How can I get the text writing to show over a bitmap image ? PLEASE HELP !!!

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Da Riddler 79

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Posted: 10th Jun 2010 05:12

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Hey Gang,

I start by saying thanx to anyone who are willing to help me out !

Now the problem is I can't get the text ( and I don't mean texture ) I'm talking about the writing text , e.g. center text, to show over the bitmap image that I have setup as a background. That's only problem No.1

Moving on to problem No.2 which I'm not even sure if I should write this problem in here or post it. Anyway the second problem is I want to use the joystick command to select an option, oh and by the way if you're wondering this is a SNES style Start Screen that I'm trying to make. Here's the code I wrote so far...

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HIDE MOUSE

NEW_GAME_X = 320
NEW_GAME_Y = 380
MULTIPLAYER_X = 320
MULTIPLAYER_Y = 400
OPTIONS_X = 320
OPTIONS_Y = 420
END_GAME_X = 320
END_GAME_Y = 440

CENTER TEXT NEW_GAME_X,NEW_GAME_Y,"NEW GAME"
CENTER TEXT MULTIPLAYER_X,MULTIPLAYER_Y,"MULTIPLAYER"
CENTER TEXT OPTIONS_X,OPTIONS_Y,"OPTIONS"
CENTER TEXT END_GAME_X,END_GAME_Y,"END GAME"

CLS
SET IMAGE COLORKEY 255,0,255

LOAD BITMAP "IDB\SS.png",1
GET IMAGE 1,0,0,640,480
SPRITE 1,0,0,1

LOAD BITMAP "IDB\Select Bar.png",2
GET IMAGE 2,0,0,320,16
SPRITE 2,160,380,2

SET CURRENT BITMAP 0
DRAW TO BACK

MDB()

LOOP MUSIC 01

SDB()

DO

IF JOYSTICK DOWN() = 1
PASTE SPRITE 2,320,380
ENDIF

IF JOYSTICK DOWN() = 1
DELETE SPRITE 2
PASTE SPRITE 2,320,400
ENDIF

IF JOYSTICK DOWN() = 1
DELETE SPRITE 2
PASTE SPRITE 2,320,420
ENDIF

IF JOYSTICK DOWN() = 1
DELETE SPRITE 2
PASTE SPRITE 2,320,440
ENDIF

IF JOYSTICK FIRE A() = 1
PLAY SOUND 6
STOP MUSIC 1
WAIT 1000 * 2
DELETE SPRITE 1
DELETE SPRITE 2
CLS
GOTO CSS
ENDIF

SYNC

LOOP

It needs some work still but I'm almost there if I can only get the text to show and joystick to move up and down the selected options i'll be good as gold !!!

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Hodgey

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Posted: 10th Jun 2010 10:46

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Hi, first of all i don't see any text commands being used so you should probably experiment with the text commands. Secondly, I've heard that the 'GOTO' command is very troublesome so a 'GOSUB' command is probably a better option. Check out the subroutines section of this thread for more info:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=96075&b=7

Hope this helps!!!

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tomaszavenger

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Posted: 10th Jun 2010 11:26

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I couldn't help but notice this:

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IF JOYSTICK DOWN() = 1
PASTE SPRITE 2,320,380
ENDIF

IF JOYSTICK DOWN() = 1
DELETE SPRITE 2
PASTE SPRITE 2,320,400
ENDIF

IF JOYSTICK DOWN() = 1
DELETE SPRITE 2
PASTE SPRITE 2,320,420
ENDIF

IF JOYSTICK DOWN() = 1
DELETE SPRITE 2
PASTE SPRITE 2,320,440
ENDIF

What the hell is this code doing? Would it not be more sensible to decrement the y position?

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luskos

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Posted: 11th Jun 2010 00:50

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sync on : sync rate 60
backdrop on
set window position 0,0
d3d_init
d3d_font 1,"Arial",8,0,0,1
load image "test.bmp",1
sprite 1,screen width()/2,screen height()/2,1
DRAW SPRITES MANUAL

do
	DRAW SPRITES
	d3d_starttext
	d3d_text 1,screen width()/2,screen height()/2,0,"THIS IS TEXT OVER SPRITE!!!"
	d3d_endtext
	sync
loop

The above code is how i do it.It uses Matrix1 and cloggy DLL`s

@tomaszavenger:

This code probably is used for game menu where the part you are asking about is the highlight sprite when the menu is choosen.
And as precaution this can be added to it:

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IF JOYSTICK DOWN() = 1
IF SPRITE EXIST(2) = 1
DELETE SPRITE 2
ENDIF
PASTE SPRITE 2,320,380
ENDIF

IF JOYSTICK DOWN() = 1
IF SPRITE EXIST(2) = 1
DELETE SPRITE 2
ENDIF
PASTE SPRITE 2,320,400
ENDIF

IF JOYSTICK DOWN() = 1
IF SPRITE EXIST(2) = 1
DELETE SPRITE 2
ENDIF
PASTE SPRITE 2,320,420
ENDIF

IF JOYSTICK DOWN() = 1
IF SPRITE EXIST(2) = 1
DELETE SPRITE 2
ENDIF
PASTE SPRITE 2,320,440
ENDIF

Where there is a will, there is a way.
I often edit my posts, that`s who i am

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AJAtom

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Posted: 15th Jun 2010 06:12 Edited at: 16th Jun 2010 00:00

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My hogposh way

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cls
sprite 1,0,0,1
wait key
hide sprite 1
set text size 50 : ink rgb -1,0
do
   paste sprite 1,0,0 `Paste sprite always has to be before the text
   text 10,10,"Is it Working?"
loop

by the way aren't you the one who made those cool sprites

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luskos

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Posted: 15th Jun 2010 07:49

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Constantly drawing sprites with paste sprite comand in the main loop can lead to fps drops, using a lot of sprites will slow down the game, i prefer using sprite only because i need to sprite the image once it`ll be there until i tell it without need to redraw it every loop.

Where there is a will, there is a way.
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Lucas Tiridath

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Posted: 15th Jun 2010 16:13

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Just to add that when I want text to appear over the top of sprites, I simply make a sprite of the text like so:

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function TextOverSprite(nSpriteNumber,nX,nY,sText$)
   load bitmap "Graphics\Text background hidden.bmp",1
   text 0,0,sText$
   get image nSpriteNumber,0,0,text width(sText$) + 1,text height(sText$) + 1,1
   delete bitmap 1
   sprite nSpriteNumber,nX,nY,nSpriteNumber
   set sprite priority nSpriteNumber,3
   offset sprite nSpriteNumber,sprite width(nSpriteNumber) / 2,sprite height(nSpriteNumber) / 2
endfunction

This version of the function centers the text and, of course, requires a sprite number, but I've got lots of variants for left and right aligned text and suchlike.

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