(6.0.0) Coming from Native GM - JujuAdams/ScribbleOldDocs GitHub Wiki

Scribble offers a lot of advantages over GameMaker's native text renderer. However, this library can take some time to get used to. This short article serves as a guide to implementing common GameMaker functions using Scribble.

 

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draw_set_font() / draw_set_halign() / draw_set_color()

GameMaker:

draw_set_color(c_red);
draw_set_halign(fa_center);
draw_set_font(fnt_large);
draw_text(10, 10, "Hello world!");
draw_set_color(c_white);
draw_set_halign(fa_left);
draw_set_font(-1);

Scribble, using scribble_set_starting_format():

scribble_set_starting_format("fnt_large", c_red, fa_left);
scribble_draw(10, 10, "Hello world!");
scribble_reset();

 

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Partial Text Colouring

GameMaker:

draw_text(10, 10, "Hello");
draw_set_color(c_red);
draw_text(10 + string_width("Hello"), 10, " world!");
draw_set_color(c_white);

Scribble, using scribble_draw():

scribble_draw(10, 10, "Hello[c_red] world!");

 

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In-line Sprites

GameMaker:

var _x = 10;
draw_text(_x, 10, "This weapon costs ");
_x += string_width("This weapon costs ");
draw_sprite(spr_coin, 0, _x, 10);
_x += sprite_get_width(spr_coin);
draw_text_x, 10, "1,200");

Scribble, using scribble_draw():

scribble_draw(10, 10, "This weapon costs [spr_coin,0]1,200");

 

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draw_set_valign()

GameMaker:

draw_set_valign(fa_bottom);
draw_text(10, room_height - 10, "Hello world!");
draw_set_valign(fa_top);

Scribble, using scribble_scribble_set_box_align():

scribble_scribble_set_box_align(undefined, fa_bottom);
scribble_draw(10, room_height - 10, "Hello world!");
scribble_reset();

 

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Text Borders

GameMaker:

var _w = string_get_width("Hello world!");
var _h = string_get_height("Hello world!");
draw_set_color(c_white);
draw_rectangle(5, 5, 15 + _w, 15 + _h, false); //5px border
draw_set_color(c_black);
draw_text(10, 10, "Hello world!");

Scribble, using scribble_get_bbox():

var _bbox = scribble_get_bbox(10, 10, "Hello world!", 5, 5, 5, 5); //5px border
draw_set_color(c_white);
draw_rectangle(_bbox[0], _bbox[1], _bbox[2], _bbox[3], false);
scribble_draw(10, 10, "[c_black]Hello world!");