Creating text with a group

[Jackal16]

Hi Guys does anyone know if its possible to create text using

 

group.create() ?

 

I tried setting the group classType to Text but just got an exception?

 

Cheers

[tips4design]

Try something like this:

var myGroup = game.add.group();var text= game.add.text('...');myGroup.add(text);

[Jackal16]

Yeah thats what I went for in the end.

 

Looking at the firefox canvas debugger the text seems to require a draw call for each bit of text - does grouping them stop this and make them draw together?

[tips4design]

Yeah thats what I went for in the end.

 

Looking at the firefox canvas debugger the text seems to require a draw call for each bit of text - does grouping them stop this and make them draw together?

Well, to draw the text you have to draw each letter. It should only be drawn again after that only if you update the text (or some of it's properties).

[Jackal16]

Most of the sprites seem to be drawn in one draw call, each text element seems to be drawn in its own call.

[tips4design]

Most of the sprites seem to be drawn in one draw call, each text element seems to be drawn in its own call.

Because a sprite is a single image, but each letter from a text is a different image/shape requiring drawing. Think of drawing text as drawing a sprite for each letter.

[rich]

Phaser.Text uses a single canvas element to render the text to, so it's one texture and one draw call, regardless how much text there is.

 

However BitmapText uses one Sprite for each character within the text string. If the text isn't going to change you can cache it as a bitmap, but if you're using it for something that updates often like a score or health counter then this isn't a sensible option.