Angled draw.RoundedBox

[RonanZer0]

Now this is probably a super simple and stupid question to ask, but...
I've seen in various HUD pictures (NOT downloadable examples that I could look at the code of) that they have "angled" (like a draw.RoundedBox but at a 45 degree angle) with perfect anti aliasing and everything. How would I do this kind of thing? Hopefully it's relatively simple.

[BoxOfFlex]

People who make HUDs use [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/surface/DrawPoly]surface.DrawPoly[/url] for angular looking designs.

[RonanZer0]

[QUOTE=LUModder;46204087]People who make HUDs use [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/surface/DrawPoly]surface.DrawPoly[/url] for angular looking designs.[/QUOTE]

Interesting, thanks.

[editline]ono[/editline]
Uh it's a liiiiitle bit confusing... How would I [i]center[/i] it? Please tell me there's an easier way than doing all this math manually.

[BoxOfFlex]

Helpful math shortcuts:

ScrH()
ScrW()
math.Rand(min,max)

These will center
ScrW()/2
ScrH()/2

[Kogitsune]

Going by the wiki, you could use [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/cam/PushModelMatrix]cam.PushModelMatrix[/url]

render.PushFilterMag( TEXFILTER.ANISOTROPIC )
render.PushFilterMin( TEXFILTER.ANISOTROPIC )

local m = Matrix( )
m:Translate( xpos, ypos )
m:Rotate( Angle( 0, amt, 0 ) )
m:Scale( vector_desired_scale )

cam.PushModelMatrix( m )
  draw.RoundedBox( ... )
cam.PopModelMatrix( )
render.PopFilterMag( )
render.PopFilterMin( )

Don't know if that will accomplish the desired anti-aliasing, but it seems pretty straightforward and doesn't involve managing a bunch of polygons yourself.

[RonanZer0]

[QUOTE=LUModder;46204192]Helpful math shortcuts:

ScrH()
ScrW()
math.Rand(min,max)

These will center
ScrW()/2
ScrH()/2[/QUOTE]

I know about those.
What I mean is, it seems almost impossible to center this...
[lua]local polydata = {}
polydata[1] = {}
polydata[1][1] = { x = 650, y = 0 }
polydata[1][2] = { x = 750, y = 0 }
polydata[1][3] = { x = 750, y = 50 }
polydata[1][4] = { x = 650, y = 50 }
polydata[1][5] = { x = 600, y = 0 }[/lua]
And have all of the shape still be perfectly intact, yet centered (horizontally)
[lua]local polydata = {}
polydata[1] = {}
polydata[1][1] = { x = ScrW() + 50, y = 0 }
polydata[1][2] = { x = ScrW() + 150, y = 0 }
polydata[1][3] = { x = ScrW() + 150, y = 50 }
polydata[1][4] = { x = ScrW() + 50, y = 50 }
polydata[1][5] = { x = ScrW(), y = 0 }[/lua]
makes em disappear

[Sereni]

[QUOTE=RonanZer0;46204255]I know about those.
What I mean is, it seems almost impossible to center this...
[lua]local polydata = {}
polydata[1] = {}
polydata[1][1] = { x = 650, y = 0 }
polydata[1][2] = { x = 750, y = 0 }
polydata[1][3] = { x = 750, y = 50 }
polydata[1][4] = { x = 650, y = 50 }
polydata[1][5] = { x = 600, y = 0 }[/lua]
And have all of the shape still be perfectly intact, yet centered (horizontally)
[lua]local polydata = {}
polydata[1] = {}
polydata[1][1] = { x = ScrW() + 50, y = 0 }
polydata[1][2] = { x = ScrW() + 150, y = 0 }
polydata[1][3] = { x = ScrW() + 150, y = 50 }
polydata[1][4] = { x = ScrW() + 50, y = 50 }
polydata[1][5] = { x = ScrW(), y = 0 }[/lua]
makes em disappear[/QUOTE]

Because you're drawing them off the screen. ScrW() returns the width of the screen so if you add to it it will be past the bounds of the screen.