int sdl_interface::load_text ( string output_text ) {
TTF_Font* font;
if(TTF_Init())
cout << "error load font: " << TTF_GetError() << endl;
atexit(TTF_Quit);
if(!(font = TTF_OpenFont("data\\fonts\\comic.ttf", 20)))
cout << "Error loading font: " << TTF_GetError() << endl;
SDL_Surface *initial;
SDL_Surface *intermediary;
SDL_Surface *intermediary2;
SDL_Rect rect;
SDL_Rect location;
int w;
int h;
GLuint texture;
/* Use SDL_TTF to render our text */
location.x = 0;
location.y = 0;
SDL_Color color;
color.r = 128;
color.g = 255;
color.b = 255;
initial = TTF_RenderText_Blended(font, "TESTING THE TEXT", color);
if(initial == NULL)
cout << "Error crating text" << TTF_GetError() << endl;
intermediary2 = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE, 256, 32, 32, 0xff000000, 0x00ff0000, 0x0000ff00, 0x000000ff);
intermediary = SDL_DisplayFormatAlpha(initial);
if(intermediary == NULL)
cout << "Error: Creating surface" << endl;
if(intermediary2 == NULL)
cout << "Error: Creating surface2" << endl;
if(SDL_BlitSurface(initial, 0, intermediary, 0) == -1)
cout << "Error: Bliting surface" << endl;
if(SDL_BlitSurface(initial, 0, intermediary2, 0) == -1)
cout << "Error: Bliting surface" << endl;
SDL_UpdateRect( intermediary2, 0, 0, 0, 0 );
SDL_UpdateRect( intermediary, 0, 0, 0, 0 );
SDL_SaveBMP(initial, "blah0.bmp");
SDL_SaveBMP(intermediary, "blah1.bmp");
SDL_SaveBMP(intermediary2, "blah2.bmp");
text to SDL_surface
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I had this same problem once. I think it should fix it if you do this sometime before saving the surface to a file:
I think that should fix it but if that doesn't it might be something to do with the masks you pass to SDL_CreateSurfaceRGB. They depend on if your computer is big endian or little endian.
intermediary2 = SDL_DisplayFormat(intermediary2);I think that should fix it but if that doesn't it might be something to do with the masks you pass to SDL_CreateSurfaceRGB. They depend on if your computer is big endian or little endian.
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O M G it worked, i was reading that twenty minutes before posting that and i didnt try it. Thanks so much.
BTW: That line may cause a memory leak
"Remember to use a different variable for the returned surface, otherwise you have a memory leak, since the original surface isn't freed."
Source: http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cgi/SDL_5fDisplayFormat
BTW: That line may cause a memory leak
"Remember to use a different variable for the returned surface, otherwise you have a memory leak, since the original surface isn't freed."
Source: http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/docwiki.cgi/SDL_5fDisplayFormat
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