keeping text static in a game window whilst the camera moves, 2d

noob51beta

Hi have been stuck on this for a while - I am aiming to keep a score in a static position in a game window whilst the camera moves keeping its focus on the player character. I have built a basic platformer - and as far as I have got with displaying the score - I can position text but it moves in relation to my player character e.g., when the player jumps, so does the text label. I would like to keep it static - any help gratefully received.

Megalomaniak

Include a viewport container node and a viewport node under that, then move the non GUI nodes under that viewport node, including the camera.

Better yet, create a new scene with the following hierarchy:

Control
CenterContainer
ViewportContainer
Viewport(Instance game scene under here)

MarginContainer(Instance GUI scene under here)

edit n³: ok, now it looks right.

noob51beta

Thank you for that assist Megalomaniak - some new nodes for me to look into. My game works in the ViewportContainer - I know about that now, thanks - but the MarginContainer contents are moving with the camera rather than remaining static in a corner of the screen. I will persevere.

Megalomaniak

Hmm, odd. How are you handling the camera control?

edit: maybe try moving the children of the CenterContainer under Control and remove the center container, I just checked and my own project doesn't actually use that. Maybe it is causing the issue.

Megalomaniak

Here's a quick demo to hopefully help you: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vgM43H-u0JQ2WnI-0Tc0tMyD3EvEH4dQ

This is basically designed to be used in a isometric top-down sort of game, but you can probably modify it to your needs easily enough.

noob51beta

Thank you for the further assists Megalomaniak. I am at quiet a basic level with Godot presently - as far as camera control goes, I just have a 2d camera in my player character scene as a node of the player character. I have downloaded the file and will take a look. I know the logic behind what I am trying to accomplish but have probably got a bit lost in my fervor to create a game - a static scene and a moving one through the same camera. Thank you again.

Megalomaniak

Well, in that case there's probably quite a few things to explore in there. Note that some nodes were renamed. To see what type a node is just mouse hover over it in the scene hierarchy/outliner. Any settings on a node that have been modified from the defaults will show a cyclic arrow to reset the property field in the inspector.

noob51beta

Back again …

CanvasLayer

	Label

That simple in the context of my project - variable converted to string in the label script, displayed in the label. Some huge errors on my part missing this easy solution to begin with.

Megalomaniak

Great! And hopefully the demo had some value to offer too. Might still have some to someone else I guess.