[HELP] Positioning text above hotbar

[Bets]

Hi guys!

I'm trying to display text at the center of the screen above the hotbar by using ingameGUI.drawCenteredString.

 

I managed to get the horizontal center of the screen by:

mc.displayWidth / 4

It does the job pretty well.

 

Now, I am trying to position it vertically a little bit above the hotbar. The problem is it always moves when I change the resolution of the screen, this is what I tried doing:

mc.displayHeight - 100

This is just an example, it actually is not in the screen when I do this, but you get it.

So do any of you guys know how can I make it position itself exactly above the hotbar? I'll appreciate it very much

 

Edited February 10, 2017 by Bets

[larsgerrits]

Dividing by 4 to get to the middle? Sounds a bit weird to me.

 

Show the code where you try to do this.

[Bets]

1 hour ago, larsgerrits said:

Dividing by 4 to get to the middle? Sounds a bit weird to me.

 

Show the code where you try to do this.

 

 

That's how you get the horizontal center, it works fine. I need the vertical position that doesn't work because it always changes 

mc.ingameGUI.drawCenteredString(mc.fontRendererObj, context, mc.displayWidth / 4, mc.displayHeight - 400, 0xFFFFFF);

 

[Bets]

2 minutes ago, diesieben07 said:

That's not how you center something. First of all you need to calculate the scaled display size using ScaledResolution. Then to center something you do (screenSize - thingSize) / 2 (works for both horizontal and vertical).

 

 

The centering works, I want to position the text above the hotbar, like where the food levels and hp are

[Bets]

4 hours ago, diesieben07 said:

Then you start at the bottom (screen height) and subtract the height of the food bar.

 

This what I did, as mentioned before:

mc.displayHeight - 100

Doesn' work. when I change the screen size vertically it moves the text down for some weird reason.

[Bets]

7 minutes ago, TheSunCat said:

Use ScaledResolution.

 

Where is it, I can't find it in Minecraft.getMinecraft()

[larsgerrits]

ScaledResolution has a constructor taking a Minecraft parameter. You can use it to create your own.

[Bets]

4 minutes ago, TheSunCat said:

It is a class. You can't get it through Minecraft.getMinecraft(). You have to use something else... Hint: Press ctrl+SPACE

 

Ummm 

[larsgerrits]

5 minutes ago, larsgerrits said:

ScaledResolution has a constructor taking a Minecraft parameter. You can use it to create your own.

 

 

[Bets]

Yeah so how can I use this

[larsgerrits]

Make a new instance of ScaledResolution, get the scaled width/height and use that as the screen size.

[Bets]

28 minutes ago, larsgerrits said:

Make a new instance of ScaledResolution, get the scaled width/height and use that as the screen size.

 

Can't create an instance, no idea why isn't it working.

Can you maybe write it here?

[Draco18s]

How about you show what you tried and extrapolate on "it isn't working."

[Bets]

11 hours ago, TheSunCat said:

Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getMinecraft();
ScaledResolution sr = new ScaledResolution(mc);

 

 

By the way, is there a syntax highlighting option for Java? This is a forum based on MC Forge, the "Code" insertion should have a Java syntax highlight...

 

 

I did this. but when I type for example ScaledResolution. (and than ctrl+space) it gives me nothing to work with for some reason

EDIT: Nvm I got it to work now, thanks!

Edited February 11, 2017 by Bets

[Bets]

Btw, is there a way to make the text not have drop shadow and still be centered?

[Bets]

3 hours ago, diesieben07 said:

Yes, don't use FontRenderer::drawStringWithShadow.

 

I'm not, because I need the text to be centered. I am using ingameGUI.drawCenteredString.