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Dark GDK / Printing Player Stats Variables With dbText()

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ReiKumar
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I cant seem to be able to print my player stats variables to display on my HUD... anyone got any ideas?

BTW, where is there a 'db' in front of everything? Why db?

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Niels Henriksen
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Posted: 7th Oct 2008 10:01
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dbText ( 0, 0, "Health = " PlayerHealth ) ;

should maybe be:

dbText ( 0, 0, "Health = %s", PlayerHealth ) ;

Im not a C++ expert but I have seen something like this.

The reason that there are db infront of all commands is because it comes from DarkBasic.

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ReiKumar
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Quote: "dbText ( 0, 0, "Health = " PlayerHealth ) ;

should maybe be:

dbText ( 0, 0, "Health = %s", PlayerHealth ) ;

Im not a C++ expert but I have seen something like this."



1>c:\users\rei\documents\visual studio 2008\projects\gun\gun\hud.h(9) : error C2660: 'dbText' : function does not take 4 arguments
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Niels Henriksen
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Did you try to search on the forum? Try search for dbText

I found this within 30 seconds




then you just need to find out how to put integer and string together in C++

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Quote: "BTW, where is there a 'db' in front of everything? Why db?"


db stands for Dark Basic. When functions are created it's not advisable to give them generic names like "Print" because you may end up with conflicts in other libraries that include functions with the same names. It's typical to prefix function names with something that ties it to the package it's associated with. Since these functions derive from functions in Dark Basic, db is the obvious choice.

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ReiKumar
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Quote: "Did you try to search on the forum? Try search for dbText

I found this within 30 seconds


+ Code Snippet

char* xtext = dbStr(dbCameraPositionX());
dbText ( 0, 0, xtext);



then you just need to find out how to put integer and string together in C++"




Thanks
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Hayer
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If I remember right you can do something like this

int test = 22;
char* text_test = static_cast<char>(test);
dbText(0,0,text_test);

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Jonas
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This might help: http://www.cppreference.com/wiki/string/append

Edit: my bad... *shuts up now*

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Posted: 10th Oct 2008 02:13 Edited at: 10th Oct 2008 02:14
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Either sprintf(?) or itoa(). Take your pick.

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Chamill
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You guys are just making it too long

I work with this:

int Health;
dbText( whateverx , whatevery , dbStr(Health) );

dbStr() does the whole thing for you.

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