[REL] Textlib: Create dxText easily

[12p]

I know this is epic bump, but I need to ask to anyone who's still using this library: how to use any animation?

I tried this code but seems like I'm wrong.

Animation.presets.dxTextMove ( text, sw*0.9, sh*0.7, 500 ) 

text is a text object, it works yeah, but that dxTextMove stress me.

sw and sh represents guiGetScreenSize, and work too, of course.

Edited November 12, 2011 by Guest

[CapY]

Why my PC starts to lagg like a hell when i just write this

    dxText:create("Area:\n"..playerZoneName1..", "..playerZoneName, 0.7805, 0.2266, true) 
    dxText:scale(1.20) 
    dxText:font("arial") 

"playerZoneName1" and "playerZoneName" are defined earlier in the code.

And this is handled with onClientRender, so what's the problem of that massive lag ?

[12p]

It's

txt = dxText:create("Area:\n"..playerZoneName1..", "..playerZoneName, 0.7805, 0.2266, true) 
txt:scale(1.20) 
txt:font("arial") 

[Orange]

And this is handled with onClientRender, so what's the problem of that massive lag ?

dxText already does that onClientRender thing. It looks that you create a new handler which draws text every time after frame, so in 1s you will have 45 handlers while running @ 45 fps. COOL. Use dxText:Create() once ;p

[12p]

I must repeat. CAN ANYONE HELP ME IN THIS FUNCTION SYNTAX, please?

"text" is defined.

"sw, sh" = guiGetScreenSize.

text:Animation.presets.dxTextMove ( sw*0.9, sh*0.7, 500 ) 

I cannot understand the code of that function, that's why I ask for help D:

[Wojak]

i don't see the how this function could work at all...

"Animation" is not defined as a table nowhere, so you should be geting the error:

"attempt to index global 'Animation' (a nil value)" ("Animation.presets" should also be a table, but its nil)

i'm not even sure if this is finished, but it only make sens if you use it like this:

dxTextMove (textelement, somevalue, {endX=sw*0.9,endY=sh*0.7}) 

function dxTextMove(endX, endY, time, loop, startX, startY, speedUpSlowDown) 
    --NB: ABSOLUTE POSITION 
    -- dxTextMove(endX, endY, [ time = 1000, loop = false, startX = current X, startY = current Y, speedUpSlowDown = false ]) 
    if type(endX) ~= 'table' then 
        return { from = speedUpSlowDown and -math.pi/2 or 0, to = speedUpSlowDown and math.pi/2 or 1, 
                 time = time or 1000, repeats = loop and 0 or 1, fn = Animation.presets.dxTextMove, 
                 startX = startX, startY = startY, endX = endX, endY = endY, speedUpSlowDown = speedUpSlowDown } 
    else 
        local elem, value, phase = endX, endY, time 
        if phase.speedUpSlowDown then 
            value = (value + 1)/2 
        end 
        if not phase.startX then 
            phase.startX, phase.startY = elem:position() 
            if elem.bRelativePosition then 
                phase.startX, phase.startY = phase.startX*screenX, phase.startY*screenY 
            end 
        end 
        local x = (phase.startX + (phase.endX - phase.startX)*value)/screenX 
        local y = (phase.startY + (phase.endY - phase.startY)*value)/screenY 
        elem:position(x,y) 
    end 
end 

but this should only move the text with no animation...

[12p]

"Animation" is not defined as a table nowhere, so you should be geting the error:

"attempt to index global 'Animation' (a nil value)" ("Animation.presets" should also be a table, but its nil)

It is. You need arc's "client_anim" library script before getting this one.

Btw I think I just understood how this work, I'll try the way. If it works, I'll tell here how to use animations.

EDIT: YEA!!!

To use any animation you must take in account that this works pretty different from other things. First of all, it uses arc client_anim library, so you NEED TO HAVE that script (find it on race gamemode).

In textlib_anim there are some animation presets you can use, like Animation.presets.dxTextMove.

You can find the functions use at arc's library.

