3D2D Text is Weird

Garry's Mod coding
#1

I’m drawing some text in 3D2D. This is what it looks like.

Here is the code.

[lua]surface.CreateFont(“Army”,60,600,true,false,“TestFont2”)
local ang = Angle(0,0,90)
function ENT:Draw()
self.Entity:DrawModel()

ang.yaw = ang.yaw + 1
if ang.yaw > 360 then ang.yaw = 0 end

local col,cap,str = color_white, self.Entity:GetNWInt("HasCapped"),"no team"
//if cap == 1 then col = team.GetColor(1) elseif cap == 2 then col = team.GetColor(2) end
if cap == 1 then col,str = Color(255,0,0),"Red" elseif cap == 2 then col,str = Color(0,0,255),"Blue" end

cam.Start3D2D(self.Entity:GetPos() + Vector(0,0,150),ang , 1)
	draw.SimpleTextOutlined(str, "TestFont2", 0, 0, col, 1, 1, 2, Color(0,0,0,255))
cam.End3D2D()

cam.Start3D2D(self.Entity:GetPos() + Vector(0,0,150),Angle(0,180 + ang.yaw,90) , 1)
	draw.SimpleTextOutlined(str, "TestFont2", 0, 0, col, 1, 1, 2, Color(0,0,0,255))
cam.End3D2D()

end[/lua]

Any clue why it’s being drawn behind the stuff like the trees and the building? It’s rather annoying.
(Errors are unrelated)

#2

Try putting this in shared.lua

[lua]ENT.RenderGroup = RENDERGROUP_BOTH[/lua]

#3

had the very same propblem myself, but can you explain some other render groups blackop’s please?

#4

I tried that with my 3D2D just and it doesn’t work with props, not sure about trees though.

[editline]10:56[/editline]

Can you not move it forward? Because it looks like it’s in the skybox and it’d probably be best if it wasn’t?

#5

i know what you mean when you say it looks like part of the sky box, i am making a rulesboard and people think that it sizes in function to their distance and its part of skybox :frowning:

#6

Well, I’m not sure how correct this is, but if you put it in a 3D skybox wouldn’t it multiply the size by 16?

#7

well it draws behind the props so it only looks like a skybox, not is one :stuck_out_tongue:

#8

I remember setting it to RENDERGROUP_TRANSLUCENT for my 3D2D text. Try that?

#9

That’s what I have mine on, yeah, I presumed he would of already been using that though.

#10

It’s not in the skybox. It is positioned directly above the prop on the ground. It just looks like it’s in the skybox because the trees/buildings are rendered in front of it.

#11

Strange. Have you experimented with both:
[lua]ENT.RenderGroup = RENDERGROUP_TRANSLUCENT;
ENT.RenderGroup = RENDERGROUP_BOTH;[/lua]

[editline]13:47[/editline]

I mean separately*.