Greenfoot

Leenza

2015/3/25

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public class Loser extends World
{

    /**
     * Constructor for objects of class Loser.
     * 
     */
    public Loser()
    {    
        // Create a new world with 600x400 cells with a cell size of 1x1 pixels.
        super(600, 400, 1); 
        showMessage();
    }
    public void showMessage()
    {
        GreenfootImage bg = getBackground();
        bg.setColor(Color.YELLOW);
        bg.drawString("You Lose", 300, 200);
    }
}

I have the above code in my game. It does show the text "you lose" like I want it too. However, it is very small. I want to make the text bigger. How do I do that?

danpost

2015/3/25

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You could change the Font object that the background image uses before drawing the String content on it. However, I find it much easier to just create a different image using the GreenfootImage constructor that requires the size and colors used to render the text and draw that image onto the background image:

GreenfootImage image = new GreenfootImage("You Lose", 120, Color.YELLOW, null);
getBackground().drawImage(image, 300-image.getWidth()/2, 200-image.getHeight()/2);

Leenza

2015/3/25

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danpost wrote...

You could change the Font object that the background image uses before drawing the String content on it. However, I find it much easier to just create a different image using the GreenfootImage constructor that requires the size and colors used to render the text and draw that image onto the background image:

GreenfootImage image = new GreenfootImage("You Lose", 120, Color.YELLOW, null);
getBackground().drawImage(image, 300-image.getWidth()/2, 200-image.getHeight()/2);

Where exactly would I put this code? Would I put it where I currently have

GreenfootImage bg = getBackground();
        bg.setColor(Color.YELLOW);
        bg.drawString("You Lose", 300, 200);

or somewhere else (sorry I am a beginner)

danpost

2015/3/25

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Leenza wrote...

Where exactly would I put this code? Would I put it where I currently have < Code Omitted > or somewhere else (sorry I am a beginner)

Yes, it would replace those exact lines.

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