FanLink.cs by S0phieH

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Text;

/*********************************
 * FanLink.cs
 * by @S0phieH
 * https://vine.co/v/Mdej0H9zImJ
 *********************************/
public class FanLink : MonoBehavior {

    //newsURL should be a link to a text file with the following format:
    // LINE1: News Title
    // Line2: News Image (needs to be PNG or JPG)
    // Line3: News Link (the website link that will open if the player asks)
    // Lines4+: text of the news, keep it short and to the point if you want it loading as fast as possible
    //
    // the text file (apart from it's links) can have standard unity markup so feel free to bold whatever

    public string newsURL = "";

    public TextMesh titleText;
    public TextMesh newsText;

    private string newstitle = "Loading news...";
    //private string newsContent = "...";
    private string imgstring = "";
    private string newslink = "";

    public Collider linkCollider;

    public Renderer imageRenderer;

    void Start() {
        LoadStuff();
    }


    void Update() {
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(newslink) && Input.GetKeyDown("mouse 0")) {
            Ray mouseRay = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
            RaycastHit mouseHit = new RaycastHit();
            if (linkCollider.Raycast(mouseRay, out mouseHit, 999f)) {
                Application.OpenURL(newslink);
            }
        }
    }

    //load the data
    void LoadStuff() {
        StartCoroutine(LoadStuffCoroutine());
    }

    IEnumerator LoadStuffCoroutine() {
        WWW www = new WWW(newsURL);

        yield return www;

        string[] loadedData = www.text.Split('\n');
        newstitle = loadedData[0];
        imgstring = loadedData[1];
        newslink = loadedData[2];

        LoadImage();

        var content = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 3; i < loadedData.Length; i++) {
            if (i < loadedData.Length - 1) {
                content.AppendLine(loadedData[i]);
            } else {
                content.Append(loadedData[i]);
            }
        }

        titleText.text = newstitle;
        newsText.text = content.ToString();

    }

    //load the image (if there is one)
    void LoadImage() {
        StartCoroutine(LoadImageCoroutine());
    }

    IEnumerator LoadImageCoroutine() {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(imgstring)) {
            Debug.Log("Empty image URL!");
        } else {

            WWW www = new WWW(imgstring);

            yield return www;

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(www.error)) {
                Debug.Log(www.error);
            }

            imageRenderer.material.mainTexture = www.texture;
        }
    }
}