incbin and font in 1.06
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| Hey guys! Im wondering if anyone can give me an example of how to use incbins with fonts. Per Marks notes in 1.06 release: + Modified freetype module so you can hook IO. This means you can now Incbin imagefonts. Any examples out there? I'd appreciate it! |
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Incbin "chicago.ttf"
Graphics 640,480
font=LoadImageFont("incbin::chicago.ttf",24)
SetImageFont font
Cls
DrawText "Hello World",20,20
Flip
WaitMouse
End
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| Youre a gentleman and a schoolbus! Thank you very much! |
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OK, I thanked you before testing it. :) It failed. The default font still shows up. Here's my code initializing the graphics when it works:
Strict
SeedRnd MilliSecs()
Const gcontinentwidth=1024
Const gheight=768
Graphics gcontinentwidth,gheight',0
Global hoog:TImageFont=LoadImageFont("Media/Fonts/hoog0553.ttf",8)'
SetImageFont hoog
SetBlend ALPHABLEND
Incbin "Media\2d\Terrain\water.png"
Global water:TImage = LoadImage ("incbin::Media\2d\Terrain\water.png")
'etc. etc.
'#Region Initialize graphics and variables
Strict
SeedRnd MilliSecs()
Const gcontinentwidth=1024
Const gheight=768
Incbin "Media/Fonts/hoog0553.ttf"
Graphics gcontinentwidth,gheight',0
Global font:TimageFont=LoadImageFont("incbin::Media/Fonts/hoog0553.ttf",8)
SetImageFont font
SetBlend ALPHABLEND
Incbin "Media\2d\Terrain\water.png"
Global water:TImage = LoadImage ("incbin::Media\2d\Terrain\water.png")
'etc. etc.
Just for fun, I threw the font file in the root directory of my project. No love either. Clues? |
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| Try to change the '/' to '\'. Sometimes this works for me. Don't know exactly why. |
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| IncBin uses standard path notation (not windows notation, remember cross-platform compatibility), so it has to have / instead of \ |
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| Sorry, I have switched them wrong (blame), but then this will not solve his problem with the fonts because he uses the right slashes for the font but the wrong for the image. |
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| the slashes don't appear to make a difference with incbin for me, however case does. Ensure your path to the font is the correct case. i.e. "media/fonts/hoog0553.ttf" instead of "Media/Fonts/hoog0553.ttf" I prefer to stick to lowercase for everything, it saves hassle. |
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| Nope. No love. Even changed the case of my directories, filenames, etc. Just for fun, I threw it on my root drive since folks mentioned that spaces in the DIRECTORY names can be a problem too. Its not a big deal. I thought I'd try it since it was in the release notes for 1.6. If anyone wants to zip up an example complete with a .ttf font file and throw it up for download somewhere or email it to me to show me exactly what I'm doing wrong, I'd appreciate it. Till then, like I said no big deal. |
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Also remember, slashes dont make a difference if the font is contained in the root directory of the app. I've used just plain old:
Incbin "hoog0553.ttf"
Graphics gcontinentwidth,gheight',0
Global hoog=LoadImageFont("incbin::hoog0553.ttf",8)
SetImageFont hoog
per Skidracer's reply, with no luck either. As far as cross platform compatibility, all my apps compile on my Mac and my PC without incident, so I dont think it's being picky about my slashes. |
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| I found out what was going on. Since I'm so brilliant, I failed to update the 1.06 completely. Went ahead and reinstalled a fresh copy of BMax and it works like a charm. I am Sofa King! |
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| ..we Todd it? |
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| hehehehehehe. Now say it fast with me..... ;) |
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