Hey there,

I'm having some fun creating a Tetris,
and I definitively want to show some texts on the ViewPort.

I quickly found the ViewPort HUDManager but i got a problem with the AddHudText method :
Second parameter represents the Font name.

Will the font given this way be searched on the Windows fonts Dir,
or should it be added as a content and how?

I know it's probably an easy trick but can't get it to work properly.

Best Regards,
Thomas B.

Hello,

There is a topic on HUD here http://www.simplysim.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=502

The HUD manager in the beta is more like "Pre Alpha version" rather that final one But you should be able to do something.

We provide Arial font embedded in the engine ("Fonts_Arial") but it should work with custom fonts too. To use a custom font, you need to compile a font for XNA (generate an xnb). Unfortunately, the Asset Compiler doesn't have an "font" type, so you need to make a classic XNA project in order to do that.

You could follow the first step described here to generate the font xnb : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb447673.aspx

Once you have your font XNB, just put it into your application content directory, and use the font name (the xnb filename without .xnb) to display your text.

The asset compiler should support font compilation in release version

Regards

Thanks for the quick answer.


Seems I failed my search, my bad.


I've thought of doing it the XNA way but wanted to be sure there isn't any other tricky way cause it's only a beta.
Anyway I'll use the embedded Arial font (before my first post I tried "Arial" and "Font_Arial"... I was so close).

Thanks again,

Sincerely,
Thomas B.