SFML 2.0

[nitram_cero]

That's not the issue.
Perhaps I can't use a font because if it's licence and can't ship the game with the game for that reason, or I want some other font in game that doesn't have a pixel version.

If I want to use a Liberation font in point size #4 (which is rather pixelated), it would be nice to be able to disable antialiasing. It's just adding another optional parameter in font load  :roll:  
Then (without smoothing) I could scale the sf::String to draw a bigger and more readable text.

[Laurent]

If I want to use a Liberation font in point size #4 (which is rather pixelated), it would be nice to be able to disable antialiasing. It's just adding another optional parameter in font load
Then (without smoothing) I could scale the sf::String to draw a bigger and more readable text.

This would look ugly

[heishe]

is it intentional that a sprite moves its position when you change its center?

[Laurent]

Yes, because the position (which doesn't change) is now the position of the new center

[heishe]

applying textures to shapes would be awesome.

[Laurent]

For doing what? Do you have a useful example?

[eleinvisible]

Textured polygons would be useful, like in Soldat. Also SDL_gfx provides textured polygons, so perhaps it is something SFML should provide as well?

[Laurent]

Textured polygons would be useful, like in Soldat

What is Soldat?

Also SDL_gfx provides textured polygons, so perhaps it is something SFML should provide as well?

SFML doesn't aim at being a clone of SDL & co

[julen26]

Soldat is a free 2D shooter game online. The maps are done with textured polygons.
Its a good idea if you want to use polygon collisions.

[teto]

Very good game btw:
www.soldat.pl to download it.

[heishe]

For doing what? Do you have a useful example?

example: i want to do a 2d sidescroller that isn't based on tiles, because tiles limit your accuracy of movement (cause tiles are quad blocks). you can't really do realistic slopes, you always have to simulate them. stuff like loopings that aren't hardcoded like the ones you see in the sonic games would also be very hard to do. having actual slopes (meaning lines that are somehow rotated) makes calculations a lot easier.

now let's say you have a rock that has 7 corners. at the moment in sfml you can't really do stuff like that, cause you'd have to write an extremely slow and complex algorithm that creates sprites for you which replace a natural texture. you'd have to draw a lot of sprites to fill in the little gaps that come because sprites are quads, or alternatively you'd have to draw a seperate texture resembling a 7-corner-rock and manually attack it to your ingame rock.

all of that stuff is really complicated. it would be easier to just have the possibilty to take a texture and "lay it upon" a certain shape.

[Laurent]

Ok, I understand. I'll think about it.

[eleinvisible]

SFML doesn't aim at being a clone of SDL & co

Of course not, it aims to exceed them in all aspects :wink:

[Jaenis]

now let's say you have a rock that has 7 corners. at the moment in sfml you can't really do stuff like that

Couldn't you use OpenGL to draw a 7 sided polygon for you?
Something like:

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// Structure for coordinates
struct Coordinates
{
float x,y;
};

// Declare rock vertices and texture coordinates
struct Coordinates RockVert[7]={ {0,10}, {10,5}, ... };
struct Coordinates RockTex[7]={ {0,0}, {1,0.5}, ... };

// Load sf::Image
...
// Bind the image and set it to repeat, not mandatory
Image.Bind();
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_REPEAT);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_REPEAT);


// Inside main loop
{
...

// Draw polygon
Image.Bind();
glBegin(GL_POLYGON);
for (int i=0; i<7; i++)
{
glTexCoord2f(RockTex[i].x, RockTex[i].y);
glVertex2f(RockVert[i].x, RockVert[i].y);
}
glEnd();

...
}


If you want to set that texture repeating, it width and height has to be power of two (hardware requirement).
For example, texture size 128x128 or 32x64 will work with that repeat command.

[heishe]

yes of course i could do that and indeed i do that manually at the moment, but that's not really the point of asking for the feature.

i would not ask a manufacturer to build me a car because i don't know how to do it. i could build me a car, but it's complicated and time consuming. also building my own car without standardized equipment will make it hard for me to customize it later okay enough of the analogy here. you get what i mean.