[Scripting Question] Move description line offset value?

[silentgamer64]

I've almost fully implemented the FR/LG summary screens for my game, but I'm running into an issue you can see in the image below:

(The arrows and red lines were added to make it easier to see the text overlapping the lines. Also don't worry about the words cutting off, I plan to shorten the descriptions to fit the text box)

I was actually able to get the first line of the description lined up correctly by editing its position in this section of code in PScreen_Summary:

drawTextEx(overlay,15,209,238,4,
       pbGetMessage(MessageTypes::MoveDescriptions,moveid),
       Color.new(64,64,64),Color.new(176,176,176))

But I can't find the value that deals with the offset of each line of text in the description. The code above seems to be the only part that references move descriptions.

Does anyone know where I can find the offset for the move description text in the summary screen?

 

[Marin]

The actual line offset is in def getLineBrokenChunks, but for a resource of mine, I had to mess with this value too. What I did was allow you to specify a different line offset (the lineheight argument) in drawTextEx.

def drawTextEx(bitmap,x,y,width,numlines,text,baseColor,shadowColor,lineheight=32)
  normtext = getLineBrokenChunks(bitmap,text,width,nil,true,lineheight)
  renderLineBrokenChunksWithShadow(bitmap,x,y,normtext,numlines*lineheight,
     baseColor,shadowColor)
  return normtext
end

def getLineBrokenChunks(bitmap,value,width,dims,plain=false,lineheight=32)
  x = 0
  y = 0
  textheight = 0
  ret = []
  if dims
    dims[0] = 0
    dims[1] = 0
  end
  re = /<c=([^>]+)>/
  reNoMatch = /<c=[^>]+>/
  return ret if !bitmap || bitmap.disposed? || width <= 0
  textmsg = value.clone
  lines = 0
  color = Font.default_color
  while (c = textmsg.slice!(/\n|[^ \r\t\f\n\-]*\-+|(\S*([ \r\t\f]?))/)) != nil
    break if c == ""
    ccheck = c
    if ccheck == "\n"
      x = 0
      y += (textheight == 0) ? bitmap.text_size("X").height : textheight
      textheight = 0
      next
    end
    if ccheck[/</] && !plain
      textcols = []
      ccheck.scan(re){ textcols.push(rgbToColor($1)) }
      words = ccheck.split(reNoMatch) # must have no matches because split can include match
    else
      textcols = []
      words = [ccheck]
    end
    for i in 0...words.length
      word = words[i]
      if word && word != ""
        textSize = bitmap.text_size(word)
        textwidth = textSize.width
        if x > 0 && x + textwidth > width
          minTextSize = bitmap.text_size(word.gsub(/\s*/,""))
          if x > 0 && x + minTextSize.width>width
            x = 0
            y += lineheight # (textheight==0) ? bitmap.text_size("X").height : textheight
            textheight = 0
          end
        end
        textheight = lineheight # [textheight,textSize.height].max
        ret.push([word,x,y,textwidth,textheight,color])
        x += textwidth
        dims[0] = x if dims && dims[0] < x
      end
      if textcols[i]
        color = textcols[i]
      end
    end
  end
  dims[1] = y + textheight if dims
  return ret
end

(You can put this code at the top of a section, in a new section, pretty much anywhere. Doesn't matter.)

So you have your drawText(...., Color.new(...), Color.new(...)). That should be:

drawText(....., Color.new(...), Color.new(...)[b], 24[/b])

24 being the new line offset. Just play with that number until it looks good.

 

[silentgamer64]

...

Wow, that's some slick code. It works perfectly, thanks Marin!