For example, to move any dxText to position SCREEN_WIDTH * 0.9, SCREEN_HEIGHT * 0.7 in 1/4 seconds, use this code:

local sw, sh = guiGetScreenSize ( ) 
Animation.createAndPlay ( yourDXText, Animation.presets.dxTextMove ( sw*0.9, sh*0.7, 250 ) ) 

[CapY]

This lib is a bit buggy.

function createText1 ( ) 
    local playerX, playerY, playerZ = getElementPosition( getLocalPlayer() )  -- Get player's coordinates. 
    local playerZoneName =  getZoneName( playerX, playerY, playerZ, false )          -- Get name of the player's zone. 
    local playerZoneName1 =  getZoneName( playerX, playerY, playerZ, true )          -- Get name of the player's zone. 
  
    txt = dxText:create("Area:\n"..playerZoneName1..", "..playerZoneName, 0.8205, 0.2266, true) 
    txt:scale(1.20) 
    txt:font("arial") 
    txt1:postGUI(true) 
    txt1 = dxText:create("Area:\n"..playerZoneName1..", "..playerZoneName, 0.8205, 0.2266, true) 
    txt1:scale(1.22) 
    txt1:color(0,0,0,255) 
    txt1:font("arial") 
end 

It doesn't updates the dxText(txt), while with "dxDrawText" worked perfectly!

[karlis]

HOW THE HECK IT IS SUPPOSED TO UPDATE THE TEXT?

do you even have slight knowledge about any scripting at all?

obviously it first makes the string, then calls the function.

[CapY]

HOW THE HECK IT IS SUPPOSED TO UPDATE THE TEXT?

do you even have slight knowledge about any scripting at all?

obviously it first makes the string, then calls the function.

What, i don't get you.

[karlis]

you create a string and hope it to get updated.

that's like you would write something on paper with pen and wait for it to update as data goes outdated.

[CapY]

you create a string and hope it to get updated.

that's like you would write something on paper with pen and wait for it to update as data goes outdated.

So dxText:create is not like onClientRender ?

[karlis]

/facepalm x2

it does trigger it on client render, but theres no way it can know when to update, use dxtext:text(text)

[CapY]

I did it and still nothing.. -.-

    txt = dxText:create("", 0.8205, 0.2266, true) 
    txt:text("Area:\n"..playerZoneName1..", "..playerZoneName ) 

Neither this.

    txt = dxText:create("", 0.8205, 0.2266, true) 
    txt2 = txt:text("Area:\n"..playerZoneName1..", "..playerZoneName ) 

[karlis]

you need to change it when you want it to update, you dont get it do you?

on client render is too soon to be needed, but timer each sec would be fine.

this is 3rd facepalm from me.

[CapY]

you need to change it when you want it to update, you dont get it do you?

on client render is too soon to be needed, but timer each sec would be fine.

I already tried it with setTimer and it didn't worked, text was just messed up.

[karlis]

are you re-getting the playerzones too?

[CapY]

Yes!

[12p]

Show me your code. I'll tell you what's wrong.

This library doesn't lag, it's just that you are using it wrong or something. I have a bad PC (1 GB RAM DDR1 166 MHz + Intel Pentium 4, 1 Core, 2.0 GHz) and doesn't reduce my FPS.

[CapY]

Show me your code. I'll tell you what's wrong.

This library doesn't lag, it's just that you are using it wrong or something. I have a bad PC (1 GB RAM DDR1 166 MHz + Intel Pentium 4, 1 Core, 2.0 GHz) and doesn't reduce my FPS.

    txt = dxText:create("", 0.8205, 0.2266, true) 
    txt2 = txt:text("Area:\n"..playerZoneName1..", "..playerZoneName ) 
    txt:scale(1.20) 
    txt:font("arial") 
    txt1:postGUI(true) 

[12p]

    txt = dxText:create("", 0.8205, 0.2266, true) 
    txt:text("Area:\n"..playerZoneName1..", "..playerZoneName ) 
    txt:scale(1.20) 
    txt:font("arial") 
    txt:postGUI(true) 

What is playerZoneName1 and playerZoneName

Edited November 13, 2011 by Guest

[CapY]

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Edited April 6, 2012 by Guest

[12p]

How do you update that text?

[karlis]

im feeling more facepalms incoming.

anyway, txt:text() doesnt return another text element, it just updates the exsisting one.

[CapY]

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Edited April 6, 2012 by Guest