Platinum Arts Sandbox - Free 3D Game Maker Forum

I would like to know if it's possible to give your character a life bar that floats above their head using only a .cfg. I'm not very good at C++, so I'm not sure that I can really code it into the source code.

it's literally one line of code, the declaration you'd want to use...
and how you'd use it might require a few attempts, but good luck (and check the wiki on compiling)

And/or you could check out the RPG Take care.
-mike

Hirato wrote:it's literally one line of code, the declaration you'd want to use...

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extern void particle_meter(const vec &s, float val, int type, int fade = 1, int color = 0xFFFFFF, int color2 = 0xFFFFF, float size = 2.0f);

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particle_meter( player1->abovehead(), 100 * player1->health / player1->maxhealth, PART_TEXT, 1, 0xFF0000, 0, 2.0f);

might require a few attempts, but good luck (and check the wiki on compiling)

Awesome! Thanks. I'll check the RPG source to see where I'd put it.

Hirato wrote:it's literally one line of code, the declaration you'd want to use...

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extern void particle_meter(const vec &s, float val, int type, int fade = 1, int color = 0xFFFFFF, int color2 = 0xFFFFF, float size = 2.0f);

and how you'd use it

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particle_meter( player1->abovehead(), 100 * player1->health / player1->maxhealth, PART_TEXT, 1, 0xFF0000, 0, 2.0f);

might require a few attempts, but good luck (and check the wiki on compiling)

Does this require me to make a new cfg document or is there some kind of already-made-cfg document I can import this in?

This goes in the source code. You don't use a .cfg.

GoBologna120 wrote:This goes in the source code. You don't use a .cfg.

I'm a little confused by this statement. Does it go in an OGZ file then?

Looked at the Wiki recently?
http://sandboxgamemaker.com/wiki/index. ... ource_code
It's C++ code, therefore, you have to recompile the game to use it.

I get it now, you must understand my confusion. Considering the only thing that explains how to edit code (for an actual purpose that is mentioned...aka NPCs) says to edit it in the config. The wiki doesn't really explain when you need to use C++ and compile...yet

That's because you can do so much without recompiling.

EDIT: Okay. I can't figure out where to put it.