How to select what sprite or texture to render first? - java

I'm making a game using libgdx and I encountered a problem when rendering textures
batch.draw(background, x, y, width, height);
sprite.draw(batch); //of course the background will be rendered first
And when I do this:
sprite.draw(batch);
batch.draw(background, x, y, width, height); //the background will cover the sprite
My problem is that I use two cameras, on is static and the other is non-static. So I need a way on how to select which sprite or texture to be rendered first so that it wont be covered by other textures.

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Libgdx background image not fitting

I am developing a game which has 480x800 VIRTUAL screen sizes. Also I render my map using TiledMapRenderer. My problem is fitting background and HUD elements into the screen which has different ratio than 480/800 (Mostly taller devices). Some devices show blank area at the bottom of screen.
//my viewport (WIDTH = 480, HEIGHT = 800)
viewport = new ScalingViewport(Scaling.fillX,MyGdxGame.WIDTH,MyGdxGame.HEIGHT,camera);
#Override
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My screen should fit the X, but background image should fit X and Y without changing the aspect ratio. In this case ScalingViewport does not solve my problem, and if I change the viewport, I have to code everything from beginning.
#Override
public void render(float delta) {
update(delta);
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Gdx.gl.glClearColor(46f/255,46f/255,46f/255,1f);
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
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Should I use multiple viewport? Or is there any way to fit my background into the screen? By the way I do not want to change my camera if there is a way.
Yes, you should use second viewport for your HUD elements.
I would recommend using ExtendViewport
ExtendViewport viewport = new ExtendViewport(MyGdxGame.WIDTH,MyGdxGame.HEIGHT);
It fills all screen (without black bars) and keeps aspect ratio for all resolutions.

positioning a sprite in libgdx

I've got a problem to draw a sprite to my project.
I have a map (960x900) divided into tiles (64x64).
As you can see in the picture, when i click on the bottom left corner of the purple square, the position is (0;0), and when I click on the top right corner of purple square, the position is (36;47)
The problem is that the picture of the purple square has a size of 32x32, and when I draw this picture with libgdx on the screen, the size doesn't match.
Another example: the square with black border has a size of 64x64. So if I draw the purple square in front of the black, the purple should be the half (in height and in width) of the black, no?
Does anyone know why libgdx resizes the purple square?
Sprite sprite = new Sprite(new Texture("assets/purpleSquare.png"));
i draw it in a method
public void render(SpriteBatch batch) {
batch.draw(sprite, 0, 0);
}
I don't know why the picture is resized by libgdx.. I have also tried to do
batch.draw(sprite, 0, 0, width, heigth);
To precise the sprite's size but it doesn't work too..
The size on screen bears no direct relation to the size of the original image. When you draw a sprite you provide the SpriteBatch with a position, width, and height in world coordinates. The sprite will be stretched to fit these world coordinates, regardless of the original image size.
When you click the screen, you are clicking in screen coordinates. The relation between screen and world coordinates is determined by the projection matrix that you use with the SpriteBatch. The projection matrix is typically controlled with a Camera or Viewport object, which you can use to convert between the two coordinate systems using the project and unproject methods.
I'm happy to see that after many hours i found a solution, even if i know which is not correct.
I would like some help to understand the problem's origin.
With this parts of code :
public void update(float delta) {
batch.begin();
drawBackground(); // Draw the background
drawButton(); // Draw the play/pause button
batch.end();
drawMap(); // draw a tmx map made with tiled
batch.begin();
if(!world.isInitial()) {
renderMonster(); // method which draw the monster
}
renderTower(); // method which draw the tower's level
batch.end();
}
I don't understand why i have to do "batch.begin()" and "batch.end()" twice.
I dont' understant why with this code, the purple square is resized.
With this code :
public void update(float delta) {
batch.begin();
drawBackground();
drawButton();
batch.end();
drawMap();
------->sb = new SpriteBatch();
sb.begin();
if(!world.isInitial()) {
renderMonster();
}
renderTower();
sb.end();
}
this line that i add fix the bug with the purple square. If i work with two SpriteBatch (because with one, if i reinitialize SpriteBatch in update method, my pause/play button diseapper) and i initialise the second (SpriteBatch sb) in the update method.
It is correct to initialise a SpriteBatch every time i'm passing on the update method ? There's no method with a SpriteBatch to avoid this problem ?

