Background and Text

[mastastealth]

Right now I have a:

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   love.graphics.draw(bg, 320, 240)
   love.graphics.draw(mouseX, 20,20) 
   love.graphics.draw(mouseY, 20,40) 

But the text does not come up. Taking out the "bg" will show the text on a black background. Is there a way to sort the Z-order of what is drawn? Also, for a future release, would it be possible to separate Backgrounds from Sprite, and have them have separate classes?

[Merkoth]

AFAIK, it's supposed to respect the order you use (first thing to be draw()ed will appear "under" the rest), so your code should work without problems.

Actually, I can't replicate the problem with LÖVE 0.3.2 (Ubuntu Hardy):

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function load()

    image = love.graphics.newImage("test.png")
    font = love.graphics.newFont(love.default_font, 24)
    love.graphics.setFont(font)
    love.graphics.setColor(255,255,255)
end

function update(dt)
end

function draw()
    
    love.graphics.draw(image, 320, 240)
    love.graphics.draw("Test", 10, 50)
    love.graphics.draw("Another test", 10, 100)
end

So, you code should work as expected, maybe you've hit a bug?

PS: ¡Alguien que puede entender español! (Someone who can understand spanish!)

[mastastealth]

:lol: Man, I'm such a noob. The problem was the white background I was using, since it seems the text is rendered white on deafult. Is there a way to change the font color?

(Yup, hablo español, pero prefiero el Ingles. )

[cag]

The color setting function in graphics sets the color to be used for all graphics functions (even the ones that draw images, I believe!). Noting that:

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   love.graphics.setColor(255, 255, 255)
   love.graphics.draw(bg, 320, 240)
   love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0)
   love.graphics.draw(mouseX, 20,20)
   love.graphics.draw(mouseY, 20,40)

[Merkoth]

Yes you can, just call love.graphics.setColor(). You have a few choices:

1) Use a Color object like this:

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-- create the color
color = love.graphics.newColor( red, green, blue, alpha )

-- and then call setColor
love.graphics.setColor(color)

-- and draw stuff

2) Use setColor directly (as I did in my previous example, without specifying alpha, though):

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love.graphics.setColor(red,green,blue,alpha)
-- and draw whatever you want

Please note that setColor affects both fonts and primitives, you should call it before drawing stuff, using whatever color you want. Using the previous example, if change:

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love.graphics.draw("Test", 10, 50)
love.graphics.draw("Another test", 10, 100)

to

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love.graphics.draw("Test", 10, 50)
love.graphics.setColor(255,0,0)
love.graphics.draw("Another test", 10, 100)

Then you'll see "Another test" drawn in red color.

Given time, newbies evolve in talented programmers

EDIT: Christ, shouldn't phpBB tell me that someone beat me to it?

[cag]

It's fine, yours went in more depth anyways.