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freak
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hi
anyone knows how I have to print text on top of a sprite?
I don't want to generate my own bitmaps (too slow)
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IanM
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Posted: 27th Jan 2003 00:58
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That's the way to do it I'm afraid. The best idea is to generate the sprite images during initialisation if possible ... of course it's not always possible.
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freak
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Then, in my situation, I'd better just make the bmp files in an external program...

Is it possible to print text on top of sprites in DBpro?

Isn't that something that's often used in games (for example a health counter in a FPS game)?

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Posted: 27th Jan 2003 01:22
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No. Thats something thats missing in DBPro too

Most games render the text rather than use windows fonts.
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Posted: 27th Jan 2003 01:28
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It is possible to print text on sprites in DBPro if you use the Draw Sprite First command.

Programming anything is an art, and you can't rush art.
Unless your name is Bob Ross, then you can do it in thirty minutes.
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that's Draw Sprites First, blast this keyboard

Programming anything is an art, and you can't rush art.
Unless your name is Bob Ross, then you can do it in thirty minutes.
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freak
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I just created 60 bitmaps in photoshop...

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John H
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Lol. I usually make the text a sprite but its soooooooooo slow

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hehe its a good command



http://www.lunarpixel.com

http://www.lunarpixel.com/dt/
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Argh, confusing myself.

What you can't have is actually text on sprites on 3D - I think. Sorry to waste your time mate.
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freak
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yeah indi, but I cant use the 'draw sprites first' command, as I am not using DBpro... I have DBpro already but I'm still continuing a project that I started in DB and it would be too much work to make it work in DBpro...

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So I was right the first time ... Ok, apology withdrawn
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freak
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in fact, I didnt try, but Easily Confused said:
It is possible to print text on sprites in DBPro if you use the Draw Sprite First command.

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indi
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if its classic find the length of the letters in the string and multiply it by the font size then use that to grab the image.

http://www.lunarpixel.com

http://www.lunarpixel.com/dt/
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indeed, but that's slow to do on the fly
but my problem is already solved, I'll use pre-made bitmaps

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