RTS hit points indicator, in 3d canvas or in 2d canvas?

[Nikos123]

I quite like how hit points are done in the defiance game. I was wanting to show them in mine when units fire on an enemy by either floating hit point text in 3d or in a 2d canvas in a layer above.

 

What would recommend?

[Wingnut]

What?  Huh?  What the heck is Nikos asking about now? 

 

BabylonJS dynamicTexture text on a plane parented to the camera

   vs.

Absolute-positioned html span/div?

 

Is that what he's asking about? 

 

Me, personally, I like a big DIV packed with SPANS across the top of my canvas. Easy CSS padding, margins, borders, fonts, good for putting all sorts of junk upon.  But that's me.  Others' mileage may vary.

 

http://urbanproductions.com/wingy/babylon/thruster/t26/flyer26.htm  (made before I knew about toFixed and there's some dark textures in the scene. I should update that thing someday, eh?)