_PRINTSTRING Positioning Issue??

[Zeppelin]

Hey everyone,
I'm making a turn-based text fighting game, and previously when putting my 2 strings at

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. _PRINTSTRING (w / 2 - 50, h / 10 * 3), player.name + "'S TURN"

and

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. _PRINTSTRING (w / 2 - 50, h / 10 * 3.25), "ENEMY -" + STR$(patk) + " DMG"

they would sit nicely one under the other, but now they overlap and I'm unsure if I've done something or something else is affecting it.

To play the mode with the error:
Single-player -> Practice

Thanks,
Zep

The files are attached below if you want to read through the whole thing ( there are a heap of bugs) :)

[bplus]

Here is a graphical illustration of the problem.

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1. DIM player.name AS STRING
2. player.name = "B+"
3. patk = 99.9999
4.  
5.  
6. SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(800, 600, 32) '<<<<<<<<<<< this matters if h, w are related
7. w = 500: h = 200
8. WHILE h < 580
9.     CLS
10.     h = h + 20
11.     LINE (0, 0)-STEP(w, h), , B
12.     _PRINTSTRING (w / 2 - 50, h / 10 * 3), player.name$ + "'S TURN"
13.     _PRINTSTRING (w / 2 - 50, h / 10 * 3.25), "ENEMY -" + STR$(patk) + " DMG"
14.     _LIMIT 1
15. WEND
16.  
17.  

The way this is setup, h change will change the distance between the 2 lines. .25 * h/10 has to be just big enough to fit a new line.

Here is how B+ might fix it, but many other ways!

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. DIM player.name AS STRING
2. player.name = "B+"
3. patk = 99.9999
4.  
5. fh = _FONTHEIGHT
6.  
7.  
8. SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(800, 600, 32)  '<<<<<<<<<<< this matters if h, w are related
9. w = 500: h = 200
10. WHILE h < 580
11.     CLS
12.     h = h + 20
13.     LINE (0, 0)-STEP(w, h), , B
14.     _PRINTSTRING (w / 2 - 50, h / 10 * 3), player.name$ + "'S TURN"
15.     _PRINTSTRING (w / 2 - 50, h / 10 * 3 + fh), "ENEMY -" + STR$(patk) + " DMG"
16.     _LIMIT 1
17. WEND
18.  
19.  

If just add the height of font to last line location, you have it made in the shade.

And say you want to add more lines:

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. DIM player.name AS STRING
2. player.name = "B+"
3. patk = 99.9999
4.  
5. fh = _FONTHEIGHT
6. fw = _FONTWIDTH
7.  
8.  
9. SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(800, 600, 32) '<<<<<<<<<<< this matters if h, w are related
10. w = 500: h = 200
11. WHILE h < 580
12.     CLS
13.     h = h + 20
14.     LINE (0, 0)-STEP(w, h), , B
15.     _PRINTSTRING (w / 2 - 50, h / 10 * 3), player.name$ + "'S TURN"
16.     _PRINTSTRING (w / 2 - 50, h / 10 * 3 + fh), "ENEMY -" + STR$(patk) + " DMG"
17.     FOR i = 1 TO 5
18.         Bline$ = "Here is B+" + STR$(i) + " centered line added."
19.         _PRINTSTRING (w / 2 - LEN(Bline$) * fw / 2, h / 10 * 3 + (i + 1) * fh), Bline$
20.     NEXT
21.     _LIMIT 1
22. WEND
23.  
24.  

[Zeppelin]

Ah, I see.
Thanks for your detailed explanation bplus

Zep