How can I fill a circle in libgdx?

using the ShapeRenderer class, I can only fill rectangles.
So how can I fill a circle?
and if possible, fill a sector (portion of a circle)?
As in the example of the shaperender
shapeRenderer.begin(ShapeType.Filled);
shapeRenderer.setColor(0, 1, 0, 1);
shapeRenderer.rect(x, y, width, height); // fills a rect
shapeRenderer.circle(x, y, radius);//<--- fills a circle
shapeRenderer.end();
should fill the circle. How to get a portion of a cicle i have no clue. Maybe create a mesh and fill it or such like that. Take a look at the shaperender there are differnet methods to fill parts. Just check if some of them fit.
For your second question, there is a method that fills only a portion of a circle
shapeRenderer.begin(ShapeType.Filled);
shapeRenderer.setColor(0, 1, 0, 1);
shapeRenderer.arc(x, y, radius, start, degrees, segments); // Fills a portion of a circle
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I am passing in an object for Android to paint using it's canvas. The object to rotated to match the horizon. I am trying to find the translated points which canvas calculates given the point and angle I give it.
For example:
I use the following canvas methods to paint it. Where x,y are the screen coordinates and rotation is the rotation of the screen relative to the horizon.
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canvas.translate(x,y);
canvas.rotate(rotation);
obj.paint(canvas);
canvas.restore();
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canvas.translate(-width/2, -height/2);
setFill(true);
setColor(backgroundColor);
paintRect(canvas, x, y, width, height);
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setColor(borderColor);
paintRect(canvas, x, y, width, height);
canvas.restore();
paintRect() looks like this:
canvas.drawRect(x, y, x + width, y + height, paint);
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Android OpenGL ES ortho strange aspect ratio

I'm quite new to OpenGL ES and I'm trying to draw some textured quads. I want to keep it 2D so I decided to use orthographic projection. What I really want is to draw a plane that takes the same relative amount of screen space on every device regardless the screen resolution.
The problem I encounter is the setup of the orthographic projection. The aspect ratio just isn't correct. A square is drawn as a rectangle in the height. This is my code so far:
The Renderer:
// automatically looped by android
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// clear screen and buffer
gl.glClear(GL10.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL10.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
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gl.glScalef(0.2f, 0.2f, 0.0f);
object.draw(gl);
gl.glLoadIdentity();
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}
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gl.glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
gl.glOrthof(0f, 480f, 0f, 800f, -1f, 1f);
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Kind regards,
Daan
Why are you hardcoding the width and height to glOrthof? Shouldn't you use the passed in width and height?
gl.glOrthof(0f, width, 0f, height, -1f, 1f);
I have found the answer to my problem. First of all I was hardcoding the width and height wich wasn't a good option. To have a fixed with on all screen resolutions i now calculate the aspect ratio and for the height I use the with multiplied by the aspect ratio.
Another problem was the fact that I hadn't reset the projection matrix prior to setting the glortho. I have changed all this and it solved the problem:
public void onSurfaceChanged(GL10 gl, int width, int height) {
gl.glViewport(0, 0, width, height);
gl.glMatrixMode(GL10.GL_PROJECTION);
gl.glLoadIdentity();
gl.glOrthof(0f, 320, 0f, 320*aspect, -1f, 1f);
}
I hope this will be helpfull for somebody.
Kind regards,
Daan
Looks like you've solved it. Can you provide details on how you calculated the aspect variable (a division of height and width perhaps?) Just as an FYI, the height and width values passed in to the onSurfaceChanged() event are indeed dynamic. For instance, they are reversed when you flip the screen orientation.
I'm relatively new to this as well, but in my desktop gl experience, it's important to factor these in when a window size changes.

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