How to place a text at the center of the screen?

[rvmod]

The title says it all.

[DaBOSS54320]

Here's my way of printing text... for this you'll need to include the <cstdio> header for the sprintf function.

 

In initialization:

char text[100];

 

In a loop:

sprintf(text,"Text in the center of the screen");

UI::SET_TEXT_CENTRE(TRUE);

UI::SET_TEXT_SCALE(0.5f,0.5f);

UI::SET_TEXT_COLOUR(255,255,255,255);

UI::_SET_TEXT_ENTRY("STRING");

UI::_ADD_TEXT_COMPONENT_STRING(text);

UI::_DRAW_TEXT(0.5f,0.5f);

The key parts of that for drawing it in the center of the screen are drawing the text in 0.5f,0.5f (the center) and also using the SET_TEXT_CENTRE function to have it be center aligned.

[rvmod]

 

Here's my way of printing text... for this you'll need to include the <cstdio> header for the sprintf function.

 

In initialization:

char text[100];

 

In a loop:

sprintf(text,"Text in the center of the screen");

UI::SET_TEXT_CENTRE(TRUE);

UI::SET_TEXT_SCALE(0.5f,0.5f);

UI::SET_TEXT_COLOUR(255,255,255,255);

UI::_SET_TEXT_ENTRY("STRING");

UI::_ADD_TEXT_COMPONENT_STRING(text);

UI::_DRAW_TEXT(0.5f,0.5f);

The key parts of that for drawing it in the center of the screen are drawing the text in 0.5f,0.5f (the center) and also using the SET_TEXT_CENTRE function to have it be center aligned.

 

The text just vanishes, just after a millisecond.

[frodzet]

The text just vanishes, just after a millisecond.

 

He just told you to put it in a loop.. It's displayed every tick.

Edited July 8, 2015 by frodzet

[rvmod]

 

Here's my way of printing text... for this you'll need to include the <cstdio> header for the sprintf function.

 

In initialization:

char text[100];

 

In a loop:

sprintf(text,"Text in the center of the screen");

UI::SET_TEXT_CENTRE(TRUE);

UI::SET_TEXT_SCALE(0.5f,0.5f);

UI::SET_TEXT_COLOUR(255,255,255,255);

UI::_SET_TEXT_ENTRY("STRING");

UI::_ADD_TEXT_COMPONENT_STRING(text);

UI::_DRAW_TEXT(0.5f,0.5f);

The key parts of that for drawing it in the center of the screen are drawing the text in 0.5f,0.5f (the center) and also using the SET_TEXT_CENTRE function to have it be center aligned.

 

How to shift my text a little upwards (on the Y axis)?

[ImMatt]

 

 

Here's my way of printing text... for this you'll need to include the <cstdio> header for the sprintf function.

 

In initialization:

char text[100];

 

In a loop:

sprintf(text,"Text in the center of the screen");

UI::SET_TEXT_CENTRE(TRUE);

UI::SET_TEXT_SCALE(0.5f,0.5f);

UI::SET_TEXT_COLOUR(255,255,255,255);

UI::_SET_TEXT_ENTRY("STRING");

UI::_ADD_TEXT_COMPONENT_STRING(text);

UI::_DRAW_TEXT(0.5f,0.5f);

The key parts of that for drawing it in the center of the screen are drawing the text in 0.5f,0.5f (the center) and also using the SET_TEXT_CENTRE function to have it be center aligned.

 

How to shift my text a little upwards (on the Y axis)?

 

On the UI::_DRAW_TEXT(0.5f,0.5f); change the second 0.5f to lets just say 1.0f, that will make it higher. Just play around with the numbers and see what you like.

Edited July 8, 2015 by ImMatt

[DaBOSS54320]

^ I believe that's the wrong way actually... I think 0.0f is the top. The origin is the top left, a positive X coordinate goes to the right, and a positive Y coordinate goes down.