Infinity sign in game maker

[skofrant]

how to get infinity sign in game maker?

Is there a font that is able to display such a sign? I'd like to use it with unlimited weapons.
if so, how then to trigger such a sign?

Thanks

 

[woods]

you could just use a sprite ;o)

 

[curato]

it is ascii 236. Never tried it in gamemaker but give it a try.

 

[GMWolf]

You would have to make sure it is included in your fonts glyph range.
The Manual should have all the info to learn how to setup fonts for different character ranges.

 

[skofrant]

the only question is how to trigger it .. maybe someone present has already done something like that?
I know, I know spricie it's not a problem, but I wanted the font ... without the sprite ..

 

[woods]

from looking at your code earlier..
drawing infinity sprite for weapon0 ammo....
something like this?

var i = current_weapon;
{
if !(i = 0)
  {
  draw_text(x+32,y+96,"ammo: "+string(global.wep[i,e_wep.ammo])); // draw ammo count
  }
else
  {
draw_sprite(spr_infinity,0,x+32, y+96);  // draw infinity for weapon0 ammo
  }

draw_text(x+32,y+48,"wep: "+string(global.wep[i,e_wep.name])); // draw weapon name 
}

 

[skofrant]

Thanks for your help;-)

 

[TsukaYuriko]

If the font you're using supports the glyph, and the font resource has that glyph included in its character range, you can just draw it normally:

draw_text(x, y, "∞");

 

[FoxyOfJungle]

You can also use the option to use your own font created with sprites and replace a character you don't use with an infinite sign (Maybe the characters @, §, *, ¬)
I did it on my 2D engine which is in my signature.