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2D All the way! / Displaying (changing) Text

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TheAbomb12
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Posted: 22nd Sep 2003 22:18
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Hey guys,
Im trying to display text (for a score) but i have a background sprite that is drawn over all printf and text commands. I know making the text into a sprite would fix this, but is there a way to contunulously change the text (ie a score) and still have it displayed on top and visible?

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HardBoot
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Posted: 23rd Sep 2003 16:15
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im a newb here, but...

just put 'set current bitmap 0' before the code to display the score. this way its always rendered on the screen.

*might* work, let me know if it does, i realy could use a few seconds of feeling smart
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CloseToPerfect
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Posted: 24th Sep 2003 00:43
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use draw sprite first or
use paste image for the background

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TheAbomb12
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Posted: 24th Sep 2003 07:08
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None of them work. (your day of glory is not here yet Hardboot)

"set current bitmap" does nothing

"draw sprite first" is not a command in DBpro, and i cant find a equivlent. I thought it was "set sprite priority" but that just draws the sprite last.

Finally, "paste image" is useless because i have a nice scrolling background

any more ideas? I hope im not SOL!

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IanM
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Posted: 24th Sep 2003 15:31
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Try DRAW SPRITES FIRST instead
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TheAbomb12
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Posted: 25th Sep 2003 04:43
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Well good and bad news,

Good news, the text shows up! (YEEAAAAHHHHH!!! )

Bad news, Nothing else does (BOOOOOOOOOO!!!! )
none of the sprites are shown.

im trying to work around this by rearanging the sprites, but so far no luck

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TheAbomb12
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Posted: 25th Sep 2003 04:44
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oh i fixed it never mind

(i had a CLS floating around from previous trys to fix this problem)

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