UI notification at different places on screen

[bhavinbhai2707]

How to display notification on different places on screen like on top right corner or top left corner etc. . .plsss suggest me

[mockba.the.borg]

Hi bhavinbhai2707,

 

Actually, the "DRAW_TEXT" native takes a x, y position as an input. So you can draw text anywhere on the screen.

Keep in mind that x, y accept floating point values from 0 to 1, not screen pixels. So, middle of the screen would be .5.

You will need to play with the x and y values to achieve the position you want.

Here's a Lua function I wrote to place text on the screen, as an example only.

 

-- Draws a text onscreen with the option to have it blink

function ui.DrawTextUI(text, x, y, font, scale, color, blink)

font = font or FontChaletComprimeCologne

scale = scale or .5

color = color or {r=255, g=255, b=255, a=255}

local draw = not blink

if math.floor(game.GetSeconds()/10)%2 == 0 or draw then

natives.UI.SET_TEXT_FONT(font);

natives.UI.SET_TEXT_SCALE(0.0, scale);

natives.UI.SET_TEXT_COLOUR(color.r, color.g, color.b, color.a);

natives.UI.SET_TEXT_CENTRE(false);

natives.UI.SET_TEXT_OUTLINE();

natives.UI._SET_TEXT_ENTRY("STRING");

natives.UI.ADD_TEXT_COMPONENT_SUBSTRING_PLAYER_NAME(string.format("%s",text));

natives.UI._DRAW_TEXT(x, y);

end

end

Hope it helps.

Cheers,

Mockba.

[bhavinbhai2707]

 

Hi bhavinbhai2707,

 

Actually, the "DRAW_TEXT" native takes a x, y position as an input. So you can draw text anywhere on the screen.

Keep in mind that x, y accept floating point values from 0 to 1, not screen pixels. So, middle of the screen would be .5.

You will need to play with the x and y values to achieve the position you want.

Here's a Lua function I wrote to place text on the screen, as an example only.

 

-- Draws a text onscreen with the option to have it blink

function ui.DrawTextUI(text, x, y, font, scale, color, blink)

font = font or FontChaletComprimeCologne

scale = scale or .5

color = color or {r=255, g=255, b=255, a=255}

local draw = not blink

if math.floor(game.GetSeconds()/10)%2 == 0 or draw then

natives.UI.SET_TEXT_FONT(font);

natives.UI.SET_TEXT_SCALE(0.0, scale);

natives.UI.SET_TEXT_COLOUR(color.r, color.g, color.b, color.a);

natives.UI.SET_TEXT_CENTRE(false);

natives.UI.SET_TEXT_OUTLINE();

natives.UI._SET_TEXT_ENTRY("STRING");

natives.UI.ADD_TEXT_COMPONENT_SUBSTRING_PLAYER_NAME(string.format("%s",text));

natives.UI._DRAW_TEXT(x, y);

end

end

Hope it helps.

Cheers,

Mockba.

 

Can you please show an example on how to do it plssss and how do i get x and y. . . . and what is blink over here please suggest me

[mockba.the.borg]

Hi bhavinbhai2707,

 

That is the Lua example right there. Unfortunately I don't have an example on another language to show.

To make the text blink I just check the game seconds and draw the text only if the second is even number. So if you set "blink" to "true" the text will blink.

x and y, as I said before, are not based on the screen resolution, but are in fact float numbers between 0 and 1 which represent a position in the screen.

To get x and y is up to your decision ... x=0 is the very left of the screen, x=1 is the very right of the screen.

What language do you usually code on?

 

Cheers,

Mockba.

 

[bhavinbhai2707]

Hi bhavinbhai2707,

 

That is the Lua example right there. Unfortunately I don't have an example on another language to show.

To make the text blink I just check the game seconds and draw the text only if the second is even number. So if you set "blink" to "true" the text will blink.

x and y, as I said before, are not based on the screen resolution, but are in fact float numbers between 0 and 1 which represent a position in the screen.

To get x and y is up to your decision ... x=0 is the very left of the screen, x=1 is the very right of the screen.

What language do you usually code on?

 

Cheers,

Mockba.

 

ohhhh X and Y i get it now. . . I am in my final year of school and learning c++ but i learned c# to make mods for GTA V because i heard its easier i am making my mod in c# language . . . it would be great if u gave example in c# bot noways i am able to understand with the above code so thank you very much for the help

[mockba.the.borg]

Ok, good luck with your mod.

Unfortunately I have no examples in C# I could share, but I am sure you will find a lot online.

 

Cheers,

Mockba.

[bhavinbhai2707]

Ok, good luck with your mod.

Unfortunately I have no examples in C# I could share, but I am sure you will find a lot online.

 

Cheers,

Mockba.

No problem man. . . .although i am almost there with it so thanxx