sprites to screen from button press

waldron

@pobtastic draw target location? would that display the sprite when needed

pobtastic

Here's a crude example (it's not a sprite, it's like ... a canvas? You can draw sprites to it if you like);

// The dimensions of our dialogue box.
overlay = createImage(128, 128, false, image_rgba)

loop
  clear()

  c = controls(0)

  // Okay so this isn't very neat but hopefully you get what I mean...
  show_overlay = false
  if c.x then
    show_overlay = true
    paint_overlay()
  endif

  // Now ... this is the default draw target, so we switch back to it (and there's no harm in setting it if we're drawing to it anyway).
  setDrawTarget(framebuffer)

  for i = 0 to rnd(100) loop
    // Just some nonsense!  Caveat, maybe doesn't work!
    box(
      rnd(gWidth()),
      rnd(gHeight()),
      rnd(gWidth() / 4),
      rnd(gHeight() / 4),
      { rnd(255) / 255, rnd(255) / 255, rnd(255) / 255, 1 },
      false
    )
  repeat

  // Obviously you can do this however you like but here I'm just drawing our dialog to the default draw target like it's any regular image (which it is).
  if show_overlay then
    // Untested dimensions!  (If it doesn't work know that I'm just trying to draw to the right-hand side of the display with a little padding).
    drawImage(overlay, (gWidth() - imageW(overlay)) - 100, imageH(overlay) - 50)
  endIf

  update()
repeat

/**
 * Draws our dialog box.
 */
function paint_overlay()
  setDrawTarget(overlay)
  // As this is a completely separate target, it behaves independently to the framebuffer ~ hence we can clear it!
  clear(yellow)
  ink(black)
  // Important! Note that because this is essentially a canvas, 0x0 is the left hand corner regardless of where I render it later.
  printAt( 0, 0, "Meh" )
return void

waldron

@pobtastic thank you that's pobtastic :)

pobtastic

No problem at all, we're all in this together!

waldron

@pobtastic iv put in the code it just makes my sprite disappear when i press the button???

pobtastic

Don't forget to make sure you're using the default framebuffer again, maybe you're clearing the display? Else ... maybe your image is too big, are you scaling it?

waldron

@pobtastic lost mate i put in the code which i understand some of it (create a colored box with specified text "meh")
and i made sure i drawimage after my sprites and map layers but i press the button my character gos invisible...
its cool but not what im after lol

pobtastic

Oh so wait ... it works then, it's just that your character sprite goes invisible?

waldron

no, il try and reread the code you posted i may of put something in the wrong place. just to clarify
this is to print a message on the screen when my character presses a button within the game at certain locations

pobtastic

Yup, try out the code I posted ~ it actually works better than I thought it might ;) The screen is a constantly changing mess of different coloured blocks, and when you press "x" you get a small dialogue box appear until you release it again (on top of the same screen).

It's maybe not the most useful of demos, feel free to make any suggestions that style it more to how you're using fuze and I'll update it.

waldron

@pobtastic I don't know if it's a different style of code your using that's not compatible with my set up il take another look maybe just put something in the wrong place knowing me

Maybe a way of incorporating the new flags in maps or named boxes would be a preferred way