Get screen bounds of an actor

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argv
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Re: Get screen bounds of an actor

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Graf Zahl wrote:I know people won't like what I'm saying now, but doing any unprojection from the 3D view to the 2D screen on the script side is a dangerous thing.
I'm aware. This is already visible in the current engine: the brackets are incorrectly positioned when using the classic software renderer (but not GL or softpoly).

What do you suggest? There is no ZScript API for determining if/how/where an actor is projected onto the screen, as far as I can tell. How else is HUD code supposed to figure that out?
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Major Cooke
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Re: Get screen bounds of an actor

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Indeed. This is all we have so far and it's the closest solution.

Gutawer: There is one place where the four corner projection system is not going to work: tri-corner HUD elements. Is there any way your system can accommodate just a singular image?

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