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Dark GDK / 2D Text in 3D - How To?????

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Freedom Fighters
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Posted: 21st Nov 2009 10:53
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Ok, im a little stuck or more just stuck on how do i draw 2d text in 3d at a position say something like 11,22,33 (x,y,z).
im fairly new to this forum so still working my place out.

so here the story, for my little game im working on i need to draw a players name above his object position, becuase you can see who the player is.
the game is multilayer across LAN. but i still cant work out how to draw 2D text in 3D.

is there a way to do this so i can see the text in 3d?
all help is welcome.

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Hassan
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Posted: 21st Nov 2009 11:23
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try this:


ID is the target object ID, value is the y offset for drawing the text.

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Well, not what i was after but i can use this still so that is a big help. thank you, i might use this after all. but is there a way to draw 2d text in the 3d area?

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Posted: 21st Nov 2009 19:48
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this might help there's

dbObjectScreenX(object_number)
and
dbObjectScreenY(object_number)

which will give you the x,y text position of a 3D object.



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Freedom Fighters
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.......Ok. i might be making this clear, what im after is to draw text in the actual game 3d area of 2d text. but i guess that this method will do. problem is that it draw two text?

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So you want a 3d Text model? or do you want to know how to scale the text so it looks like it's out in 3d space?

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Freedom Fighters
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well using the code

i will stick with that as i like it.
ok scaleing it would be nice so i looks like it out in 3d space. also with the code i notice it draw the text twice. so at the given point it draws and then when i turn 180 it appears on that side too.
would i have to check if the camera is facing the point?

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Hassan
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check if the object is in screen:


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Wow! They're just not getting it! Lol. He simply wants text within the 3D space. When you use text without any graphics, the text shows up. BUT, once you add something (image, model, etc) where the text is positioned, the text is essentially "covered" by it, thus, you aren't able to view the text. He's basically asking, "How do you print text to the screen without it being "covered up".
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Oh yeah! lol. I guess the answer would be useful too In order to draw text to the screen, you must have the text being drawn every time the loop is executed. Otherwise, it'll be erased on the next iteration of the loop. Also, make sure to call dbDrawToFront() before writing text.
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thank you, this solves the problem. thank you very much, one step close into finishing my game.

Thanks to all who helped

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