Post by: Adrian on February 16, 2021, 12:59:29 am
I've added the following as a result of the comments:
1. Color
2. Music
3. More hints
Windows build and source code attached.
Post by: bplus on February 16, 2021, 12:33:39 pm
Post by: Adrian on February 16, 2021, 12:45:45 pm
Color usually good, how about different fonts overlaying a screen image of the land of la-di-da :) or image of that mean old and nasty Sphinx. ;-))
haha.....good suggestions bplus, thanks! wanted to do text-only to save time but of course images can be added :)
Post by: bplus on February 16, 2021, 12:57:47 pm
You might like Steves fancy Ole English font, I think it fits your game. I can't remember if that's in Windows or...
Check out @SMcNeill's recent (Jan?) Calendar.
Is every newbie going to start a new thread when they modify a couple of lines in their game or other code? LOL
I love seeing how games or code evolves, looking at the start of the thread and looking a couple pages down maybe a year later, usually a beautiful sight and evidence of progress (or not).
Post by: SMcNeill on February 16, 2021, 01:56:01 pm
Post by: Adrian on February 16, 2021, 02:19:26 pm
Something like this?
Now to figure out how to put it into the program....lol.
Post by: SMcNeill on February 16, 2021, 02:49:39 pm
Thanks guys!
Something like this?
Now to figure out how to put it into the program....lol.
A quick tutorial on using OLDENGL.ttf. (Download from the link above if it's not on your machine -- it's included with WORD, so if you use it, it should already be on your system.)
Code: QB64: [Select]
- font_name$ = "OLDENGL.ttf" 'Don't forget the path, if necessary!
- font_size = 32
- font_style$ = "" 'Unless we just HAVE to, we don't want Old English to be a monospaced font.
- ' Remember this distinction, as it CAN affect which commands are available for us to use.
- 'font_style$ = "MONOSPACE" ' <-- IF we have to have it monospaced, we can use this, but I don't recommend it.
- font_handle = _LOADFONT(font_name$, font_size, font_style$) 'get a handle for the font, with size and style set
- _FONT font_handle 'swap to that font handle
- 'Now, the one important note when dealing with non-monospaced fonts is with the following:
- 'If you look at your screen, you'll see that we're NOT 100 characters right of the screen.
- 'Since we don't know exactly how wide any one character is going to be, we LOCATE row, PIXEL instead.
- 'The 10, 100 in the above says LOCATE "10 rows down, 100 pixels right"
- 'Also notice that the above will give us a fontwidth of 0. This is because, once again, we're NOT using
- 'a monospaced font. We're using a variable width font, so there's no standard font width to apply.
- 'Instead, use _PRINTWIDTH to calculate how much screen space your text is going to use.
- 'Now, as you can see from the above, those two lines have the same number of characters, but each takes up
- 'a different amount of space to print to.
- 'Now, press any key to see what happens when we DO use monospace with OLDENGL.ttf
- font_style$ = "MONOSPACE" ' <-- IF we have to have it monospaced, we can use this, but I don't recommend it.
- font_handle2 = _LOADFONT(font_name$, font_size, font_style$) 'get a handle for the font, with size and style set
- _FONT font_handle2 'swap to that font handle
- _FREEFONT font_handle 'free the old font to release it from memory
- 'No issue with LOCATE like normal. It's row, column just like usual, but look at how the font looks.
- 'YUCKY!!
- LOCATE , 10: PRINT "Font Width: "; _FONTWIDTH 'here we can get our fontwidth, as all characters are the same size.
- _FREEFONT font_handle2 'free the monospaced font I used above
Also highlights the difference in MONOSPACE style and NON-MONOSPACE. For OLDENGL.ttf, I recommend to *not* use monospacing, as it tends to stretch the spaces out to an insane level for the majority of the letters.
Post by: bplus on February 16, 2021, 03:06:59 pm
Thanks guys!
Something like this?
Now to figure out how to put it into the program....lol.
Oh man! Exactly how I pictured it except for font radiating hazy golden beams. :)
"Now to figure out how to put it into the program."
Wait... how did you get the screenshot? You telepathically photographed my brain?
Post by: SMcNeill on February 16, 2021, 03:31:06 pm
Oh man! Exactly how I pictured it except for font radiating hazy golden beams. :)
"Now to figure out how to put it into the program."
Wait... how did you get the screenshot? You telepathically photographed my brain?
I was betting it was an issue with font sizing and positioning, which is why I tried to illustrate the differences in monospace vs non-monospace above. ;)
Post by: Adrian on February 16, 2021, 08:15:04 pm
Post by: bplus on February 17, 2021, 12:27:39 am
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Getting the image onto the screen in the QB64 program, which should be fairly trivial, is my problem.
No problem,
Post by: bplus on February 17, 2021, 12:47:34 am
Post by: Adrian on February 17, 2021, 01:59:40 am
No problem,
Thanks B+ !
I did try that, and got a similar error message.
Post by: Adrian on February 17, 2021, 02:04:01 am
Do you have the image before you printed on it?
Yes.
Post by: bplus on February 17, 2021, 02:16:45 am
Thanks B+ !
I did try that, and got a similar error message.
I will bet real money you don't have a bullet next to "Output Exe to Source Folder" under the Run menu.
Click that line or make sure bullet on the left. Image files in source folders will never be found unless you have that clicked. QB64 would be looking in same folder as itself for those images.
Post by: Adrian on February 17, 2021, 02:20:42 am
I will bet real money you don't have a bullet next to "Output Exe to Source Folder" under the Run menu.
Click that line or make sure bullet on the left. Image files in source folders will never be found unless you have that clicked. QB64 would be looking in same folder as itself for those images.
Yes, you are right! Thanks!
Learning something new every day. :)
Post by: bplus on February 17, 2021, 03:10:20 am
Post by: Adrian on February 17, 2021, 07:37:22 am
Hello Ladida
Very nice, Bplus! love the shimmering sun :)
Thanks!
Post by: FellippeHeitor on February 18, 2021, 01:57:29 pm
Post by: Adrian on February 18, 2021, 02:01:01 pm
Congrats for the entry, @Adrian!
Thanks Fellippe! Not quite what the theme asked for but a fun coding exercise nonetheless!
Post by: bplus on February 18, 2021, 09:49:48 pm
Very nice, Bplus! love the shimmering sun :)
Thanks!
Actually that's me coming in on my Hoover Board :)
Post by: Adrian on February 18, 2021, 09:52:58 pm
Actually that's me coming in on my Hoover Board :)
.... along with 3 intrepid knights of the round table :)
Post by: bplus on February 18, 2021, 09:55:23 pm
We've come to solve some riddles :)
Post by: Pete on February 18, 2021, 10:56:59 pm
Pete
Post by: johannhowitzer on February 19, 2021, 03:04:47 am