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Aarbear

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Posted: 9th May 2011 06:17

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I just recently noticed that there is a dbpro newbie section, so I have no idea if questions like these should be here or there.

I've got a health integer that contains a value of 100. I'd like to print it on my background which happens to be a sprite. I'm having a surprisingly hard time doing this, I've tried converting to a string, I've tried displaying it before the background is displayed, I've tried displaying it after the background is displayed, I've tried using both PRINT and TEXT. Solution anyone?

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Phaelax

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Posted: 9th May 2011 08:39

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You can either use paste sprite instead which will allow text to be drawn on top, or call draw sprites first (without calling CLS in the loop).

Try the search bar, this question has been asked many times.

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Aarbear

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Posted: 9th May 2011 08:44

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Ok, thank you. I couldn't seem to find useful on this topic.

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Grog Grueslayer

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Posted: 9th May 2011 08:53

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Yeah do what Phaelax suggested. Pretend every sprite is hovering over the screen so if you have a sprite anywhere on the screen no matter what you do under the sprite (TEXT, PRINT, or any 2D drawing) it's still hovering above the screen so you won't see anything under the sprite. HIDE SPRITE makes it invisible to the user so you can see stuff under it. PASTE SPRITE puts a copy of the sprite on the screen like an ink stamp. Once the sprite is pasted any TEXT, PRINT, or any 2D drawing done after PASTE SPRITE will be seen.