fs]
this would find any sprites making up the word fire in your paragraph, and tint them red

also for symbols you could do something like (if you need every ascii character, and can't sacrifice any for special symbols
[code:1edec5fs]if current word = "(~_^)"
-for each letter
--currentletter = "_" <----the center underline in that little symbol
---system-create SpecialHappySprite at LetterSprite.x,LetterSprite.y
--always Destroy LetterSprite[/code:1edec5fs]
this would find any sprites making up the 'word' (~_^) and put your SpecialHappySprite in the middle of it, and destroy the original sprites making up the word (~_^)

the currentletter, and currentword exressions combined with the ForEachLetter and ForEachWord conditions allow you to do very powerful and flexible things
you could also change the size or position of certain words, only if they were in certain positions

Set Text "fire! there is a fire in the house"
For Each Word
---currentword == fire
------position in phrase = 1
--------------make red

would only make the first word red if it was fire, but not the other fire
also, since they are sprites, you can do other things to them, like make them fade in and out, etc
anything you can do to sprites;


don't want to get too far off track here, but I'm not sure what you were trying to do so
you can also do things the other way around, like

if mouse is over LetterSprite
---pick current word
----if currentword = "hyperlink"
-----tint red

and lastly, if youyou had rpg dialog writing text letter by letter
and you set your special little "press A to continue" symbol to be < let's say, and
you can use it as a cool icon, and a control character
[code:1edec5fs]
write text "this is an RPG dialog. press a to continue<"&newline&"and it wouldn't get to this part until after you pressed a, if you added the code:<"

on letter typed "<"
pause writing

on A pressed
resume writing
[/code:1edec5fs]
so you could have classic rpg dialogs that scroll to a certain point, then wait for input before they continue typing

that is all for today
glad to see interest around this again
I'll finish it this month yall
sorry again for the delay

and then when your mouse was over a word

this isn't to tease
there's just to much to explain in the update for me to just upload
and not enough time before I leave to work to explain it now
but I have the possible final version ready
with all bugs and features currently on the tracker fixed or implemented, respectively

also a few bugs that weren't on there
I should be able to upload it tonight

Great job man! I've been waiting for an update for this so that I can add it to my game. I already have a font ready to go and I'm working on it right now. Thanks a lot for making this!

Wow this plugin works REALLY well. One problem I've come across though...is there any way to make sure the font draws at a rounded number position? Sometimes my font looks nice and crisp, other times its really blurry and I'm guessing its because its drawing at like (50.3, 70.1). Thanks!

edit: Found another bug. The bitmap font scrolls with the screen even when put on layers that have the Scroll Rate turned off.

Yeah I think for ease of use it should default to where the object is. Better to drag and drop, than go back and forth between layout, and events.