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Text above head of entity #320669 04/23/10 17:12 04/23/10 17:12
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 428 Rasch OP Senior Member
Rasch OP Senior Member Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 428	Hi there, currently i´m thinking about how to create text above a entitys head. It shall be for showing the name. I dont want to use TEXT and vec_to_screen. I thought about creating a bmap and write the single characters of the name in it than create it above entitys head and move it with it. But i really don´t find a solution how to write text into a bmap from a string. Do you have some good ideas for me? Greets

Re: Text above head of entity [Re: Rasch] #320671 04/23/10 17:29 04/23/10 17:29
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,143 United Kingdom DJBMASTER Serious User
DJBMASTER Serious User Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,143 United Kingdom	You can use a 3d model that is a simple plane. Then you can use a Panel, with a digits element and then render that panel into a bmap. Finally set the skin of the model to that bitmap. Have a look at 'target_map','ent_setskin'.

Re: Text above head of entity [Re: DJBMASTER] #320688 04/23/10 19:06 04/23/10 19:06
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Rasch OP Senior Member Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 428	Ok thanks i tried it but do´n´t get it. Could you give me code sample? This is what i got so far. Code: PANEL* player_render_name = { digits(0,0,"%s",,1,charname); flags = SHOW \| OVERLAY; } Code: ENTITY rendername; BMAP* rendermap = "#100x75x32"; rendername = ent_create("name_render.mdl", my.x, 0); player_render_name.target_map = rendermap; ent_setskin(rendername,rendermap,1);