[isugamedev-devel] Re: [ISUGameDev-officers] GameDev Tank Game

[Chad A. <ae...@vr...>]

Maybe it's time to have Ben teach us how to use gltext in a lab?  :)

There are a couple projects out there that help you render text in 
OpenGL.  gltext is one.  (http://gltext.sf.net)  I can't think of any of 
the others off of the top of my head right now.

Chad

Lou Herard wrote:
>     Fonts are a nice pain in the ass because getting OpenGL to render
> strings takes some knowlege of C-style char*'s.  And if you don't know what
> a char* is, you're already in the hole (which is where I was).  Fortunately,
> there are some places on the web that have some OpenGL-ready string
> rendering functions.  Custom fonts are pretty much their own ball park,
> also, although, once you know how to render strings, it's easier to change
> the font, especially if it's a bit-mapped font.  I have no idea how it is in
> SDL, since I haven't used SDL, and I missed the SDL meeting because I have
> the most amazingly busy schedule in the world right now.  Anyone else have
> any input?
> 
> - Lou
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mr. Venesectrix" <sub...@ho...>
> To: <isu...@li...>
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 10:23 AM
> Subject: [ISUGameDev-officers] GameDev Tank Game
> 
> 
> 
>>Alright, well, I didn't get quite as far as I would've liked to on this
>>game.  I think it'd be a good idea for a tutorial on how to do fonts and
>>multiple surfaces!  Okay, so the controls for my game are...
>>
>>up, down - move up, down
>>left, right - rotate left, right
>>a, d - strafe left, right (side-to-side)
>>space - fires
>>r - respawn (after dying, you only get 3 lives)
>>
>>If you can't get it to work, let me know.  Thanks!
>>
>>Jacob