Looking for a HUD example

Theforeshadower	Looking for a HUD example « on: September 02, 2009, 01:41:22 am »
Reputation: +12/-2 Offline Gender: Posts: 4849	I've been looking a Zelda HUD engine to no avail. Any suggestions? I'd do it myself, buit everytime I try to make one, it doesn't stay stationary. It stays where it is supposed to but shakes as it stays there. Any ideas? Logged

Mewgull

Re: Looking for a HUD example

« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2009, 02:06:03 am »

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I know what you mean...

If you're using Game Maker, then I can help:
You're going to have to make an HUD object and put your values in the Draw event. Like this:
for drawing text: draw_text(view_xview+VAL,view_yview+VAL,TEXTHERE)
for drawing sprite: draw_sprite(SPRITE,INDEX,view_xview+VAL,view_yview+VAL)
"VAL" is the value in numbers proportion to the screen.

I would also try and do things in increments of 8 or 16. It looks better and organised. But any other way is fine.

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4Sword

Re: Looking for a HUD example

« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2009, 02:08:52 am »

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Well I don't know full well what your problem is, not even sure if it is Game Maker you are talking about. I am assuming that you know about drawing in relation to a view, so if you character that alters the view does so in the Begin Step, you're going to have issues - this is because it corrects the view, you move, then it draws the character. At least that is where I've gotten shaky results with my HUD attempts.

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Goodnight Once and future Captain	Re: Looking for a HUD example « Reply #3 on: September 02, 2009, 04:07:40 am »
With a Capital G Reputation: +1/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 706	I will assume you're using GM since the "lagging HUD" is a common problem. Try 4Sword's tips, or make sure that the object you're using to draw the HUD has a very low depth (like -1000000 to be on the safe side) so that it always gets drawn last. Logged
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