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Hey guys,

I recently bought AGK2 for use in C++ instead of SFML/SDL.

For different reasons (especially because this way it's easier to work with game states IMO) I prefer to draw everything manually rather than change the visibility of sprites.
Therefore I stripped down the Sync()/i] function into its parts. For sprite drawing this works. But as I read in the documentation of the Sync() function, the text labels drawn with [i]Print() don't get drawn without Sync().
Is there a way to avoid automatic sprite drawing without any losses like with Print().

Thanks in advance.
Greetings

u can combine
SetSpritePosition / SetSpritePositionByOffset
SetSpriteImage ( iSpriteIndex, iImageIndex, bUpdateShape )
DrawSprite

so there is only one sprite but u draw self where and what.

instead of sync() is
Update()
Render()
Swap()
i guess all u need, this update and render can also split into other calls.

Hey Markus,

thanks for trying to help, but I guess you misunderstood what I meant.

For example:

If I create a sprite it's automatically drawn when Sync() is called in the main loop.
The obvious reason for this is that Sync() draws every existing sprite currently being set to visible. To be more specific: Sync() calls - among others - Render2DFront(), which is responsible for drawing all "visible" sprites, text etc. automatically.

In case I want to draw a sprite "manually" I have to strip down Sync() into its parts.

Here is an example to visualize what I'm talking about:



This way it only draws the sprites I "manually" draw to the backbuffer - as far as they are visible ofc.

Problem is: It does not draw stuff like Print() Labels anymore. Therefore I'd have to add Render2DFront() into the render sequence, which would make my DrawSprite() completely useless as it would draw all sprites automatically anyway through calling Render2DFront() (like mentioned above).

Is there some way to draw all of my stuff manually and still don't have to work with drawing-losses like the text drawn with Print()? Like splitting up Render2DFront() even further for example. Also I don't know if there's other stuff which is not being drawn if I do this manually. Maybe it's only the Print-Labels.. maybe it's other stuff too, I haven't tried to be honest.

Thanks for any help.
Greetings

Are you using Print() in a way that can't be converted to CreateText() statements?

i think drawsprite paint in backbuffer (if visible flag is set) and
if u do not want the using sprite brush appear automatic just hide it before the render call.

@Greenwich
I guess not. Still I'm not quite sure Print() would be the only function affected.

@Markus
Thanks mate! That did it.
Tried it like this and it may look a little bit confusing and overcomplicated at first, but IMO it's still easier to manage this way.

Here is an example of how it works now...