add static text problem

[JuicyLobster]

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		guiE = device->getGUIEnvironment();
		guiE->getSkin()->setFont(guiE->getFont("ffont.bmp"));
		guiE->addStaticText(L"This is a test",core::rect<s32>(10,10,260,22), false);

Text will not show, and yes, its draw function is drawing, because it works when i comment out the guiE->getSkin()->setFont() line

[Rytz]

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		guiE = device->getGUIEnvironment();
		guiE->getSkin()->setFont(guiE->getFont("ffont.bmp"));
		guiE->addStaticText(L"This is a test",core::rect<s32>(10,10,260,22), false);

Text will not show, and yes, its draw function is drawing, because it works when i comment out the guiE->getSkin()->setFont() line

If it works with the default Irrlicht font but not with yours, are you sure your font is formatted correctly?

[JuicyLobster]

i used the font tool that was in the engines bin folder

[Rytz]

i used the font tool that was in the engines bin folder

What do you get back if you use getKerningWidth on the font?

[JuicyLobster]

console says the amount of upper corner pixels or lower corner pixels is == 0, font file may be corrupted...

[Rytz]

console says the amount of upper corner pixels or lower corner pixels is == 0, font file may be corrupted...

Might wanna check up on the font creater... people might have posted some bugs with it. Sorry I don't have better news for you .

[JuicyLobster]

hmmm, anyone have a history of font tool in the bin folder of irrlicht not working?

[hybrid]

When using the new font tool you have to load the .xml file, just as the docs tell you
Maybe another candiadte for the FAQs - ah, should be already in but people simply skip over it...

[JuicyLobster]

When using the new font tool you have to load the .xml file, just as the docs tell you
Maybe another candiadte for the FAQs - ah, should be already in but people simply skip over it...

Ok, got it to work now, but how about font colour/style? Shouldn't it be using the patterns of the image file? All it does it make everything black...

What I am trying to accomplish is a outlined (1pixel) black outline around the font done in photoshop with stroke after using the fonttool. But irrlicht seems to want to make any colour on the image black. Is there a way to do this?

[arras]

You can change color of text with IGUISkin::setColor(EGUI_DEFAULT_COLOR which, video::SColor newColor) or IGUIFont::draw (const wchar_t *text, const core::rect< s32 > &position, video::SColor color, bool hcenter=false, bool vcenter=false, const core::rect< s32 > *clip=0)

For effect you described you need to use texture ...or create your own font class.

[feelthat]

void COpenGLDriver::setRenderStates2DMode

if (!OverrideMaterial2DEnabled)
{
//here add it
InitMaterial2D.Lighting=false; //by stone, fix gui bug
setBasicRenderStates(InitMaterial2D, LastMaterial, true, true);
LastMaterial = InitMaterial2D;
}

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        guiE = device->getGUIEnvironment();
        guiE->getSkin()->setFont(guiE->getFont("ffont.bmp"));
        guiE->addStaticText(L"This is a test",core::rect<s32>(10,10,260,22), false);

Text will not show, and yes, its draw function is drawing, because it works when i comment out the guiE->getSkin()->setFont() line