setSpriteText()

Purpose

Create a text sprite

Description

Create a sprite containing text in the specified font size and colour

Syntax

setSpriteText( sprite, fontsize, tint, arguments )

Arguments

sprite handle of the sprite

fontsize fontsize of the text

tine colour of the text

arguments comma separated list of text arguments

Example

image = loadImage( "Untied Games/Enemy A", false )
sprite = []
for i = 0 to 4 loop
    sprite[i] = createSprite()
    setSpriteText( sprite[i], 50, red, "Sprite ", i )
    setSpriteLocation( sprite[i], gWidth() / 2, gHeight() / 2 )
repeat

loop
    clear()
    printAt( 0, 0, "Press buttons X, A, Y and B to draw sprites")
    updateSprites( )
    c = controls(0)
    if c.x then
        drawSprite( sprite[0] )
    endif
    if c.a then
        drawSprite( sprite[1] )
    endif
    if c.b then
        drawSprite( sprite[2] )
    endif
    if c.y then
        drawSprite( sprite[3] )
    endif
    update()
repeat

Associated Commands