ThreeD - A 3D text thingamabob! - Garry's Mod

[release][img]http://imgur.com/1R29Pm.png[/img] [b]ThreeD[/b] is an awesome addon that makes any gamemode look classy, elegant, polished and professional. Inspiration for this came from a Steam Chat conversation revolving around the "how do I add the 3D text from this hacked HL2RP to this hacked PERP?!?!" theme. [b]Features:[/b] [list] [*]Lets you add 3D surface text via a handy STool! [*]Per-map text locations stored on disk! [*]Doesn't interfere with any server modification, code is tidy! [*]Lets you change the font family and weight! [*]Text fades out at a certain distance! [*]Written in under an hour! [*]Awesome name! [*][i]Now you can make DarkRP look like OpenAura![/i] [/list] [b]Suggestions and bug reports:[/b] [email]serge@q3k.org[/email], this thread, or /dev/null [b]Download:[/b] [url=http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=113127][img]http://www.garrysmod.org/img/?t=dll&id=113127[/img][/url] [b]Alternate download:[/b] [url]http://www.q3k.org/ThreeD.zip[/url] [/release][release][b]FAQ[/b] (not really) [b]How do I install this?[/b] Unpack and off it goes to addons/. [b]Can any player use the STool?[/b] Yes. Want it to be accessible to admins only? Blame your shitty server mod. [b]Can I modify / fork / reupload / reuse the code?[/b] Yeah, sure, do whatever you want. Try to refrain from selling it, though. [b]Needs more cowbell[/b] Suggestions are welcome - see contact information above.[/release] [release][b]Screenshots![/b] [url=http://imgur.com/RidX9.jpg][img]http://imgur.com/RidX9s.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://imgur.com/OXo5E.jpg][img]http://imgur.com/OXo5Es.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://imgur.com/4AddR.jpg][img]http://imgur.com/4AddRs.jpg[/img][/url] [/release]

Cool.

[QUOTE=Medevilae;26042738]Color modifiable?[/QUOTE] Yes, in sv_config.lua.

Svn or alternate link please. Garrysmod.org doesn't work for me :\

[QUOTE=Mr.Macintosh;26042921]Svn or alternate link please. Garrysmod.org doesn't work for me :\[/QUOTE] SVN is awful :v:. Alternate link up in first post.

[QUOTE=q3k;26042990]SVN is awful :v:. Alternate link up in first post.[/QUOTE] Thanks.

Nice release for people who don't know lua.

[QUOTE=Nexus435;26043078]3d2d for the lazy?[/QUOTE] Yep! For those people who just aren't willing to learn basic Lua.

You releasing this reminds me for some reason of the days back when people released practical things people wanted. Now no one makes anything. Nice work.

Awesome.

Reminds me of that old text stool.

This is the same as the Label STool from years ago?

[QUOTE=notRzilla;26049755]This is the same as the Label STool from years ago?[/QUOTE] Seems like its very similar. Thanks for reminding me of the name. This one seems to spawn almost anywhere.

[QUOTE=Aide;26050196]Seems like its very similar. Thanks for reminding me of the name. This one seems to spawn almost anywhere.[/QUOTE] Yeh, it can be applied to any flat surface. Props and world features alike. Question, does it log postions and letters of text in a file for later use? i.e Can I use this for a server and the text will stay even when I d/c?

Yes, everything is saved per map in data/ThreeD/map_name.txt. If you want to fiddle around with that file, just deGLON it, the structure should be pretty self-explanatory.

Nice very useful

Works very well. I use it for a wall of rules on my server!

DarkRP Servers looking like OpenAura :ohdear:

Make an option to attach it to props!

[QUOTE=Steven :D;26059171]DarkRP Servers looking like OpenAura :ohdear:[/QUOTE] DarkRP = Free OpenAura = 150$ Which one would you choose? I would choose DarkRP.

[QUOTE=ralle105;26059410]Make an option to attach it to props![/QUOTE] Good idea. Will implement.

[QUOTE=.kurozael;26060451]Good idea. Will implement.[/QUOTE] I like how you rated yourself funny. (Also, Kuro, why did you ever take the Lounge / Cavern down? It was kickass!)

This is really nice i love leaving messeges For my freind on his server

[QUOTE=Steven :D;26059171]DarkRP Servers looking like OpenAura :ohdear:[/QUOTE] A bad gamemode looking like a bad [B]and[/B] overpriced gamemode? What has this world come to! Though this does seem like a very useful thing to have. And a massive improvement over the old labeler STool if I remember it right,

Now here's some wishful thinking, but is it possible to add like a sharper antialias to the text?

[QUOTE=Big Bang;26065302]Now here's some wishful thinking, but is it possible to add like a sharper antialias to the text?[/QUOTE] I was thinkig about that, and the only way to do that is (I think) to massively scale up the font used to render the text, and then scale down the cam.3D2D rendering. I'll look into it.

These are not getting saved per-map. Is it just me? Why is it happening?

Weird. Is data/threed/map_name.txt being created? Are there any obvious Lua errors in the console?

If the map changes, (like changelevel map) then the players that were on the server while the map changed don't see the ThreeD text until they disconnect and re-join.