Adding text as bitmap on screen - simple question!

[webbunny]

Hi, I am having a problem and the manual is not helping!

I want to add a simple little text message on the screen when you perform certain actions, such as when doing a skill (fishing, mining) I want it to show something like Fishing skill +1 ! over the actor.

I thought this would be very similar to how ABS show attack points on the screen when you hit a monster, so I've been staring at the code for sever ABS scripts for ages and I cannot see how!

This is what I have so far.. but it doesn't work

bitmap = Bitmap.new(10, 10) # I don't know how to make this on the actor
bitmap.draw_text(100, 100, 160, 20, "Fishing Skill + 1 !, 1) # Changing these numbers around doesn't help

What am I missing?! Thanks!

 

[SephirothSpawn]

You just forgot the last "

bitmap.draw_text(100, 100, 160, 20, "Fishing Skill + 1 !", 1)

 

[Raziel]

Also try changing:

bitmap = Bitmap.new(10, 10)

to something like

bitmap = Bitmap.new(200, 32)

or else the text won't show.

 

[webbunny]

Hi, thanks for your input, can't believe I missed the quotation mark, but it still does not work! I think the coords are just all wrong, I have no idea how to get it somewhere on screen.

And even if it worked, I would like to show the message above the player's head, can anyone tell me how to do this?

The code I wrote earlier, even with your corrections, does nothing.

 

[Trickster]

You could use this class I created for displaying text on screen

class Sprite_Text < Sprite
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Public Instance Variables
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  attr_reader :text
  attr_reader :width
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Object Initialization
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def initialize(text, x = 0, y = 0, viewport = nil)
    # Call Sprite#initialize and send viewport
    super(viewport)
    # Set Coordinates
    self.x, self.y = x, y
    # Set Bitmap
    self.bitmap = Bitmap.new(32, 32)
    # Set Text
    @text = text
    # Setup Text
    setup_text
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Set Text
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def text=(text)
    # Retunr if same text
    return if @text == text
    # Set New Text
    @text = text
    # Setup Text
    setup_text
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Set Width
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def width=(width)
    # Retunr if same width
    return if @width == width
    # Set New Width
    @width = width
    # Setup Text
    setup_text
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Setup Text (Private)
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  private
  def setup_text
    # Get Size of Text
    size = bitmap.text_size(@text).width
    # Dispose Previous Bitmap
    self.bitmap.dispose if self.bitmap != nil
    # Create Bitmap
    self.bitmap = Bitmap.new(@width.nil? ? size : @width, 32)
    # Draw Text onto bitmap
    self.bitmap.draw_text(0, 0, size, 32, @text)
  end
end

You just can't display a Bitmap object on screen you have to create a Sprite object to display it on the screen as well

Note: to get the player's coordinates just do
$game_player.screen_x $game_player.screen_y

 

[webbunny]

Hi, thank you so much for letting me use that class but I have a really dumb question...

So I put that in my project as a Script yes? Then how do I use it, can you tell me the simplest thing - how do I make it so I press Space on an NPC and it says over my actor's body "Test!" or something?

 

[Chaosg1]

You use it like:

@var =Sprite_Text.new("text", x_coodinate, y_corrdintate)

@var.text = "Text"