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ReiKumar
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Posted: 5th Oct 2008 00:28 Edited at: 5th Oct 2008 00:42
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I'm just wondering how you guys do HUD's.

Do you just set cursor position and print out text or do you use another method?

Anyone got any advice for me?

Right now I'm trying to using:

Quote: "dbText
This command will output the provided string using the current text settings at the specified coordinates on the screen.

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void dbText ( int iX, int iY, char* szString ) "
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Zuka
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Posted: 5th Oct 2008 00:38
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It's simple. Draw something in an image editor, load it, and display the sprites.
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AndrewT
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Posted: 5th Oct 2008 00:41
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First of all you've gotta ditch the 'dbPrint()' function; you should use 'dbText()'. With 'dbText()' you can print text much easier wherever you choose without moving the cursor. You can use 'dbSetTextFont()' and 'dbSetTextSize()' to change the look as well like so:



Now if you to make your HUD more polished you should use sprites for elements for images such as what weapon you're using and what not.

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ReiKumar
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Posted: 5th Oct 2008 00:44
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Quote: "First of all you've gotta ditch the 'dbPrint()' function; you should use 'dbText()'. With 'dbText()' you can print text much easier wherever you choose without moving the cursor. You can use 'dbSetTextFont()' and 'dbSetTextSize()' to change the look as well like so:

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dbSetTextFont( "verdana" );
dbSetTextSize( 12 );
dbText( "Hello World!", 100, 100 );



Now if you to make your HUD more polished you should use sprites for elements for images such as what weapon you're using and what not."


Hmm... So instead of jus text, I can load up images... I'm guessing you mean images of weapons and equipment the player is holding, correct?
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ReiKumar
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Posted: 5th Oct 2008 01:01
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Here's an issue: My game automatically sets the resolution to whatever is avalible on the computer so how do I position text on the right side of the screen when I dont know what the x distance from the left is.
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Zuka
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Posted: 5th Oct 2008 01:34
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dbScreenWidth();
dbScreenHeight();
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SushiBox
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Text at 0, 0 will be in the same position on 800x600 and the exact same as on 1024x768.

But you can do a check as Zuka suggested. Those will return the resolution that was selected, that way your program will know which resolution the screen is currently set to.

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ReiKumar
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Quote: "dbScreenWidth();
dbScreenHeight(); "


Thanks that helps, now I just gotta set it up through trial and error so that it shows up in the screen instead of of the edge. Lol
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Posted: 5th Oct 2008 02:00 Edited at: 5th Oct 2008 02:00
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text_position_x = dbScreenWidth() - text_length * text_size;
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ReiKumar
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Posted: 5th Oct 2008 02:20
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Quote: "text_position_x = dbScreenWidth() - text_length * text_size; "


Or I could do that. Thanx
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