[help]dxDrawText

[MoeezKhan]

anybody tell me what is wrong dxDrawText not working.

function dxDrawText() 
        createdxDrawText = ("criminal", "2035.3903808594, 1349.2917480469, 10.8203125", 255, 0, 0)  
        bindKey = ("F11", "down", "dxDrawText")  
addEventHander("onResourcesStart", getRootElement(), dxDrawText) 

[Karuzo]

What are you doing?

There is no function like createdxDrawText, btw what shoudl "criminal" and this coordinates be?

[MoeezKhan]

i can't understand

[Karuzo]

Wiki : https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/DxDrawText

Try this( don't forget to write the x, y, width and height numbers) :

local screenW, screenH = guiGetScreenSize() 
function drawName() 
    dxDrawText("Criminal",x, y, width, height, tocolor( 255, 0, 0, 255) , 1, "default-bold" ) 
end 
  
  
  
function open() 
opened = not opened 
    if opened == true then 
        addEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), drawName) 
    else 
        removeEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), drawName) 
    end 
end 
bindKey("F11","down",open) 

[MoeezKhan]

not working

  
local screenW, screenH = guiGetScreenSize() 
function drawName() 
    dxDrawText("Criminal", x="2035.3903808594", y="1349.2917480469", width="3", height="2", tocolor( 255, 0, 0, 255) , 1, "default-bold" ) 
end 
  
  
  
function open() 
opened = not opened 
    if opened == true then 
        addEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), drawName) 
    else 
        removeEventHandler("onClientRender", getRootElement(), drawName) 
    end 
end 
bindKey("F11","down",open) 

[Karuzo]

You really know something about scripting?

[MoeezKhan]

yes i khow only simple thing because i am new in lua

[Mefisto_PL]

You've got simple example in wiki.. Read comments to this function on wiki and make it with syntax.

[ViRuZGamiing]

Write:

local x, y, width, height= 2035.3903808594, 1349.2917480469, 3, 2 -- Not quite sure if this is right 
dxDrawText("Criminal", x, y, width, height, tocolor( 255, 0, 0, 255) , 1, "default-bold" ) 

OR fill in the argument (I prefer this)

dxDrawText("Criminal", 2035.3903808594,1349.2917480469, 3, 2, tocolor( 255, 0, 0, 255) , 1, "default-bold" ) 

[IIYAMA]

You forgot to convert world position to screenposition.

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Ge ... ldPosition

[ViRuZGamiing]

You forgot to convert world position to screenposition.

https://wiki.multitheftauto.com/wiki/Ge ... ldPosition

Yea didn't know he wanted the World Position thats why it sounded so weird

[Dealman]

Of course it's not working when the function wants X, Y, Width and Height to be a float value, but you're making it a string.

I suggest you look up some basic LUA tutorials to learn the difference between Integer, Float and Strings.

Things you did wrong;

• Named your function the same as the dxDrawText. They will conflict with eachother.

• You tried to make a variable called "createdxDrawText" containing multiple arguments.

• You provided the X, Y and Z coordinates as a string, it needs to be a float value. No Z value needed.

(Keep in mind that providing ingame X, Y and Z coordinates will not make it look like it's being displayed inside the world itself.)

• You made a typo, addEventHandler

• 3rd argument in bindKey has to be the function it's attached to, you gave it a string.

• Tried to use onResourceStart which is server-side. Doesn't work client-side. Use onClientResourceStart.

• You used getRootElement() instead of resourceRoot, meaning the code will trigger everytime ANY resource is started. resourceRoot means it will only trigger when that specific resource is started.

• You never used onClientRender or onClientPreRender, text would only draw for 1 frame.

• You never closed the function with end.

• Some more errors...

Example of fixed code;

local screenWidth, screenHeight = guiGetScreenSize() 
local isBeingDrawn = false 
  
function startDrawingOnStart_Handler() 
    if(isBeingDrawn == false) then                                          -- Make an if statement to change the variable when the function is triggered. 
        addEventHandler("onClientPreRender", root, textToDraw_Handler)      -- Add the Event Handler to draw the text for each frame. 
        isBeingDrawn = true 
    else 
        removeEventHandler("onClientPreRender", root, textToDraw_Handler)   -- Remove the Event Handler. 
        isBeingDrawn = false 
    end                                                                     -- Close the if statement. 
end 
--addEventHandler("onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, startDrawingOnStart_Handler) Uncomment this if you want it to draw as the resource is started. 
bindKey("F11", "down", startDrawingOnStart_Handler) 
  
function textToDraw_Handler() 
    dxDrawText("Some text here", 392, 251, 954, 319, tocolor(0, 0, 0, 255), 1.00, "bankgothic", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false)   -- Text Shadow 
    dxDrawText("Some text here", 391, 250, 953, 318, tocolor(127, 0, 0, 255), 1.00, "bankgothic", "center", "center", false, false, true, false, false) -- Text Coloured 
end