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T4r4ntul4

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Posted: 23rd Feb 2011 18:51

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is there a way to rotate text? to vertical, or diagonal?

i searched the forums but couldnt find any answer. or maybe theres some plugin where you could rotate a text?

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Admiral MH

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Posted: 23rd Feb 2011 22:59 Edited at: 24th Feb 2011 00:54

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For 3D, you can use the Direct3D (D3D) plugin to make 3D text, then rotating the object.

For 2D, the easiest way I can think of, is getting the image of the text. Then after converting it to a sprite, you would rotate the sprite.

However, if you are displaying text a lot, the "get image" command will take up some system resources. Here is some example code.

[EDIT] Its now fixed.

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Sync On
Sync Rate 60
Sync


Text 0,0,"Rotating text :D"
Get Image 1,0,0,180,180,1


Sprite 1,240,200,1
Set Sprite 1,1,1

Do



Rotate Sprite 1,Sprite Angle(1)+1

Sync
Loop

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Grog Grueslayer

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Posted: 23rd Feb 2011 23:26

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Quote: "Note: The transparency flag does not seem to be working, so I am going to ask about it. But if it did work, you will not get the overlap with the black background over the text."

Use 1 instead of 2 at the end of GET IMAGE and it should be transparent.

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Admiral MH

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Posted: 24th Feb 2011 00:36

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Quote: "Use 1 instead of 2 at the end of GET IMAGE and it should be transparent."

Ah ok, did not read that in the help file. Thank you.

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T4r4ntul4

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Posted: 24th Feb 2011 17:38

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sorry for the late response, but your code will do, thank you =)

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chafari

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Posted: 24th Feb 2011 21:47

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Here`s another way...

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set cursor 0,0
print "HALLO WORLD"
for i= 1 to 90
for a= 1 to 20
col=point(i,a)
dot 200+i,200+a+i,col
next a
next i

do
sync
loop

I'm not a grumpy grandpa

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miso

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Posted: 4th Mar 2011 20:28

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I had to make some additions.

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sync on
sync rate 60

degree=-1
do
cls
set cursor 0,0
print " HALLO WORLD"

	degree=degree+1
	if degree=360 then degree=0
	lock pixels
		for i= 1 to 95
			for a= 1 to 20
				col=point(i,a)
				dot 200+i+30*sin(degree+i),200+a+30*cos(degree+a),col
			next a
		next i

		i=0
			text 400+(10+i*18)*cos(degree)-(10+i*18)*sin(degree),200+(10+i*18)*cos(degree)+(10+i*18)*sin(degree),"H"
		i=i+1
			text 400+(10+i*18)*cos(degree)-(10+i*18)*sin(degree),200+(10+i*18)*cos(degree)+(10+i*18)*sin(degree),"A"
		i=i+1
			text 400+(10+i*18)*cos(degree)-(10+i*18)*sin(degree),200+(10+i*18)*cos(degree)+(10+i*18)*sin(degree),"L"
		i=i+1
			text 400+(10+i*18)*cos(degree)-(10+i*18)*sin(degree),200+(10+i*18)*cos(degree)+(10+i*18)*sin(degree),"L"
		i=i+1
			text 400+(10+i*18)*cos(degree)-(10+i*18)*sin(degree),200+(10+i*18)*cos(degree)+(10+i*18)*sin(degree),"O"
		i=i+1
		

	unlock pixels

sync
loop

No place like 127.0.0.1 .

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chafari

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Posted: 6th Mar 2011 22:26

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@miso

That´s great !!...I`ll keep it

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cheers.

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