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freight dog
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Posted: 15th Aug 2008 01:07
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Hello I'm experiencing that day my algrabra teacher always warned me about.......

Anyways Im putting text above a object using


Works Great except text is only above the object at a certain distance. So basicly I cant figure out the formula to make the text appear a constant (or close to constant) Height above the object regardless of distance.

Thanks in Advance
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dark coder
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Posted: 15th Aug 2008 10:23 Edited at: 15th Aug 2008 10:24
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Well this doesn't require algebra, but the easiest method would be to make your own dbObjectScreenX/Y function(s) that allow for vertical offsets, as the same calculations would be done in those commands anyway so you lose almost no speed. Luckily for you someone has already made such a function here: http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=129810&b=22, you may also want to use dbCenterText() instead.

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freight dog
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Posted: 15th Aug 2008 16:19
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Thanks man Ill give that a shot when I get home. By the way your work looks top notch keep up the good work
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freight dog
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Posted: 16th Aug 2008 06:23
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Forgive my inexperience but I cant seem to get his function to work for me. Any chance you can give me a simple example of how to use his function?

Thanks
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Swift
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Posted: 18th Aug 2008 11:14
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Well im not entirely sure but woudlnt you just print the text with respect to the objects x and y positions. Im pretty sure you have to know where the object is to be able to draw it so you should have these variables stored somewhere. then simply:



i just tested this and it works fine.
the text may appear to shift depending on which direction the object is moving. this is most likely due to the dbText function being run before the object has been moved. To fix this all you need to do is ensure that the dbText event is after any position changes for the object it is following.
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freight dog
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Posted: 18th Aug 2008 17:34
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Yea thats the way I was doing it but was trying to figure out a way to get the text static above object so it doesn't shift when object moves or the camera moves kinda like in Everquest.
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