drawIcon3D

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Description

Description:

Draws an ingame icon at a given position. Command has to be executed each frame. Use onEachFrame or addMissionEventHandler "Draw3D"

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

drawIcon3D [texture, color, pos, width, height, angle, text, shadow, textSize, font]

Parameters:

[texture, color, pos, width, height, angle, text, shadow, textSize, font]: Array

texture: String

color: Color

pos: Position

width: Number

height: Number

angle: Number

text: String - (optional)

shadow: Number - (optional)

textSize: Number - (optional)

font: String - (optional)

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

Icon and text:onEachFrame { drawIcon3D ["targetIcon.paa", [1,1,1,1], getPos cursorTarget, 1, 1, 45, "Target", 1, 0.05, "TahomaB"]; };

Example 2:

Just text: addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", { drawIcon3D ["", [1,0,0,1], position cursorTarget, 0, 0, 0, "Target", 1, 0.05, "PuristaMedium"]; }];

Additional Information

See also:

drawLine3D

Notes

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Notes

Posted on August 31, 2013

Killzone_Kid

As command syntax indicates, this command expects icon position in format Position meaning that over the land it expects PositionATL and over the sea PositionASL. Use additional ASLToATL and ATLToASL commands wherever is necessary. Alternatively use getPos or position commands, which will automatically adjust Z. To draw smooth moving icon for a moving object use visiblePosition and visiblePositionASL accordingly.

Posted on September 23, 2013

Killzone_Kid

This command works well with addon textures, however getting it to display mission textures is a bit tricky. Follow this guide:

Posted on April 19, 2014

AgentRev

Just a little precision to KK's first comment, this command expects PositionASLW over the sea, not regular ASL. Luckily, modelToWorld returns ATL over land and ASLW over sea, so if you want the icon to stay the the same place, you should use this snippet to find the correct position:

_pos = visiblePositionASL _object; _pos set [2, (_object modelToWorld [0,0,0]) select 2];

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Posted on October 23, 2014 - 02:42 (UTC)

DreadedEntity

drawIcon3D and BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler work well together.

Using formatting commands with drawIcon3D will not work, instead, they will be added to the string.
["uniqueID", "onEachFrame", { drawIcon3D["myIcon.jpg", [1,1,1,0.5], getPos player, 1, 1, 0, format["%1\n%2", "Dreaded", "Entity"]]; }] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler; Shown text will be Dreaded\nEntity. (A3 1.32.127785)

The "text" parameter must be a string. You cannot use Structured_Text.
["uniqueID", "onEachFrame", { drawIcon3D [ "myIcon.jpg", [1,1,1,0.5], getPos player, 1, 1, 0, parseText format["<t size='1.25' font='PuristaLight' color='#ff0000'>%1%2</t>", Dreaded, Entity] ]; }] call BIS_fnc_addStackedEventHandler; (A3 1.32.127785)

Posted on November 13

Iceman77

Remember that you can also use conditions to display and hide drawn 3d lines and icons. Here's a practical example, combining both drawLine3D and drawIcon3D. Works for both onEachFrame (stacked EH recommended) and EH. addMissionEventHandler ["Draw3D", { _startPoint = getPos myObject; if (player distance _startPoint < 25) then { _endPoint = getPos myObject; _endPoint set [2,1]; drawLine3D [_startPoint, _endPoint, [0,0,0,0.5]]; drawIcon3D ["\a3\ui_f\data\gui\cfg\hints\BasicLook_ca.paa", [0,0,0,0.5], _endPoint, 1, 1, 0]; }; }];