Floating Onscreen Image?

Scripting Issues
1

What I’m trying to do is create a menu using a series of image files. The thing is I’m not sure that best method to load and display the images. I know that using the OnscreenImage is taxing on the system to call every frame.

The one thing that I can think of to best compare to what I want to do would be an on-screen scoreboard.

Would a billboard or using the card maker be a better approach to this? If so does anyone have any good links to a decent example on how to set either of these up?

Thanks!

2

hi, this is what im doing at my game, im using it for the score.

'''
Created on 25.06.2009

@author: dirk hochegger
'''
import direct.directbase.DirectStart
from direct.showbase.DirectObject import DirectObject
from pandac.PandaModules import Point3,Vec3,Vec4
from direct.filter.CommonFilters import CommonFilters
import random,math

plates = {}
tex = {}
count = 10
textures = ['textures/counts/zero.png',
            'textures/counts/one.png',
            'textures/counts/two.png',
            'textures/counts/three.png',
            'textures/counts/four.png',
            'textures/counts/five.png',
            'textures/counts/six.png',
            'textures/counts/seven.png',
            'textures/counts/eight.png',
            'textures/counts/nine.png']
space = 0
for i in range(count):
    plates[i] = loader.loadModel("models/plane")  
    firstPOS = Vec3(-5+space,12.5,-1)    
    plates[i].setPos(firstPOS)
    plates[i].setScale(1.4,3.8,.8)
    plates[i].reparentTo(render2d)
    space +=1.15
for i in range(count):
    tex[i] = loader.loadTexture(textures[i])
    tex[i].setAnisotropicDegree(0)
    tex[i].setMagfilter(0)
    plates[i].setTexture(tex[i], 1)

base.disableMouse()
  
class counts(DirectObject):
    '''
    classdocs
    '''
     def __init__(self):
        '''
        Constructor
        '''       
        taskMgr.add(self.paint,"paintTASK")
        self.points = "9876543210"
     
    def paint(self,task): 
        time = task.time*1.5 
        for i in range(count):
            xx =int(8+math.sin(time)*9)
            xx1 = int(self.points[i])
            if ((xx>=0)and(xx < xx1+1)):
                plates[i].setTexture(tex[xx], 1)
        return task.cont
c = counts()

class getCOUNTS(DirectObject):   
    def getPLATES(self):
        objPLATES = {}
        for i in range(len(plates)):
            objPLATES[i] = plates[i]
        return objPLATES
gc = getCOUNTS()