dxDrawText behind something with collision

[NoviceWithManyProblems]

How do I interrupt the display of dxDrawText behind anything with collison e.g. walls?

[The_GTA]

Hello NoviceWithManyProblems,

how about you render your text on a texture/render-target and then use dxDrawMaterialPrimitive3D to render that color buffer into 3D space? This way you can draw only the closest pixels, obstructing any behind depth-enabled triangles. Please mind that GTA SA collisions are only very roughly approximated to visible triangles.

Edited December 8, 2021 by The_GTA

[IIYAMA]

Another approach would be checking if there is something between the camera and the text position.https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/IsLineOfSightClear

But it does have some flaws, like for example being blocked by transparent collisions

Or the camera center is blocked by collision, but the sides are not when peaking around a corner. (Can be fixed by using more lines or using this function https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/GetScreenFromWorldPosition)