Text nodes: only displays 1 character, twitches (SOLVED)

Questions
#1

I have a text node, it uses the default font. I set the text node to "Timer ends in "…tostring(self.timer) and it displays a “1”

If I remove the …tostring(self.timer) part it displays “e”

In the gui preview, and the default text is set to “Timer ends in” it is wider and displays the entire string.

??

#2

Can you please post the code? The string concatenation operator is .. btw, not ....

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#3

It’s based on the “countdown timer” sample code provided somewheres on this forum. How would you add a countdown counter to gui?

As for the comment – the website changed . . to . . .

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#4

You still need to post more information. Preferrably screenshots and code. Without it one can only guess what’s wrong. Maybe you have rotated the node so it stretches beyond Z -1 and 1?

#5

This isn’t exactly the same issue, but on a different label in the same GUI.

DefoldSven3

This is “Z=0” on the label. Settings I’ve tried are “Fit” and “Stretch” and “Zoom” none seem to behave different.

#6

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function init(self)
	self.timer = 60*60*4 -- in seconds
end

function final(self)
end

function update(self, dt)
	if self.timer > 0 then
		self.timer = math.max(self.timer - dt, 0) -- make sure it doesn't go below 0
		gui.set_text(gui.get_node("my_shift_ends"), "Shift ends in "..tostring(self.timer))
	else
		-- gameover!!!
		
	end
end
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#7

You do have rotation around Y. That affects where on Z different parts of the node is.

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#8

Both seemed to have that issue. Thanks :rofl:

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