PlayerTextDrawSetString

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Example Usage:

new pVehicleHealthTimer[MAX_PLAYERS];
new PlayerText:pVehicleHealthTD[MAX_PLAYERS];
 
public OnPlayerStateChange(playerid, newstate, oldstate)
{
    if(newstate == 2) // Entered a vehicle as driver
    {
        pVehicleHealthTD[playerid] = CreatePlayerTextDraw(playerid, x, y, " ");
        PlayerTextDrawShow(playerid, pVehicleHealthTD[playerid]);
 
        // Set a timer to update the textdraw every second
        pVehicleHealthTimer[playerid] = SetTimerEx("vhealth_td_update", 1000, true, "i", playerid);
    }
    if(oldstate == 2)
    {
        KillTimer(pVehicleHealthTD[playerid]);
        PlayerTextDrawDestroy(playerid, pVehicleHealthTD[playerid]);
    }
}
 
public vhealth_td_update(playerid)
{
    new tdstring[32], Float:vHealth;
    GetVehicleHealth(GetPlayerVehicleID(playerid), vHealth);
 
    format(tdstring, sizeof(tdstring), "Vehicle Health: %0f", vHealth);
 
    PlayerTextDrawSetString(playerid, pVehicleHealthTD[playerid], tdstring); // <<< Update the text to show the vehicle health
    return 1;
}
 
/*
NOTE: This example is purely for demonstration purposes, it is not guaranteed to work in-game. It is merely to show the usage of the PlayerTextDrawSetString function.
*/

Related Functions

The following functions may be useful, as they are related to this function in one way or another.

• CreatePlayerTextDraw: Create a player-textdraw.

• PlayerTextDrawDestroy: Destroy a player-textdraw.

• PlayerTextDrawColor: Set the color of the text in a player-textdraw.

• PlayerTextDrawBoxColor: Set the color of a player-textdraw's box.

• PlayerTextDrawBackgroundColor: Set the background color of a player-textdraw.

• PlayerTextDrawAlignment: Set the alignment of a player-textdraw.

• PlayerTextDrawFont: Set the font of a player-textdraw.

• PlayerTextDrawLetterSize: Set the letter size of the text in a player-textdraw.

• PlayerTextDrawTextSize: Set the size of a player-textdraw box (or clickable area for PlayerTextDrawSetSelectable).

• PlayerTextDrawSetOutline: Toggle the outline on a player-textdraw.

• PlayerTextDrawSetShadow: Set the shadow on a player-textdraw.

• PlayerTextDrawSetProportional: Scale the text spacing in a player-textdraw to a proportional ratio.

• PlayerTextDrawUseBox: Toggle the box on a player-textdraw.

• PlayerTextDrawShow: Show a player-textdraw.

• PlayerTextDrawHide: Hide a player-textdraw.