Suggestion: add health and energy bar rendering to GuiShapeNameHud
by Daniel Buckmaster · in Torque 3D Professional · 10/22/2013 (4:15 am) · 5 replies
Or, should there be a separate control that does this? In TGE, the GuiShapeNameHud would render a health bar above each named ShapeBase. That functionality seems to have mysteriously disappeared. I need it (and energy bars) for vlrtt, so I'll be adding it back in - just wondering if other people are missing it.
EDIT: Wait... digging back into my TGE code, there doesn't seem to actually be any health bar rendering, despite it being mentioned in the comments for the class. I was sure I'd seen that stuff working. Hrm. Well, does anybody want it anyway?
EDIT: Ahem. The T3D comment still reads "This control displays the name and damage value of all named ShapeBase objects on the client." Well.
EDIT: Wait... digging back into my TGE code, there doesn't seem to actually be any health bar rendering, despite it being mentioned in the comments for the class. I was sure I'd seen that stuff working. Hrm. Well, does anybody want it anyway?
EDIT: Ahem. The T3D comment still reads "This control displays the name and damage value of all named ShapeBase objects on the client." Well.
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#2
10/22/2013 (6:26 am)
It might still be there partially - drop a cheetah into your level and look at it. No name, but there is a health bar.... 
#3
10/22/2013 (9:00 am)
Feeding off of Richards comment I think that the code is still there as well. I took out the code %player.setShapeName(%name); because it would render the AI's name at waist level; it seemed distracting for me at the time, but I may want something like this in the future when I get the AI to finally have all of their daily tasks planned out. Currently it is too generic and the radioactive green looks silly for the color scheme I have; I would need more control over the font and even have some border abilities, but I have not looked too deeply into the predefined code. 
#4
Perhaps all of those "fps" GUI controls should be cleaned up and made more generic instead?
@DreamPharaoh: the color is editable, the font is editable, and there is a vertical offset property built in.
10/22/2013 (9:33 am)
The reticle or crosshair hud (whatever it is called) renders a healthbar when directly over a named ShapeBase object.Perhaps all of those "fps" GUI controls should be cleaned up and made more generic instead?
@DreamPharaoh: the color is editable, the font is editable, and there is a vertical offset property built in.
#5
DreamPharaoh, you can now also render a coloured box and frame around the labels.
Mike, yes, I do believe some cleanup is in order. My instinct would be to make each function a separate control. One that renders a name, one that renders a health/energy bar, and one that does a crosshair. The current crosshair-with-health-bar would be accomplished using a crosshair image and a small energy bar render control at the centre of the screen.
10/22/2013 (1:29 pm)
Oh, of course, I was thinking of the crosshair! Well at least I'll be able to rip that code off ;P.DreamPharaoh, you can now also render a coloured box and frame around the labels.
Mike, yes, I do believe some cleanup is in order. My instinct would be to make each function a separate control. One that renders a name, one that renders a health/energy bar, and one that does a crosshair. The current crosshair-with-health-bar would be accomplished using a crosshair image and a small energy bar render control at the centre of the screen.
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