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Kinsie wrote:Problem is, for some reason it returns null unless the font has previously been loaded in the Init() function.

Kinsie wrote:Moving this code to Init() as it stands results in a "VM execution aborted: tried to read from address zero" fatal error, which I'm assuming (without knowing exactly how the engine does it) is done because Init() runs before actors etc. like the player are loaded into the map.

Kinsie wrote:So! Here lies the question. How would I grab the player's playerclass's properties in the Init() function?

class MyPlayerPawn : DoomPlayer
{
    private ui string sbarFontName;
    private transient ui HUDFont sbarFont;

    property SBarFont : sbarFontName;

    Default
    {
        MyPlayerPawn.SBarFont "BIGFONT";
    }

    ui HUDFont GetSBarFont()
    {
        if (sbarFont == null)
        {
            sbarFont = HUDFont.Create(Font.FindFont(sbarFontName));
        }
        
        return sbarFont;
    }
}

Kinsie wrote:Would there be a way within the confines of the Init() function to iterate through all the classes in the playerclasses array, grab their SBarFont property string and load their font as a sort of precaching state/workaround? I've tried to do this myself, but haven't figured out a way that works.

for (uint i = 0; i < PlayerClasses.Size(); i++)
{
    let cls = PlayerClasses[i].Type;

    if (cls is 'MyPlayerPawn')
    {
        MyPlayerPawn(GetDefaultByType(cls)).GetSbarFont();
    }
}

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class Mix_PlayerPawn : PlayerPawn
{
	Default
	{
		Mix_PlayerPawn.SBarBack "graphics/stbar/stbar_default.png";
		Mix_PlayerPawn.SBarFont "HUDFONT_DOOM";
		Mix_PlayerPawn.SBarPercent true;
		Mix_PlayerPawn.SBarNumberHeight 171;
		Mix_PlayerPawn.SBarArmsHeight 170;
	}
	
	string SBarBack;
	property SBarBack : SBarBack;
	
	private ui string sbarFontName;
    private transient ui HUDFont sbarFont;
	property SBarFont : sbarFontName;
	
	bool SBarPercent;
	property SBarPercent : SBarPercent;
	
	int SBarNumberHeight;
	property SBarNumberHeight : SBarNumberHeight;
	
	int SBarArmsHeight;
	property SBarArmsHeight : SBarArmsHeight;
	
	
	ui HUDFont GetSBarFont()
    {
        if (sbarFont == null)
        {
            sbarFont = HUDFont.Create(Font.FindFont(sbarFontName));
        }
       
        return sbarFont;
    }
}

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class Mix_StatusBar : BaseStatusBar
{
	HUDFont mHUDFont;
	HUDFont mIndexFont;
	HUDFont mAmountFont;
	InventoryBarState diparms;
	
	HUDFont PlayerFont;
	HUDFont PlayerFallback;
	

	override void Init()
	{
		Super.Init();
		SetSize(32, 320, 200);

		// Create the font used for the fullscreen HUD
		Font fnt = "HUDFONT_DOOM";
		mHUDFont = HUDFont.Create(fnt, fnt.GetCharWidth("0"), Mono_CellLeft, 1, 1);
		fnt = "INDEXFONT_DOOM";
		mIndexFont = HUDFont.Create(fnt, fnt.GetCharWidth("0"), Mono_CellLeft);
		mAmountFont = HUDFont.Create("INDEXFONT");
		
		diparms = InventoryBarState.Create();
		
		// i need to define the fonts in init for them to load for reasons.
		// i can't access the player class in init because nothing's spawned yet.
		// i'm hoping to work around this in the future, but for now consider
		// this bullshit precaching or summat
		font fart;
		fart = "bigfont_consoledoom";
		fart = "hudnums_wolf"; 
		
		playerfallback = HUDFont.Create("BIGFONT");
		playerfont = playerfallback;
	}

	override void Draw (int state, double TicFrac)
	{
		Super.Draw (state, TicFrac);
		
		if (state == HUD_StatusBar)
		{
			BeginStatusBar();
			DrawMainBar (TicFrac);
		}
		else if (state == HUD_Fullscreen)
		{
			BeginHUD();
			DrawFullScreenStuff ();
		}
	}

	protected void DrawMainBar (double TicFrac)
	{
		let plr = Mix_PlayerPawn(CPlayer.mo);
		//Font plrfnt = Font.FindFont(plr.GetSBarFont());
		//Font plrfnt = plr.GetSBarFont();
		//playerfont = HUDFont.Create("BIGFONT");		
		
		playerfont = plr.GetSBarFont();
		
		if (!playerfont)
		{
			Console.Printf("\cdMix_Error: Font not found! Resorting to BigFont...");
			playerfont = playerfallback;    
		}
		
		DrawImage(plr.SBarBack, (-53, 168), DI_ITEM_OFFSETS);
		//DrawImage("STTPRCNT", (90, 171), DI_ITEM_OFFSETS);
		//DrawImage("STTPRCNT", (221, 171), DI_ITEM_OFFSETS);
		
		Inventory a1 = GetCurrentAmmo();
		if (a1 != null) DrawString(playerfont, FormatNumber(a1.Amount, 3), (23, plr.SBarNumberHeight), DI_TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER|DI_NOSHADOW);
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Kinsie wrote:The for loop at the end doesn't seem to make much difference, I guess the font needs to be explicitly loaded in Init()?

Player701 wrote:If you're using some other font (not a FONTDEFS-based one), could you please send it to me (perhaps via PM) so that I could test it myself?