win32 bitmap font problem

I assume you''re using bitmap fonts, right? Try translating into the screen (-Z axis) a few units. The raster position is affected by the current model-view matrix, so your text may be sitting somewhere behind the camera or off-screen.

Try something like this. The number''s aren''t going to be right, but you''ll get the idea:

void PrintAt(string, posx, posy)
{
glPushMatrix();
glLoadIdentity(); //undo previous translations and stuff
glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, -25.0f); //move into screen
glRasterPos(posx, posy); //Is that the right function? I dont remember...
Print(string);
glPopMatrix();
}

I tried what you suggested and unfortunately, there was no change. The original NeHe program also contains a translate command one unit into the negative Z axis, same thing. I also tried using 2D orthographic projection and that didn''t work either =\. It just seems so weird that the original NeHe and OpenGL Game Programming code doesn''t work for me. The precompiled programs were perfectly in both cases, and the code compiles fine with no errors. Just nothing shows up on the screen when I run my compiled version.

I wrote a simple class which does the stuff you want to do..
It works for me, I hope it helps..

class CFont
{
public:
GLuint vBaseDisplayList;

void p_Print(const char *_format, ...);

CFont();
~CFont();
};

CFont::CFont()
{
HFONT vNewFont;
HFONT vOldFont;

vBaseDisplayList = glGenLists(96);

vNewFont = CreateFont(-24, 0, 0, 0, FW_BOLD, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, ANSI_CHARSET, OUT_TT_PRECIS,
CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS, ANTIALIASED_QUALITY, FF_DONTCARE|DEFAULT_PITCH, "Courier New");

vOldFont = (HFONT)SelectObject(vRenderDeviceContext, vNewFont);
wglUseFontBitmaps(vRenderDeviceContext, 32, 96, vBaseDisplayList);
SelectObject(vRenderDeviceContext, vOldFont);
DeleteObject(vNewFont);
}

CFont::~CFont()
{
glDeleteLists(vBaseDisplayList, 96);
}

void CFont:_Print(const char *_format, ...)
{
char vText[256];
va_list vArguments;

if (_format == NULL) return;

va_start(vArguments, _format);
vsprintf(vText, _format, vArguments);
va_end(vArguments);

glPushAttrib(GL_LIST_BIT);
glListBase(vBaseDisplayList - 32);

glCallLists(strlen(vText), GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, vText);

glPopAttrib();
}



To output some text I just do this:

...
CFont *MyFont = new CFont();
...
glPushMatrix();
glLoadIdentity();
glColor3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f); // Font-Color
glTranslatef(0.0f,0.0f,-0.11f); // the z_Value should behind the Far-Plane
glRasterPos2f(0.0f, 0.0f);
vMyFont->p_Print("LALALA %d", 5);
glPopMatrix();
...
delete CFont();


(where can I find the tags for syntax-highlighting etc. ?)

quote:

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Original post by Kaesebrot
(where can I find the tags for syntax-highlighting etc. ?)

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In the FAQ.

thx

[edited by - Kaesebrot on May 27, 2002 10:16:32 AM]