Urgent question..how to display 2D image/text on Canvas(Java3D)?

Question

I am developing a first-person action game and want to add a box which show the value(eg,what weapon you are carrying,any value) on the canvas like CS,but I dont know how to set it up.I want to know how to create it?

Answer 1

Hey,
I'm new to java3d, but I'm pretty sure that you can draw 2D strings/images on top of a Canvas3D. Just make a custom Canvas3D class, then in that class implement postRender(), and in there you can do all your 2D displaying.
For example, this is what I did to display some information and graphics above the Canvas3D in my program:
public class CustomCanvas3D extends Canvas3D
public CustomCanvas3D(GraphicsConfiguration gcIn)
super(gcIn);
public void postRender()
J3DGraphics2D g = getGraphics2D();
Image crosshair = this.getToolkit().createImage("crosshair.png");
MediaTracker mt = new MediaTracker(this);
mt.addImage(crosshair, 0);
try
mt.waitForAll();
catch (InterruptedException e)
e.printStackTrace(System.out);
g.drawImage(crosshair, 200, 200, this);
g.setColor(Color.orange);
g.drawString(player.getVitalInformation(), 100, 100);
g.flush(true);
Hope that helped,
James Attenborough