Subtitle

This is a functional, and therefore descriptive (as opposed to prescriptive) guide on how to create subtitles. The subtitle of a character is displayed underneath the name of your unit in the HUD (Head-Up Display, or the display when you hover over the WireFrame of your character. It can be expanded if you hover over the WireFrame.

The base command is: @subtitle

The reason I am making @subtitle a page is so I can further explain how to make it longer, basically "stacking" information/description of your unit. Just so you can further explain your character in more depth. Before that, though, I recommend seeing the "Text" tab to see how you can edit text in Cortex. If you are familiar with XML, you may be able to skip this.

The way I do it is: alias create -info @subtitle "all the lore you can fit" -info1

I would then do the chain of aliases filled with information by doing:

  • alias create -info1 "all the lore you can fit" -info2
  • alias create -info2 "all the lore you can fit"

From there, continue this chain as necessary. You can contain theoretically infinite characters here, although the limitations of the game will cap you eventually. This may not be the best idea, but I am staying descriptivist here.

You can also use this to put "decals" into your subtitle/HUD, using the image file enclosed in brackets. For more information on how to do this, see the "Image" tab.