iprintln & setexpfog

[bSun Lynx]

i'm a former pawn coder and recently moved to cod, so here's my questions:

can iprintln's position be changed? i'm trying to create an advertisement that never fades away, is there any other method besides using an endless loop to fix this?
setexpfog doesn't seem to affect the skybox, am i able to change the skybox color or?

[IzNoGoD]

Use huds instead of iprintlnbolds

[bSun Lynx]

Use huds instead of iprintlnbolds

i've found some usefull shit..

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static const char *g_he_font[] =
{
	"default",		// HE_FONT_DEFAULT
	"bigfixed",		// HE_FONT_BIGFIXED
	"smallfixed",	// HE_FONT_SMALLFIXED
	"objective",	// HE_FONT_OBJECTIVE
};


// These values correspond to the defines in q_shared.h
static const char *g_he_alignx[] =
{
	"left",   // HE_ALIGN_LEFT
	"center", // HE_ALIGN_CENTER
	"right",  // HE_ALIGN_RIGHT
};


static const char *g_he_aligny[] =
{
	"top",    // HE_ALIGN_TOP
	"middle", // HE_ALIGN_MIDDLE
	"bottom", // HE_ALIGN_BOTTOM
};


// These values correspond to the defines in menudefinition.h
static const char *g_he_horzalign[] =
{
	"subleft",			// HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_SUBLEFT
	"left",				// HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_LEFT
	"center",			// HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_CENTER
	"right",			// HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_RIGHT
	"fullscreen",		// HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN
	"noscale",			// HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_NOSCALE
	"alignto640",		// HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_TO640
	"center_safearea",	// HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_CENTER_SAFEAREA
};
cassert( ARRAY_COUNT( g_he_horzalign ) == HORIZONTAL_ALIGN_MAX + 1 );


static const char *g_he_vertalign[] =
{
	"subtop",			// VERTICAL_ALIGN_SUBTOP
	"top",				// VERTICAL_ALIGN_TOP
	"middle",			// VERTICAL_ALIGN_CENTER
	"bottom",			// VERTICAL_ALIGN_BOTTOM
	"fullscreen",		// VERTICAL_ALIGN_FULLSCREEN
	"noscale",			// VERTICAL_ALIGN_NOSCALE
	"alignto480",		// VERTICAL_ALIGN_TO480
	"center_safearea",	// VERTICAL_ALIGN_CENTER_SAFEAREA
};
cassert( ARRAY_COUNT( g_he_vertalign ) == VERTICAL_ALIGN_MAX + 1 );


init()
{
	level.uiParent = spawnstruct();
	level.uiParent.horzAlign = "left";
	level.uiParent.vertAlign = "top";
	level.uiParent.alignX = "left";
	level.uiParent.alignY = "top";
	level.uiParent.x = 0;
	level.uiParent.y = 0;
	level.uiParent.width = 0;
	level.uiParent.height = 0;
	level.uiParent.children = [];
	
	if ( level.console )
		level.fontHeight = 12;
	else
		level.fontHeight = 12;
}

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/*
=============
///ScriptDocBegin
"Name: createFontString( <font>, <fontScale> )"
"Summary: Creates a hud element for font purposes"
"Module: Hud"
"MandatoryArg: <font>: Apparently this is always set to default."
"MandatoryArg: <fontScale>: The scale you want."
"Example: level.hintElem = createFontString( "default", 2.0 );"
"SPMP: singleplayer"
///ScriptDocEnd
=============
*/

createFontString( font, fontScale )
{
	fontElem = newHudElem( self );
	fontElem.elemType = "font";
	fontElem.font = font;
	fontElem.fontscale = fontScale;
	fontElem.x = 0;
	fontElem.y = 0;
	fontElem.width = 0;
	fontElem.height = int(level.fontHeight * fontScale);
	fontElem.xOffset = 0;
	fontElem.yOffset = 0;
	fontElem.children = [];
	fontElem setParent( level.uiParent );
	
	return fontElem;
}


createServerFontString( font, fontScale )
{
	fontElem = newHudElem( self );
	fontElem.elemType = "font";
	fontElem.font = font;
	fontElem.fontscale = fontScale;
	fontElem.x = 0;
	fontElem.y = 0;
	fontElem.width = 0;
	fontElem.height = int(level.fontHeight * fontScale);
	fontElem.xOffset = 0;
	fontElem.yOffset = 0;
	fontElem.children = [];
	fontElem setParent( level.uiParent );
	
	return fontElem;
}

what about the skybox?

[Drofder2004]

The skybox is formed with textures, not settings.

