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diff --git a/doc/lua_api.txt b/doc/lua_api.txt index d4d078e27..44b2a0b63 100644 --- a/doc/lua_api.txt +++ b/doc/lua_api.txt @@ -401,6 +401,43 @@ Currently supported flags: absheight Also produce this same ore between the height range of -height_max and -height_min. Useful for having ore in sky realms without having to duplicate ore entries. +HUD element types +------------------- +The position field is used for all element types. +To account for differing resolutions, the position coordinates are the percentage of the screen, +ranging in value from 0 to 1. +The name field is not yet used, but should contain a description of what the HUD element represents. +Below are the specific uses for fields in each type; fields not listed for that type are ignored. + +Note: Future revisions to the HUD API may be incompatible; the HUD API is still in the experimental stages. + +- image + Displays an image on the HUD. + - scale: The scale of the image, with 1 being the original texture size. + Only the X coordinate scale is used. + - text: The name of the texture that is displayed. +- text + Displays text on the HUD. + - scale: Defines the bounding rectangle of the text. + A value such as {x=100, y=100} should work. + - text: The text to be displayed in the HUD element. + - number: An integer containing the RGB value of the color used to draw the text. + Specify 0xFFFFFF for white text, 0xFF0000 for red, and so on. +- statbar + Displays a horizontal bar made up of half-images. + - text: The name of the texture that is used. + - number: The number of half-textures that are displayed. + If odd, will end with a vertically center-split texture. +- inventory + - text: The name of the inventory list to be displayed. + - number: Number of items in the inventory to be displayed. + - item: Position of item that is selected. + - direction: Direction in which the inventory list is drawn. + 0 draws from left to right, + 1 draws from right to left, + 2 draws from top to bottom, and + 3 draws from bottom to top. + Representations of simple things -------------------------------- Position/vector: @@ -1379,19 +1416,11 @@ Player-only: (no-op for other objects) modifies per-player walking speed, jump height, and gravity. Values default to 1 and act as offsets to the physics settings in minetest.conf. nil will keep the current setting. -- hud_add(id, hud definition) - ^ id is used for later reference - ^ If this id has already been used, it will reset its drawform -- hud_rm(id): remove an id from the lua hud -- hud_change(id, stat, value): change a value of a previously added element - ^ stat/table key: 0/position, 1/name, 2/scale, 3/text, 4/number, - ^ 5/item, 6/dir -- hud_get_next_id(): get the next available id for a hud element -- hud_lock_next_bar(right): add a non-conflicting statbar - ^ if right, will claim spot on right side, rather then left - ^ returns element id on success, false otherwise -- hud_unlock_bar(id): remove a non-conflicting statbar - ^ id is the value returned by calling hud_lock_next_bar() +- hud_add(hud definition): add a HUD element described by HUD def, returns ID number on success +- hud_remove(id): remove the HUD element of the specified id +- hud_change(id, stat, value): change a value of a previously added HUD element + ^ element stat values: position, name, scale, text, number, item, dir +- hud_get(id): gets the HUD element definition structure of the specified ID InvRef: Reference to an inventory methods: @@ -1815,20 +1844,18 @@ Detached inventory callbacks ^ No return value } -HUD Definition (hud_add) +HUD Definition (hud_add, hud_get) { - type = "I", -- One of "I"(image), "S"(statbar), - ^ "T"(text), "i"(inv) - position = {x=0.5, y=0.5}, -- Left corner position + type = "image", + ^ type of HUD element, can be either of "image", "text", "statbar", or "inventory" + position = {x=0.5, y=0.5}, + ^ Left corner position of element name = "<name>", scale = {x=2, y=2}, text = "<text>", - ^ Used as texture name for statbars and images, and as list name - ^ for inv number = 2, - ^ Used as stat for statbar, and as # of items for inv - item = 3, -- Selected item in inv. 0 -> no item selected + item = 3, + ^ Selected item in inventory. 0 for no item selected. dir = 0, - ^ dir/inv direction: 0/left-right, 1/right-left, - ^ 2/top-bottom, 3/bottom-top + ^ Direction: 0: left-right, 1: right-left, 2: top-bottom, 3: bottom-top } |