LabelEntity (camera, entity, text$)

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LabelEntity (camera, entity, text$) by BlitzSupport

2001

Does what it says on the box! Call it just before Flip (), supplying the camera you're using, the entity, and the text you want...

Mostly for debugging purposes, or picking up the 3D to 2D projection method from...

Function LabelEntity (camera, entity, label$)
	If EntityInView (entity, camera)
		CameraProject camera, EntityX (entity), EntityY (entity), EntityZ (entity)
		w = StringWidth (label$)
		h = StringHeight (label$)
		x = ProjectedX () - (w / 2) - 1
		y = ProjectedY () - (h / 2) - 1
		Color 0, 0, 0
		Rect x, y, w + 2, h + 2, 1
		Color 255, 255, 255
		Text x, y, label$
	EndIf
End Function

Comments

Rook Zimbabwe

2005

Like in the MMORPG games where everyones name is over their head... or could you sunstitute a rectangle showing how much life they have left... Hmmm...
-RZ

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