[IzNoGoD]

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        hud_sponsor=newhudelem();
        hud_sponsor.horzAlign = "left";
        hud_sponsor.vertAlign = "top";
        hud_sponsor.alignx = "left";
        hud_sponsor.aligny = "top";
        hud_sponsor.x = 8;
        hud_sponsor.y = 170;
        hud_sponsor settext("sponsored by IzNoGoD");
 

[bSun Lynx]

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        hud_sponsor=newhudelem();
        hud_sponsor.horzAlign = "left";
        hud_sponsor.vertAlign = "top";
        hud_sponsor.alignx = "left";
        hud_sponsor.aligny = "top";
        hud_sponsor.x = 8;
        hud_sponsor.y = 170;
        hud_sponsor settext("sponsored by IzNoGoD");
 

pretty much what i've done yesterday, just a note; you missed the fontscale and the font itself, it does not work without them (atleast from what i've tried). thank you once again.

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	level.adv = NewHudElem();
	level.adv.horzAlign = "center_safearea";
	level.adv.vertAlign = "top";
	level.adv.alignX = "center";
	level.adv.alignY = "middle";
	level.adv.x = 0;
	level.adv.y = 70;
	level.adv.font = "objective";
	level.adv.fontscale = 2;
	level.adv SetText("^1insert your advertisement text here..");

there's just one major problem with the following code; i can't get it to work with the same font size as IPrintLn();, not even if font is set to "default".

[IzNoGoD]

Look through some menudefs to find all the possible fonts.

[bSun Lynx]

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level.adv = newHudElem();
level.adv.horzAlign = "right";
level.adv.vertAlign = "top";
level.adv.alignX = "right";
level.adv.alignY = "top";
level.adv.x -= 6;
level.adv.y += 6;
// level.adv.font = "objective";
level.adv.fontscale = 2;
level.adv setText("...");

whenever you change the fontscale to anything lower than 2 it fails (no draw).

[Drofder2004]

For CoD4.

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level.myhud = createServerFontString( "default", 1.4 );
level.myhud setPoint( <screenarea>, <relativearea>, <xoffset>, <yoffset>);
level.myhud setText("...");

areas = TOP / TOP LEFT / TOP RIGHT / LEFT / CENTER / RIGHT / BOTTOM / BOTTOM LEFT / BOTTOM RIGHT
1.4 is the smallest font size

fonts = "default", "bigfixed", "smallfixed", "objective"

[bSun Lynx]

For CoD4.

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level.myhud = createServerFontString( "default", 1.4 );
level.myhud setPoint( <screenarea>, <relativearea>, <xoffset>, <yoffset>);
level.myhud setText("...");

areas = TOP / TOP LEFT / TOP RIGHT / LEFT / CENTER / RIGHT / BOTTOM / BOTTOM LEFT / BOTTOM RIGHT
1.4 is the smallest font size

fonts = "default", "bigfixed", "smallfixed", "objective"

thanks, now fontScale parametter works fine.
is there a way to skip to the next line or there's a need to draw the 2nd line separately?

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hudPlayersCount()
{
        level.adv = createFontString("default", 1.4);
        level.adv.horzAlign = "left";
        level.adv.vertAlign = "top";
        level.adv.alignX = "left";
        level.adv.alignY = "top";
        level.adv.x += 112;
        level.adv.y += 16;
        level.adv setText("^2Humans Left: ^3" + getPlayersCount(0) + " ^2Zombies Left: ^3" + getPlayersCount(1)); // skip anything after getPlayersCount(0); to the next line and keep the parametters.
}

yea, i'll probably need to draw the 2nd line separately, just asking around.

[Drofder2004]

"\n"

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iprintln("Hello \nWorld!");

Hello
World!

I have not tested this in a HUD however, unsure of its behaviour, but should be fine.

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level.adv = createServerFontString( "default", 1.4 );
level.adv setPoint( "TOP LEFT", "TOP LEFT", 112, 16);
level.adv setText("^2Humans Left: ^3" + getPlayersCount(0) + "\n^2Zombies Left: ^3" + getPlayersCount(1));

Word of note, the variables "getplayercount" will NOT update automatically, you will need to call the "setText" each time it updates.

[bSun Lynx]

"\n"

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iprintln("Hello \nWorld!");

Hello
World!

I have not tested this in a HUD however, unsure of its behaviour, but should be fine.

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level.adv = createServerFontString( "default", 1.4 );
level.adv setPoint( "TOP LEFT", "TOP LEFT", 112, 16);
level.adv setText("^2Humans Left: ^3" + getPlayersCount(0) + "\n^2Zombies Left: ^3" + getPlayersCount(1));

Word of note, the variables "getplayercount" will NOT update automatically, you will need to call the "setText" each time it updates.

don't worry, i'm aware. i've moved to cod but i've been dealing with valve games since ages. i'm doing the update on the following events: disconnect & join spectator & spawn (which is when the gvar zomb changes).

i'm basing it off on my first mod anyways from hl2dm..
http://youtu.be/9vXvTbklrpA?t=14s