From LUA to PGE-LUA, I have an little problem...

-DaRealXecon- · Post by **-DaRealXecon-** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:46 am

Hi,

I try just PGE - LUA to learn but i have a small problem.... :(

I know how I can do this in LUA but in PGE-LUA there were other commands...

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file = io.open&#40;"ms0&#58;/lol.txt","r"&#41;
mysting = file&#58;read&#40;&#41;
file&#58;close&#40;&#41;

newstring = string.sub&#40;mystring,1,12&#41;

screen&#58;print&#40;x,y,"The LoL-File says&#58;" ..newstring&#41;
....
..

and in PGE-LUA....? I don't know... :(

Please help me! :p

here some tipps ;)
http://pge.luaplayer.org/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=31

Thanks in Advance!!
Sorry for my bad English... :'( I hate it self! :D

-DaRealXecon-

the underminer · Post by **the underminer** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:50 pm

Although PGE has new file commands, the old ones are still in there and, according to me, just as good. So you can still use that. screen:print cannot be used in PGE. You need to load a font and use that.

http://pge.luaplayer.org/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=31

MistPhoenix · Post by **MistPhoenix** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:07 pm

to load a font use the following:

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font = pge.font.load&#40;"verdana.ttf", 12, PGE_RAM&#41;      --location of ttf, pixel size, mem location&#40;either PGE_RAM or PGE_VRAM&#41;
white = pge.gfx.createcolor&#40;255, 255, 155&#41;               --r,g,b

--Main Loop
while pge.running&#40;&#41; do
   pge.controls.update&#40;&#41;
   pge.gfx.startdrawing&#40;&#41;
   pge.gfx.clearscreen&#40;&#41;

   font&#58;activate&#40;&#41;                                           --Activate font for drawing
   font&#58;print&#40;40, 25, white, "Hello World!"&#41;       --print the font at x, y, color, text

   pge.gfx.enddrawing&#40;&#41;
   pge.gfx.swapbuffers&#40;&#41;
end

Make sure that your font is activate() first as shown above only between pge.gfx.startdrawing() and pge.gfx.enddrawing(). Also your font must have a specified color which is the third argument in print()