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--- op2_sdk:textdialogbox [2016/03/28 18:24] – vagabond
+++ op2_sdk:textdialogbox [2016/03/29 14:54] – vagabond
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 ====== In Game Text Dialog Box ======
-A text dialog box can be opened when a new colony mission is started to give background story and mission briefings. The dialog box can be formatted to match the rest of the Outpost 2 UI theme using odasl.
+The Outpost 2 SDK supports adding custom dialog boxes during single player scenarios. Often dialog boxes are used to provide mission briefings or background story for colony missions. Sierra's odasl library can format dialog boxes to match the Outpost 2 UI theme.
-Creating the text dialog box requires the following steps:
+Creating an Outpost themed text dialog box requires the following steps:
   * Write up the briefing/backstory in rich text format (RTF).
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 Typically, the RTF file is saved as briefing.rtf and added to the root directory of the scenario's project.
-**Note:** //Although Microsoft Word can create and save RTF documents, it is not recommended. Microsoft Word adds large amounts of metadata to the document that is not necessary for Outpost 2, typically increasing a small amount of text from about 3 kb to about 50 kb. This file size increase will carry into the compiled DLL.//
+**Note:** Although Microsoft Word can create and save RTF documents, it is not recommended. Microsoft Word adds large amounts of metadata to the document that is not necessary for Outpost 2, typically increasing a small amount of text from about 3 kb to about 50 kb. This file size increase will carry into the compiled DLL.
 **Example RTF file**