8 replies to this topic

[phil67rpg]

I want to display a score number for my breakout game but I am unsure of how to begin.

[colossal]

http://jonmacey.blogspot.com/2011/10/text-rendering-using-opengl-32.html

Found this within 3 seconds of googling.

[phil67rpg]

I don't want to use shaders yet.

[NoAdmiral]

I'd suggest buying yourself a copy of C# Game Programming for Serious Game Creation. I see that you're using C++, but that book answers a lot of your questions (looking at your post history), including this one, and I think translating the code from C# (a very easy-to-read language) to C++ might be good practice for you. Alternatively you might find you like C#'s syntax to be more your speed, in which case, great.

Edited by NoAdmiral, 18 December 2012 - 12:16 AM.

[EVIL_ENT]

if you are using freeglut you can use the functions glutBitmapString or glutStrokeString
otherwise you will have to create them from scratch:
1. make/search an image with all the numbers you want to display (e.g. search for ascii texture)
2. write/find some code to load images
3. create a texture from it
4. draw some quads with the right texture coordinates to select the correct character from your texture

[phil67rpg]

well I figured out how to print strings to the screen, now I want to print numbers to the screen for scoring purposes.
here is the code I am using.

GLuint fontOffset;
void makeRasterFont(void)
{
    GLuint i;
    glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, 1);
    fontOffset = glGenLists (128);
    for (i = 32; i < 127; i++) {
        glNewList(i+fontOffset, GL_COMPILE);
            glBitmap(8, 13, 0.0, 2.0, 10.0, 0.0, rasters[i-32]);
        glEndList();
    }
}

void myinit(void)
{
    glShadeModel (GL_FLAT);
    makeRasterFont();
}

//print the string
void printString(char *s)
{
   glPushAttrib (GL_LIST_BIT);
   glListBase(fontOffset);
   glCallLists(strlen(s), GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, (GLubyte *) s);
   glPopAttrib ();
}

[phil67rpg]

well I googled this topic but did not find very much, there has to be a simple way to print numbers to the screen.

[RulerOfNothing]

Since you have the ability to draw strings to the screen, you should look into how to convert integers into strings in your language of choice.

[phil67rpg]

I am using c++ and opengl