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Dark GDK / dbText() not working for me

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Metroid Larvae
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I am trying to output the score caption for my Pacman game but nothing ever shows up. I do have a black background but even if I don't load the background there is no text in the desired position.

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Also how would I output an int PacmanScore variable write next to the Score caption.
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CheatCat
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dbInk(dgRGB(255,255,255), dbRGB(255,255,255)); Will make both the foreground and the background white. However it don't do it now, but I recommend that you should change the code into dbInk(dgRGB(255,255,255), 0); If you want to color the background, you should use CLS([color]);.

You must turn sync on (dbSyncOn(); at the beginning of the main function) and place dbSync(); into the main loop in order to view the text.

To print the score, you can use strings or a char array. If you choose the char array alternative, you shold use the strcat function. I don't know how to use strcat, so I use strings instead:
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Kilrath
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in my experience the text draws first and the sprite over it... perhaps a dbDrawSpritesFirst(); will help

Saving the world, one bit at a time.... Wait it's not worth saving. Get your own bits!
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