Damage/Heal numbers above unit head

[Rick]

So I want to have rising numbers that represent damage or healing above the heads of the units. Currently I use DrawText() with CameraUnproject(), but that doesn't work because I only do the CameraUnproject() once time so when I move the camera the text isn't draw correctly above the unit.

 

Is there a way to do this where the text would be in 3D? I would assume http://www.leadwerks.com/wiki/index.php?title=Coronas but how do I put my numbers on this?

[Canardia]

I would use Scene::AddNameTag(entity,"sometext") from gamelib, and make a modified version of it, as a class, where you can change the text in realtime.

[Rick]

I was looking at that. Could I used Coronas for that instead of the plane you create? I don't know if something special needs to be in the mat for Coronas to work but I tried the below and I don't see it.

 

 

TEntity cor = CreateCorona();
SetCoronaRadius(cor, 10, 20);
PaintEntity(cor, LoadMaterial("abstract::RedIndicator.mat"));
PositionEntity(cor, Vec3(0, 4, 0));

[Canardia]

I tried coronas and many other methods first also, but ended up with the current 3D plane method as it was the only way to get it working.

[Rick]

Yeah, I think I'll just turn your name tag code into a class and use that. All the code is there already and I'll just use that. Thanks Lum!

[Canardia]

I can then copy back your class to gamelib 0.1.0.0, if you make it free for registered LE users, because that's the way gamelib is a community project

[Rick]

Yeah, that's cool. I'll post it when I'm done.