Drawing text on screen Topic

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07/24/2017 01:10 PM

I foward this questions to every scripter here that works with VX Ace.
Here's what I'm looking for :
- Draw text anywhere on the screen
- The text drawn is from any type of variable
- Updates every frame

I'm doing some debugging on my game so I need this script to test things - knowing what the variable is at a certain time. I don't like doing this via message box because it doesn't give me a life feed of whats really going on with the variables I'm using. So guys, help meh :(

Marrend

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07/24/2017 04:23 PM

The thought in my head is that you could do something like...

$debug_window = Window_Base.new(0, 0, Graphics.width/2, fitting_height(1))

...that, or whatever, to instantiate a global variable that you can use for that purpose. Making text appear isn't necessarily hard, per-say...

$debug_window.draw_text(0, 0, contents.width, fitting_height(1), "Display this text")

...but, just keep in mind the difference between local variables, public variables, and private variables.

*Edit: Actually, now that I think on it, that won't automatically update the value of the variable. So, you might need to do something like...

class Window_Debug < Window_Base
  def initialize(x, y, width, height)
    super
  end

  def get_value(value)
    @value = value
  end

  def get_text
    draw_text(0,0,contents.width,contents.height, @value.to_s)
  end

  def update
    super
    contents.clear
    get_text
  end
end

...that? At which point, you can then do...

$debug_window = Window_Debug.new(0,0,Graphics.width/2,fitting_height(1))

...that to instantiate the object, as per normal. Then, when you have a value to test/check, you can do something like...

$debug_window.get_value("Text to display")

...that, only replace "Text to display" with whatever value you want to test/check.

LudwigKrauser

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07/24/2017 04:56 PM

I was just going to mention that. Anyways I'm going to test it. Thanks man.

[RMVX ACE] DRAWING TEXT ON SCREEN [HELP MEH!]

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