MODULE: Sprite fonts v1.20 : multi-coloured text!

StillInThe90s · Sun 02/05/2010 17:51:34

Are you sure this version is not working already?
I could not really tell, see.

StillInThe90s · Wed 27/04/2011 01:39:34

Anyone knows if ther ever was an update of the sprite fonts -module, compatible with ags 3.2.1?
Thanks.

Not sure where to post this but I guess the good community mods can move this if necessary.
I would have posted in the module topic, but last time I posted in an old thread I got fish in the mail.

Gilbert · Wed 27/04/2011 02:28:41

Post merged.

It's actually more appropriate to post in the module's own thread than starting a new one in the Technical forum. If you feel it's not right to necro an old thread (which is the case here) you may drop a PM to the author of the module instead.

abstauber · Wed 27/04/2011 06:45:42

I'm using it for ages and it still works in 3.2.1. Although I'm not sure if I had to adjust a few things.

StillInThe90s · Wed 27/04/2011 15:18:52

I think I found one of the problems.
The script uses "GetGameParameter" which does not work anymore. Problem is, I don't know how to translate this to "Game.SpriteHeight" and so on, since the manual assumes that I am working with room objects.

Ex: int height=GetGameParameter(GP_SPRITEHEIGHT, spr, 0, 0);
and: this.SetFontSprite(firstchar+i, GetGameParameter(GP_FRAMEIMAGE, v, loop, frame));

Ideas?

Khris · Wed 27/04/2011 16:04:27

1)

Code: ags

  int height = Game.SpriteHeight[spr];

2)

Code: ags

  ViewFrame*vf = Game.GetViewFrame(v, loop, frame);
  this.SetFontSprite(firstchar + i, vf.Graphic);

Didn't test it though.

I believe you can make old commands work again by changing a setting in General settings; replacing them with the current ones is better practice though.

abstauber · Wed 27/04/2011 16:45:57

In case you don't want to make these edits, here's mine:
http://shatten.sonores.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SpriteFont.zip

Of course Khris' edits are working too

StillInThe90s · Wed 27/04/2011 19:01:49

Hat of to you lads.
However, my scripting skills are not what they ought to be. I still can't get it running, only now it is a question of incompetence. How do I call the mod functions from the global script? I. e. how do I swap from ordinary font to sprite font? Using SSH:s included *.cha seemed easy enough, but no. I have searched the wiki and gone through the doc.

Khris · Wed 27/04/2011 20:19:48

To be clear, you can't use this font as native speech font or something to that effect, you can only draw it to the background, a DynamicSprite or an Overlay.

So if you want your characters to talk using the sprite font you have to script a replacement for the Character.Say function and use only that.

Calin Leafshade · Wed 27/04/2011 20:50:31

There is an option in the plugin interface to replace the font renderer.. Someone should make a sprite font renderer for it, that would be nice.

StillInThe90s · Wed 27/04/2011 23:12:13

Quote from: Khris on Wed 27/04/2011 20:19:48
To be clear, you can't use this font as native speech font or something to that effect, you can only draw it to the background, a DynamicSprite or an Overlay.

So if you want your characters to talk using the sprite font you have to script a replacement for the Character.Say function and use only that.

So this mod is actually no more than a fancy way of showing overlays. Which makes it useless to me if I don't want to rework all of my dialogues...?
Maybe for next project then.

SSH · Thu 28/04/2011 02:28:16

Find and Replace is your friend. It doesn't take much to create a character.SprSay function. But certainly it won't work with dialog scripts. I like Calin's suggestion, though. Sprint font rendering is pretty simple.

It would probably be better to have another way to import a set of sprites as a script-identifiable group than just using .cha files, though.

I'm pretty sure I did upgrade the module myself at one point, I'll have a look to find it, but no promises!