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NeoTerraNova wrote:Is it possible to use a larger-than-standard graphic for a status bar? And have it scale properly to the user's screen resolution, so it doesn't look tiny on much larger resolutions? The original Doom one is fairly small - I'd like to use one about 80px tall by 800px wide, so I can show more detail. I've looked through the commented version of the doom_sbar file posted elsewhere, and I can't figure out how to make this enlarged status bar appear properly at the bottom of the screen.

SetSize(32, 320, 200);

NeoTerraNova wrote:-Is it possible to use two different types of images to represent a currently selected inventory item AND weapon? I ask this, so I can have a larger and more detailed graphic for the currently selected gear, and smaller icons for gear not selected, but held in reserve by the player.

NeoTerraNova wrote:-Is it possible to forcibly scale up the status bar number font, in the code, to match the now-larger status bar, or do I have to manually edit the image files and increase the size of the graphics themselves?

NeoTerraNova wrote:
-Is it possible to use two different types of images to represent a currently selected inventory item AND weapon? I ask this, so I can have a larger and more detailed graphic for the currently selected gear, and smaller icons for gear not selected, but held in reserve by the player.


I'm sorry, but I didn't quite understand that question. If you want a single icon to represent both a weapon and an item, then the total number of icons will be WxI where W is the number of weapons and I is the number of items. Not very practical, so I suggest you have W icons for your weapons and I icons for your items and draw them somewhere close to each other to represent the currently selected weapon and inventory. Please clarify if you wanted something else, sorry I couldn't get you at first.

1. where exactly in your status bar you want to show your lists
2. how you want your lists to be laid out (e.g. just one column or row or a fixed number of them)
3. what should happen when there's not enough space to draw the rest of the list (e.g. allow overlapping anyway, discard the rest, or cycle through the contents periodically)

for (let ii = CPlayer.mo.FirstInv(); ii != null; ii = ii.NextInv())
{
    // ii is one of the selectable items the player is carrying
}

private static TextureID GetSpecialIconName(class<Inventory> item)
{
    string iconName;
    
    switch(item.GetClassName())
    {
        case 'Pistol':
            iconName = "MYICON1";
            break;
        case 'Shotgun':
            iconName = "MYICON2";
            break;
        // TODO: Rest of weapons/items here
        default:
            iconName = "";
            break;
    }
   
    return TexMan.CheckForTexture(iconName);
}

NeoTerraNova wrote:Well, I started in on things, and I managed to get my new Status Bar centered at the bottom of the screen. How do I get it to scale up properly with the User's own screen resolution? I tried playing with the internal settings, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

You should implement a fullscreen HUD for that, not a status bar.

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 ();
    }
}

NeoTerraNova wrote:How do I get it to scale up properly with the User's own screen resolution?

Width = SW / HX
Height = SH / HY

let hudScale = GetHUDScale();
double w = Screen.GetWidth() / hudScale.X;
double h = Screen.GetHeight() / hudScale.Y;

// TODO: Do something with w and h...

class TestHUD : BaseStatusBar
{
    override void Draw(int state, double TicFrac)
    {
        if (state == HUD_FullScreen)
        {
            BeginHUD();
            
            let hudScale = GetHUDScale();
            double w = Screen.GetWidth() / hudScale.X;
            double h = Screen.GetHeight() / hudScale.Y;
            
            DrawImage("STBAR", (0, 0), DI_SCREEN_LEFT_BOTTOM|DI_ITEM_LEFT_BOTTOM|DI_FORCEFILL, box: (w, h/10));
        }
    }
}

• DI_SCREEN_LEFT_BOTTOM puts the point (0, 0) to the bottom left corner of the screen, positive X and Y values shifting it to the right and up respectively.
• DI_ITEM_LEFT_BOTTOM puts the bottom left corner of the image at the specified coordinates (in our case (0, 0)).
• DI_FORCEFILL overrides the scaling algorithm.
• box: (w, h/10) sets the size of the area where the image will be drawn, and since DI_FORCEFILL is set, it will fill the entire box with the image, ignoring the scale.