HUD Text

ID:833917
 
Jun 25 2012, 7:46 am
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Code:
obj/HUD/LowCPU
    layer=11
    icon='TextGold.dmi'
    mouse_opacity=0
    var/OrigScreenLoc
    var/OrigX;var/OrigPixX
    var/OrigY;var/OrigPixY
    New(hudx,hudxpix,hudy,hudypix,letter)
        src.icon_state=letter
        src.OrigX=hudx;src.OrigPixX=hudxpix
        src.OrigY=hudy;src.OrigPixY=hudypix
        src.screen_loc="[hudx]:[hudxpix],[hudy]:[hudypix]"
        src.OrigScreenLoc=src.screen_loc
mob/proc/UpdateHUDText(var/ID,var/NewText)
    var/client/C=src.client
    if(C)
        var/firstpos=0
        NewText="[NewText]"
        if(C.mob.LastTextIDs[ID]==NewText)  return
        C.mob.LastTextIDs[ID]=NewText
        if(!(ID in C.mob.ObjectIDs))    {C.mob.ObjectIDs+=ID;C.mob.ObjectIDs[ID]=list()}
        var/list/IdList=C.mob.ObjectIDs["[ID]"]
        C.screen-=IdList
        var/SlimOffset=0
        while(C.mob)
            firstpos+=1
            var/letter=copytext(NewText,firstpos,firstpos+1)
            if(!letter) return
            if(firstpos>IdList.len) return
            var/obj/HUD/LowCPU/O=IdList[firstpos]
            if(O)
                O.icon_state=letter
                var/LowOffset=LowLetter(letter)*2
                if(SlimOffset || LowOffset) O.screen_loc="[O.OrigX]:[O.OrigPixX-SlimOffset],[O.OrigY]:[O.OrigPixY-LowOffset]"
                else    O.screen_loc=O.OrigScreenLoc
                if(SlimLetter(letter))  SlimOffset+=4
                C.screen+=O
            sleep(1)

mob/proc/WriteHUDText(var/hudx,var/hudxpix,var/hudy,var/hudypix,var/ID,var/NewText)
    var/client/C=src.client
    if(C)
        var/firstpos=0
        var/PixelSpace=6
        NewText="[NewText]"
        var/list/IdList=list()
        src.LastTextIDs[ID]="/i"
        if(!(ID in C.mob.ObjectIDs))    {C.mob.ObjectIDs+=ID;C.mob.ObjectIDs[ID]=list()}
        for(var/obj/O in C.mob.ObjectIDs["[ID]"])   del O
        while(C.mob)
            firstpos+=1
            var/letter=copytext(NewText,firstpos,firstpos+1)
            if(!letter) {C.mob.ObjectIDs["[ID]"]=IdList;break}
            var/obj/HUD/LowCPU/O=new(hudx,hudxpix,hudy,hudypix,letter)
            C.screen+=O
            IdList+=O
            hudxpix+=PixelSpace
            if(hudxpix>=32)
                hudx+=1;hudxpix-=32


Problem description:For somereason it is only showing 9 letters no more then that.

Jun 25 2012, 7:48 am
Just use maptext.
Jun 25 2012, 8:01 am
In response to Kaiochao
Kaiochao wrote:
Just use maptext.

i would but it dosnt work and i just want it that with same outline.
Jun 25 2012, 9:43 am
In response to Lord Kakarot
Lord Kakarot wrote:
Kaiochao wrote:
Just use maptext.

i would but it dosnt work and i just want it that with same outline.

I have no idea what this is supposed to mean, but it looks like you said maptext doesn't work, which is not true.
Jun 25 2012, 9:48 am
I said I want to use icon as it is fully customizable with good outline, but can you atleast help me cause this only shows 9 letters on screen when name size is 15 letters
Jun 25 2012, 9:53 am
You can make a new font, too, which is fully customize-able, you know that right?

Also, since you don't know how to work it, would you mind telling me where you got this cluttered system?

Honestly, you would be better off using maptext. If you really want customize-able looks then you can create a new font. However, there are plenty of great fonts created for you already, which you can modify (and give an outline to) via HTML and CSS.
Jun 25 2012, 10:49 am
Then perhaps you can help me with outlining maptext
Jun 25 2012, 11:03 am
Is there a space in the name you're trying to display? One of the conditions to stop drawing in the text display is if(!letter) and a space would satisfy that check and cease drawing.

Also, to the other people in this thread, telling the OP to use maptext is lazy and doesn't actually help him to fix the actual issue he's having with posted code.
Jun 25 2012, 11:41 am
In response to tenkuu
tenkuu wrote:
Is there a space in the name you're trying to display? One of the conditions to stop drawing in the text display is if(!letter) and a space would satisfy that check and cease drawing.

Also, to the other people in this thread, telling the OP to use maptext is lazy and doesn't actually help him to fix the actual issue he's having with posted code.

