Hi,

I try to write my crossair to Lite-C and i can't figure out the right way..

my old code is



and i try to use it in like this



but it wont show up..

i got it with PANEL instead of ENTITY.. but i dont think its the best solution, i think with ENTITY it looks better.. am I wrong? is the PANEL version still good and can i keep it?

PANEL version:




and by the way.. how can i figure out the screen size? i tried the screen_size.x thing, but couldnt get it right
anyone has an example?

thx a lot

when u use ENTITY, set another flag also. as follows:

ENTITY* cross_air =
{
type = "crossair.bmp";
view = camera;
flags2 = VISIBLE;
flags = VISIBLE | OVERLAY;
layer = 0;
scale_x = .05;
scale_y = .05;
scale_z = .05;
x = 50;
y = 0;
z = 0;
}


This FLAG2 will make it visible from begining of the screen. Else u will need to load it. Thats y it was not visible.

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screen size is a variable given for the current game window resolution. Its not your desktop resolution. Its the resolution at which gamestudio is running. U can set it by video_switch or video_set.. see manual for more details on setting video size.

ah wow, thx very much! it worked with the entity!

can't i figure out per code what the size of the screen is? to detect the middle of it?
i wanna get some things right where they belong, even if the user change the resolution..

ok.. tats simple. if u want to place things in middle is easy.

suppose u want to place a panel in middle of screen. Use this:


panel_design.pos_x = (screen_size.x - bmap_width(panel_design.bmap))/2;
panel_design.pos_y = (screen_size.y - bmap_height(panel_design.bmap))/2;

this is for keeping in middle of screen. And as for other positions, u need to follow a ratio (proportionality) to fit things.

Thats really simple, thx a lot!

welcome