Drawing text using a picture

[Astfgl66]

Hi everyone!


I'm trying to draw text on the map.


I did it by using a picture: here is how I do it:

• Get the picture id
  
• Create a new bitmap for the picture if there is none. The bitmap will be the size of the screen.
  
• Display the picture at 0,0
  
• Modify the picture bitmap by first clearing it, then drawing text at the x,y coordinates
  

Game_Screen.prototype.draw_text = function(id,text,x,y,align,width,height) {
width = width || 812
height = height || 624
align = align || "left"
var a = SceneManager._scene._spriteset._pictureContainer.children[id-1]
if (!a.bitmap) {
a.bitmap = new Bitmap(width,height)
}
$gameScreen.showPicture(id, '', 0, 0, 0, 100,100, 255, 0);
a.bitmap.clear()
a.bitmap.drawText(text ,x ,y ,width ,height ,align)
}


What i cannot comprehend is: why is the text displayed mid screen instead of at 0,0 ?


Here is how it looks:

Spoiler

The script call is:


$gameScreen.draw_text(2,"Alpha",0,0)

If you have any idea why I would be so grateful! I've been searching for hours.


Returning the y position of the picture returns 0 as it should. And by moving the picture to -312 I get the text where it should be. But I am writing on the image at 0,0 not 0,312 so why is the text displayed there?


The project I wrote the function on literally has only that plugin in it. Strictly default other than that, so no interference from any other plugin.


Gah. I don't understand, my function is logical, my script call is valid... Clearly I must be missing something.