I would prefer using MapText but i dont know how to add outline on that
Jun 25 2012, 2:49 pm
Best response
You can create an outline around maptext by using multiple objects. Create four extra objects at a lower layer that have the same text shown in black. Offset each of those objects a pixel in each direction.
Jun 26 2012, 12:16 am
yea i seen how you have done in your Action RPG, but i was trying to find a simple method but anyways i got my problem solved.
i just rewrote the code which is based on datums and this is working fine.
mob/var/list/LowCpuHuds=list()

obj/HUD/LowCpuHud
    icon='TextGold.dmi'
    New(hudx,hudxpix,hudy,hudypix,letter)
        src.icon_state=letter
        src.screen_loc="[hudx]:[hudxpix],[hudy]:[hudypix]"

mob/proc/CreateHUDText(hudx,hudxpix,hudy,hudypix,VarID,WritAbt,NameTag,Text2Write)
    if(src.client.eye!=src) return
    if(!NameTag)    NameTag=VarID
    if(!WritAbt)    WritAbt=src
    new/datum/LowCpuHudDatum(src,VarID,hudx,hudxpix,hudy,hudypix,WritAbt,NameTag,Text2Write)

mob/proc/UpdateHUDText(var/ThisName,var/Text2Write,Animate=0)
    for(var/datum/LowCpuHudDatum/D in src.LowCpuHuds)   if(D.name==ThisName)    {D.Refresh(Text2Write,Animate);return 1}

datum/LowCpuHudDatum
    var/name;var/VarID
    var/mob/WriteFor;var/mob/WriteAbout
    var/x;var/xo;var/y;var/yo
    var/list/ThisHud=list()
    New(mob/Write4,NewVarID,hudx,hudxpix,hudy,hudypix,mob/WritAbt,NameTag,Text2Write)
        src.WriteFor=Write4;src.VarID=NewVarID;src.name=NameTag
        src.WriteAbout=WritAbt;WriteFor.LowCpuHuds+=src
        src.x=hudx;src.y=hudy
        src.xo=hudxpix;src.yo=hudypix
        src.Refresh(Text2Write)
    proc/Delete()
        if(!WriteAbout || !WriteFor || !WriteFor.client)    return
        for(var/obj/HUD/LowCpuHud/O in src.ThisHud) WriteFor.client.screen-=O
        del src
    proc/Hide()
        if(!WriteAbout || !WriteFor || !WriteFor.client)    return
        for(var/obj/HUD/LowCpuHud/O in src.ThisHud) O.icon_state="invis"
    proc/Refresh(var/Text2Write,Animate=0)
        if(!WriteAbout || !WriteFor || !WriteFor.client)    return
        if(WriteFor.client.eye!=WriteFor)   return
        if(!Text2Write) Text2Write=WriteAbout.vars["[VarID]"]
        Text2Write="[Text2Write]"
        //for(var/x in src.ThisHud) if(!x)  src.ThisHud-=x  //removes nulls o.O
        if(src.ThisHud.len<length(Text2Write))  src.Create(Text2Write)
        for(var/obj/HUD/LowCpuHud/O in src.ThisHud) O.icon_state="invis"
        var/firstpos=0
        while(WriteFor)
            firstpos+=1
            if(firstpos>src.ThisHud.len)    return
            var/letter=copytext(Text2Write,firstpos,firstpos+1)
            if(!letter) return
            var/obj/O=src.ThisHud[firstpos]
            if(O)
                if(!(O in WriteFor.client.screen))  WriteFor.client.screen+=O
                O.icon_state=letter
            if(Animate) sleep(1)
    proc/Create(var/Text2Write)
        if(!WriteAbout || !WriteFor || !WriteFor.client)    return
        var/firstpos=0;var/Icon2Use
        for(var/obj/HUD/LowCpuHud/O in src.ThisHud)
            src.ThisHud-=O;del O
        var/hudx=x;var/hudxpix=xo;var/hudy=y;var/hudypix=yo
        if(!Text2Write) Text2Write=WriteAbout.vars["[VarID]"]
        Text2Write="[Text2Write]"
        while(WriteFor)
            firstpos+=1
            var/letter=copytext(Text2Write,firstpos,firstpos+1)
            if(!letter) return
            var/LowerOffset=0    //offsets y,p,q,etc below baseline
            if(LowLetter(letter))   LowerOffset=2
            var/obj/HUD/LowCpuHud/O=new (hudx,hudxpix,hudy,hudypix-LowerOffset,letter)
            if(SlimLetter(letter))  hudxpix-=4
            if(Icon2Use)    O.icon=Icon2Use
            WriteFor.client.screen+=O;src.ThisHud+=O
            var/hudxoff=7
            hudxpix+=hudxoff
            if(hudxpix>=32)
                hudx+=1;hudxpix-=32