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, 20178 yr by Bets

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

 

Show the code where you try to do this.

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);

 

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

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.

7 minutes ago, TheSunCat said:

Use ScaledResolution.

 

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

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

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 

5 minutes ago, larsgerrits said:

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

 

 

Yeah so how can I use this

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

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?

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

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, 20178 yr by Bets

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

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.