renderer

Functions for drawing visuals. Usually won't work outside the `paint` event.

Functions:

renderer.circle

renderer.circle(x: number, y: number, r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number, radius: number, start_degrees: number, percentage: number)

Argument
Type
Description

x

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate

y

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate

r

number

Red (0-255)

g

number

Green (0-255)

b

number

Blue (0-255)

a

number

Alpha (0-255)

radius

number

Radius of the circle in pixels.

start_degrees

number (0 - 360)

0 is the right side, 90 is the bottom, 180 is the left, 270 is the top.

percentage

number (0 - 1)

Must be within [0.0-1.0]. 1.0 is a full circle, 0.5 is a half circle, etc.

This can only be called from the paint callback.

renderer.circle_outline

renderer.circle_outline(x: number, y: number, r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number, radius: number, start_degrees: number, percentage: number, thickness: number)

Argument
Type
Description

x

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate

y

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate

r

number

Red (0-255)

g

number

Green (0-255)

b

number

Blue (0-255)

a

number

Alpha (0-255)

radius

number

Radius of the circle in pixels.

start_degrees

number (0 - 360)

0 is the right side, 90 is the bottom, 180 is the left, 270 is the top.

percentage

number (0 - 1)

Must be within [0.0-1.0]. 1.0 is a full circle, 0.5 is a half circle, etc.

thickness

number (px)

Thickness of the outline in pixels.

This can only be called from the paint callback.

renderer.gradient

renderer.gradient(x: number, y: number, w: number, h: number, r1: number, g1: number, b1: number, a1: number, r2: number, g2: number, b2: number, a2: number, ltr: boolean)

Argument
Type
Description

x

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate

y

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate

w

number (px)

Width in pixels

h

number (px)

Height in pixels

r1

number

Red (0-255)

g1

number

Green (0-255)

b1

number

Blue (0-255)

a1

number

Alpha (0-255)

r2

number

Red (0-255)

g2

number

Green (0-255)

b2

number

Blue (0-255)

a2

number

Alpha (0-255)

ltr

boolean

Left to right. Pass true for horizontal gradient, or false for vertical.

This can only be called from the paint callback.

renderer.indicator

renderer.indicator(r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number, ...): number

Argument
Type
Description

r

number

Red (0-255)

g

number

Green (0-255)

b

number

Blue (0-255)

a

number

Alpha (0-255)

...

The text that will be drawn

Returns the Y screen coordinate (vertical offset) of the drawn text, or nil on failure. This can only be called from the paint callback.

renderer.line

renderer.line(xa: number, ya: number, xb: number, yb: number, r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number)

Argument
Type
Description

xa

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate of point A

ya

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate of point A

xb

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate of point B

yb

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate of point B

r

number

Red (0-255)

g

number

Green (0-255)

b

number

Blue (0-255)

a

number

Alpha (0-255)

This can only be called from the paint callback.

renderer.load_jpg

renderer.load_jpg(contents: string, width: number, height: number): number (texture id)

Argument
Type
Description

contents

string

Raw JPG file contents

width

number (px)

Image width

height

number (px)

Image height

Loads a texture from raw JPG contents (with file header). Returns a texture ID that can be used with renderer.texture, or nil on failure

renderer.load_png

renderer.load_png(contents: string, width: number, height: number): number (texture id)

Argument
Type
Description

contents

string

Raw PNG file contents

width

number (px)

Image width

height

number (px)

Image height

Loads a texture from raw png contents (with file header). Returns a texture ID that can be used with renderer.texture, or nil on failure

renderer.load_rgba

renderer.load_rgba(contents: string, width: number, height: number): number (texture id)

Argument
Type
Description

contents

string

RGBA buffer (hex encoded - red = "\xFF\x00\x00\xFF")

width

number (px)

Width

height

number (px)

Height

Loads a texture from a RGBA buffer. Returns a texture ID that can be used with renderer.texture, or nil on failure

renderer.load_svg

renderer.load_svg(contents: string, width: number, height: number): number (texture id)

Argument
Type
Description

contents

string

SVG file contents

width

number (px)

Width

height

number (px)

Height

Returns a texture ID that can be used with renderer.texture, or nil on failure

renderer.measure_text

renderer.measure_text(flags: string, ...): number, number

Argument
Type
Description

flags

string (text flags)

"+" for large text, "-" for small text, or nil for normal sized text.

...

Text that will be measured

Returns width, height. This can only be called from the paint callback.

renderer.rectangle

renderer.rectangle(x: number, y: number, w: number, h: number, r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number)

Argument
Type
Description

x

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate

y

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate

w

number (px)

Width in pixels

h

number (px)

Height in pixels

r

number

Red (0-255)

g

number

Green (0-255)

b

number

Blue (0-255)

a

number

Alpha (0-255)

This can only be called from the paint callback.

renderer.text

renderer.text(x: number, y: number, r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number, flags: string, max_width: number, ...)

Argument
Type
Description

x

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate

y

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate

r

number

Red (0-255)

g

number

Green (0-255)

b

number

Blue (0-255)

a

number

Alpha (0-255)

flags

string (text flags)

"+" for large text, "-" for small text, "c" for centered text, "r" for right-aligned text, "b" for bold text, "d" for high DPI support. "c" can be combined with other flags. nil can be specified for normal sized uncentered text.

max_width

number

Text will be clipped if it exceeds this width in pixels. Use 0 for no limit.

...

Text that will be drawn

This can only be called from the paint callback.

renderer.texture

renderer.texture(id: number, x: number, y: number, w: number, h: number, r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number[, mode: string])

Argument
Type
Description

id

number (texture id)

Texture ID

x

number (screen coordinate)

X screen coordinate

y

number (screen coordinate)

Y screen coordinate

w

number (px)

Width

h

number (px)

Height

r

number

Red (0-255)

g

number

Green (0-255)

b

number

Blue (0-255)

a

number

Alpha (0-255)

mode

string

String: "f" for fill, "r" for repeat, otherwise automatic

Draws a texture from the texture id created from load_rgba, load_png, load_jpg or load_svg

renderer.triangle

renderer.triangle(x0: number, y0: number, x1: number, y1: number, x2: number, y2: number, r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number)

Argument
Type
Description

x0

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate X for point A

y0

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate Y for point A

x1

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate X for point B

y1

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate Y for point B

x2

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate X for point C

y2

number (screen coordinate)

Screen coordinate Y for point C

r

number

Red (0-255)

g

number

Green (0-255)

b

number

Blue (0-255)

a

number

Alpha (0-255)

This can only be called from the paint callback.

renderer.world_to_screen

renderer.world_to_screen(x: number, y: number, z: number): number, number, number

Argument
Type
Description

x

number (world coordinate)

Position in world space

y

number (world coordinate)

Position in world space

z

number (world coordinate)

Position in world space

Returns two screen coordinates (x, y), or nil if the world position is not visible on your screen. This can only be called from the paint callback.

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