training_annotation

training_annotation is a point entity available in Team Fortress 2.

Entity description

An in-world location-specific information bubble that displays for all players.

Note:VScript offers a more powerful version of this entity, that allows per-player filtering and showing special effects. Use the SendGlobalGameEvent function with the show_annotation event.

Keyvalues

Displayed text (display_text) <string>

The text to be displayed in the annotation popup.

Lifetime (lifetime) <float>

How long you want the annotation popup to stick around. If set to 0, it will default to the value in code (1 sec). If it set to -1, it will last forever.

Note:The fade-in effect when an annotation is shown does not work unless lifetime is set to -1

Vertical offset (offset) <float>

The vertical offset.

Inputs

Show

Shows the annotation bubble.

Bug:Showing an annotation will print an error to console mentioning a missing sound file, the file path cannot be modified.  [todo tested in ?]

Hide

Hides the annotation bubble.

Warning:Hide does not work in multiplayer! Use the lifetime keyvalue if you want to use this entity outside of training mode.