Lifebar/Heads up display discussion

[Mr.Din]

Alright so I have quite a few things I want to figure out as far as life bars go.
- is it possible to have separate life bars for different entities? one for Boss, one for Punks and one for misc like ncps, items, obstacles etc.
- can life bars exceed the color 500 limit? ie going up to color1000 which is 9 extra life bars
- can the life bars work in reverse? (drains left to right)
- magic bar still over laps the icon despite me setting it to -300
I have a screenshot and a HUD concept showing what I'm trying to go for.

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[msmalik681]

cant really help with your question just wanted to say adam is looking great in that screenshot !

 

[rafhot]

for the boss bar you can  just add the bar location in the header of the bosses, the same could be done for the npcs and other stuff , and for normal enemies better you use the normal way.

lifebarstatus 60 27 0 1 0
lifeposition 852  497
nameposition 823 483
iconposition 822 497
nolife 1

remember that my game uses 960 x 540 resolution so those values will be offscreen you need set to your values...

for your other questions i dont know the answers

 

[Mr.Din]

Thanks guys, it's really appreciated it seemed so simple but not so much I guess LOL. well it's a start!

If I used the normal method for normal enemies which I already have, will the Boss icons and such still appear in that spot? because as it is in the HUD concept the placement is simply because Boss portraits are bigger.

 

[rafhot]

for bosses you use


lifebarstatus 60 27 0 1 0  #trace the lifebar in the format you want
lifeposition 852  497    #put the boss life in the place you want
nameposition 823 483  #put bossname in the place you want
iconposition 822 497  # put boss icon in the place you want
nolife 1  #to hide  orignal lifebars

all those lines inside the boss header with the proper values to match your screen size

 

[Mr.Din]

for bosses you use


lifebarstatus 60 27 0 1 0  #trace the lifebar in the format you want
lifeposition 852  497    #put the boss life in the place you want
nameposition 823 483  #put bossname in the place you want
iconposition 822 497  # put boss icon in the place you want
nolife 1  #to hide  orignal lifebars

all those lines inside the boss header with the proper values to match your screen size

Ah okay, the descriptions helped a bit more. thanks! will try this out soon!