onClientRender Use

[Brad96]

the onClientRender is obliged to use function dxDraw ? because without that and I try not work .. have to create a function for this start ?

[Dealman]

I'm sorry but I haven't got a clue what you just asked... Are you asking if onClientRender can only trigger drawing functions, or what?

[Brad96]

yes ,is necesary use the onClientRender with dxDraw functions ? because ...

    -- Draw zone name text. 
    dxDrawText ( playerZoneName, 44, screenHeight - 43, screenWidth, screenHeight, tocolor ( 255, 255, 255, 255 ), 1, "pricedown" )  
end 
  
function HandleTheRendering ( ) 
    addEventHandler ( "onClientRender", root, createText )  -- here work 
end 
  
addEventHandler ( "onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, HandleTheRendering ) 

but

  
    dxDrawText ( playerZoneName, 44, screenHeight - 43, screenWidth, screenHeight, tocolor ( 255, 255, 255, 255 ), 1, "pricedown" ) 
end 
 -- here  dont work 
addEventHandler ( "onClientResourceStart", resourceRoot, HandleTheRendering ) 
  
  

[Walid]

ofc you need to use onClientRender event to draw the zone name.

[Dealman]

DX Drawings only draw for one frame. So if you try to draw it at the start of the script, or on resource start - it will only draw once and you'll barely be able to notice it.

onClientRender triggers whatever function it is attached to every frame, so whatever's in that function will be run 30-60 times a second.

[Brad96]

I mean any text that has to be updated ?

[Dealman]

Not sure what you mean, but if you're drawing text stored in a variable, that text will be updated as soon as you change the variable itself.

[#RooTs]

try this my example

local sx,sy = guiGetScreenSize() 
local px,py = 1280,720 -- screen in HD 
local x,y =  (sx/px), (sy/py) 
  
function HUD () 
dxDrawText(playerZoneName, x*990, y*153, x*40, y*40, tocolor(255,255,255,255), 1,"pricedown",false,false,false,true) 
end 
addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, HUD) 

[xeon17]

To update a text you can do something like this:

I made this example for you , didn't tested it , but it should work well

     theText = 'Status: Outside ColShape'     
            RadarArea(-336.51535, 1016.52850,380,200,255,255,255,150) 
            Area = ColShape.Rectangle(-336.51535, 1016.52850,380,200) 
             
             
            addEventHandler('onClientElementColShapeHit',resourceRoot, 
              function (matchingDimension) 
                if source.type == 'player' and source == localPlayer and matchingDimension then 
                theText = 'Status: in ColShape' 
            end 
        end) 
                              
             addEventHandler('onClientElementColShapeLeave',resourceRoot, 
               function (matchingDimension) 
                if source.type == 'player' and source == localPlayer and matchingDimension then 
                theText = 'Status: Outside ColShape'  
              end 
          end) 
                     
            
           function Render () 
                dxDrawText ( theText,44,screenHeight-43 screenWidth,screenHeight,tocolor(255,255,255,255),1,"pricedown") 
           end 
           addEventHandler('onClientRender',root,Render)