[Help] DX Centering

[ShayF2]

I want to center the dx elements in a certain space via math with text length and max text length. Here is my code as well as a picture to show its status.
 

local messagesList = {
	'----------- Coming Soon!',
	'Visit the site! http://---------/',
	'Let your voice be heard! http://---------/forum/',
	'READ F9!'
}
local sx,sy = guiGetScreenSize()
local sw,sh = 1360,768
local currentMessage = 1

function dxRect(...)
	arg[1],arg[2],arg[3],arg[4] = arg[1]/sw*sx,arg[2]/sh*sy,arg[3]/sw*sx,arg[4]/sh*sy
	return dxDrawRectangle(unpack(arg))
end

function dxText(...)
	arg[2],arg[3],arg[4],arg[5],arg[7] = arg[2]/sw*sx,arg[3]/sh*sy,(arg[4]+arg[2])/sw*sx,(arg[5]+arg[3])/sh*sy,(arg[7] or 1)/sw*sx
	return dxDrawText(unpack(arg))
end

addEventHandler('onClientPreRender',root,function()
	local width = dxGetTextWidth(messagesList[currentMessage])
	dxRect(1068-8,107,width+16,21,tocolor(0,0,0,192),false)
	dxText(messagesList[currentMessage],1068,107,width,21,tocolor(0,255,255,255),1,'default-bold','center','center',false,false,false)
end)

setTimer(function()
	if currentMessage ~= #messagesList then
		currentMessage = currentMessage+1
	else
		currentMessage = 1
	end
end,5000,0)

[NeXuS™]

What happens if you try to output the string?

[ShayF2]

2 minutes ago, NeXuS™ said:

What happens if you try to output the string?

dont worry about the debug errers i took care of dem, i just cant get the dam thing centered under the hud with custom width calculated by text length.

[NeXuS™]

In your place, I'd calculate the center without any text, and then just minus the textwidth/2-some pixels.

[ShayF2]

14 minutes ago, NeXuS™ said:

In your place, I'd calculate the center without any text, and then just minus the textwidth/2-some pixels.

show me example that is tested to work.

[NeXuS™]

Give me a second.

addEventHandler('onClientPreRender',root,function()
	local width = dxGetTextWidth(messagesList[currentMessage])
	dxRect(1068-8-width/2,250,width+16,21,tocolor(0,0,0,192),false)
	dxText(messagesList[currentMessage],1068-width/2,250,width,21,tocolor(0,255,255,255),1,'default-bold','center','center',false,false,false)
end)

This'll be centered at 1068-8.