public void registerSprites()
{
buildMessageBackground();
text = TextLabel.create(spriteRenderer, contentManager, "sierra_agi_font_black");
text.alignCenter = true;
text.worldPosition = new Vector3(0.5f, 0.5f, -9.5f);
text.hide();
// textLabel = new GameObject("message text");
// textLabel.active = false;
// text = textLabel.AddComponent<GUIText>();
// textLabel.transform.position = new Vector3(0.5f, 0.5f, -9.5f);
// text.alignment = TextAlignment.Center;
// text.anchor = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
// text.font = font;
// text.material.SetColor("_Color", Color.black);
leftBorder = spriteRenderer.add(new Sprite(), "messageBorder");
rightBorder = spriteRenderer.add(new Sprite(), "messageBorder");
topBorder = spriteRenderer.add(new Sprite(), "messageBorder");
bottomBorder = spriteRenderer.add(new Sprite(), "messageBorder");
// these are positive because they are relative to the camera's placement
// the world z coordinate will be negative
leftBorder.setDepth(-9f);
rightBorder.setDepth(-9f);
topBorder.setDepth(-9f);
bottomBorder.setDepth(-9f);
hide();
}