Texts are visible trought the walls

[Mancuso Raffaele]

I need that the texts aren't visible trought the walls! how to do this?? I try with:

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collides_obj[i].text->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_ZBUFFER,true);
collides_obj[i].text->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_ZWRITE_ENABLE,true);

but not happens!! thanks.

[vitek]

You'll have to stop using addTextSceneNode. The existing version draws the text to the screen at the appropriate 2d position. It does not take object occlusion into account.

[Mancuso Raffaele]

You'll have to stop using addTextSceneNode. The existing version draws the text to the screen at the appropriate 2d position. It does not take object occlusion into account.

so.......how to make text invisible trought the walls?

[Warchief]

I've made something similar using billboards.

[Mancuso Raffaele]

I've made something similar using billboards.

but I use text to show life,armour and munitions. For life and armour I "just" create 100 image file (because life is between 0 and 100), but the munitinos can be 9999999999999. So? Is there noway to enable zbuffer test on a text scene node?

[Warchief]

I've made something similar using billboards.

but I use text to show life,armour and munitions. For life and armour I "just" create 100 image file (because life is between 0 and 100), but the munitinos can be 9999999999999. So? Is there noway to enable zbuffer test on a text scene node?

Uhm i have damage numbers using billboards. Do you think i have made 999 numbers? Hehe, i've just done numbers from 0 to 9 and a fuction to join several images into just one using IImage to ITexture.

Btw, i have not used texts, so i don't know about disabling zbuffer for them. Sorry.

[Mikenoworth]

I'm not sure but you can try to use render to texture to use your basic fonts to make a texture for the billboards.

Look in the forums for topics on rendering to textures, or check Irrlichts help file.

[Mancuso Raffaele]

how about:
http://cone3d.gamedev.net/cgi-bin/index ... fxsdl/tut4 http://docs.mandragor.org/files/Common_ ... vebmp.html

???????????

[omaremad]

Keep the text scenenode!

You probably already have a ray/vector joining that enemy with that text scenode, test it for collision with te level if collision is true.

textscenenode>setVisible(false);