draw_healthbar

Draws a custom healthbar.

Syntax:

draw_healthbar(x1, y1, x2, y2, amount, backcol, mincol, maxcol, direction, showback, showborder);


Argument Description
x1 The x coordinate of the left of the healthbar
y1 The y coordinate of the top of the healthbar
x2 The x coordinate of the right of the healthbar
y2 The y coordinate of the bottom of the healthbar
amount The variable which defines total health (between 0 and 100)
backcol The colour of the background for the bar
mincol The colour of the bar when at no health (0)
maxcol The colour of the bar when at full health (100)
direction Where the bar is 'anchored' (0 = left, 1 = right, 2 = top, 3 = bottom)
showback Whether the bar's background is drawn (true) or not (false). If false, the backcol argument is disregarded.
showborder Whether the bar's elements have a 1px wide black border (true) or not (false).


Returns: N/A


Description

With this function you can draw a coloured bar to show a constant value. Although the function uses the word "healthbar" you can use this to display anything you wish as long as the amount to be displayed is a percentage value between 0 and 100 (a percentage of any value can be calculated with the formula (CURRENT_Value / MAXIMUM_value) * 100), so, for example, you can use this to display power, health, mana, time or anything else that would benefit from a bar display.

You can set various different things that change the visual aspect of the bar and these are illustrated in the image below (note that the colours used here are c_green for the maximum value and c_red for the minimum value, but you can use the colours that you wish):


Example:

var pc;
pc = (hp / max_hp) * 100;
draw_healthbar(100, 100, 500, 200, pc, c_black, c_red, c_lime, 0, true, true)

The above code uses the percentage value that you get from the variables "hp" and "hp_max" to draw a standard red/green healthbar.


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