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[tabc3dd]

I'm planning on adding a HUD to the RTS i'm develloping. However, HUDs are rather big elements which take some part of the screen, and I was wondering if there was an efficient way to force the game to not attempt to render objects behind the HUD. I believe that this could allow me to gain a bit more performance from my game, however I haven't found anything as of yet.

Thank you
Tabc3dd

[AhmedElyamani]

the object that draws the HUD shall have a big depth
for example 10⁶
Ahmed.

[tabc3dd]

the object that draws the HUD shall have a big depth
for example 10⁶
Ahmed.

You mean a huge negative depth no ? But won't the game still draw the objects underneath it then overlap them with the HUD ?
Thank you
Tabc3dd

[Artaex Media]

You mean a huge negative depth no ? But won't the game still draw the objects underneath it then overlap them with the HUD ?

Negative depth is the only way I guess...
It will draw the HUD on top of everything.

Or you could try to deactive objects behind the HUD but that could screw up the game :/

[Tobias(NL)]

I think that would slow down your game, as it probably costs more fps to constantly check for instances behind the HUD, ánd deactivating them instead of drawing them behind the hud (I assume your HUD has a negative depth).

Edited by Tobias(NL), 15 February 2012 - 08:43 PM.

[Caracol]

Don't deactivate them... that would be dumb, because they would all stop moving as soon as they got under your HUD, which I'm assuming you don't want.

In their draw events, you could do something like this...

if (!underHUD)
{
    draw_sprite(sprite_index,image_index, x, y);
}

Although, like Tobias said, this could negate any speed gained by not drawing the object by checking to see if it's under the HUD, but I can't be certain of that. I'm not familiar with what's exactly under the hood when it comes to drawing graphics.

[tabc3dd]

Ok then, I'll just keep drawing everything ^^, thanks for the answers though

[DZiW]

I'd rather use a view inside the HUD's view... Although it depends on the shape.
Perhaps, minimizing the HUD would be even better?