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How to make a simple HUD with no library

I am writing a simple game in c++ using opengl in a windows system. I have the scene and I need some informative text to appeared to the left top/bottom of the screen I am printing these messages ...
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Font outline in OpenGL, FTGL

I'm using FTGL library to render fonts in my game, but I have completely no idea how to create an outline around text. Achieving a shadow could be easy, because I can simply do it like this: (pseudo ...
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How to efficiently render resizable GUI elements in DirectX?

I wonder what would be most efficient way to render the GUI elements. When we're talking about constant-size elements (that can still be moving), the textures' atlas seems to be good. But what with ...
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Rendering only a part of text FTGL, OpenGL

I'm using FTGL library to render text in my C++ project. I can easily render text by using: CFontManager::Instance().renderWrappedText(font, lineLength, position, text); Unfortunately there is a ...
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Informing GUI objects about screen size - Designing

I have a problem with designing classes for my game which I create. In my app, there is: class CGame which contains all the information about game itself, e.g. screen width, screen height, etc. In ...
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Resizing a dynamically resizable widget with a fixed aspect ratio?

I've been trying to figure this out for hours. It is a bit tricky to explain but I'll try to explain it. I'm making a game where I have a Window with 3 panels in it. The 3 panels must always be ...
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Anyone have a game UI recommendation? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What C++ GUI library can you suggest? I am creating a simple 2 dimensional GUI for an RPG game. It will be pretty simple and will contain a few windows a chat box. Does ...
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how to keep a GUI on-screen without moving or resizing it according to camera movement

Hey i'm trying to make a GUI lib with SFML, and everything's done except one problem: Making the Interface stay still even when the camera moves or zooms in/out. This would be easy to fix if zooming ...
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What C++ containers should I use for my UI elements?

I am writing some UI stuff for my games in C++. Basically its a very common problem, but I dont know the best answer yet. Suppose inside my UI Library I have a view class which renders 2D/3D scene. ...
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GUI for DirectX

I'm looking for a GUI library built on top of DirectX- preferably 9, but I can also do 11. I've looked at stuff like DXUT, but it's way too much for me- I'm only needing some UI controls which I would ...
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Should Game Gui APIs use themes?

I'm making a GUI API (in C++) for games which uses Allegro 5 as a backend. I looked at how GuiChan works and noticed that they intend for the user to override the paint event and do all the drawing ...
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Good GUI for OpenGL [closed]

I am starting to learn OpenGL with FreeGLUT using the Superbible and the knowledge i have from my elementary graphics to brush up on my skills. To get more from this experience i want to integrate a ...
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Defining GUI control event responses using Lua in C++

I'm using Irrlicht(C++) for a 3D engine, and it has a built in GUI system. The GUI events are something like this: switch(eventtype) case button_pressed:     stuff case ...
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GUI Elements - How to go about them?

Note: I plan on making my own GUI system. It will be good for learning, lightweight, only have bits I need, ties in with the game, etc. I was thinking about how to do it. The elements I mean are: ...
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What C++ GUI library can you suggest?

I'm building my own game engine in C++ and I'm currently deciding on what user interface I should use. Should I use a library? Should I make my own?