[answered] Date display overlay and related questions

[Megaman Z]

okay, at the risk of spoiling some of the surprise on one of my secret projects, I have a few questions that involve dates, overlays, and date calculations:

1) [answered] what script would I need to use to display a date (not necessarily a real-world (month/day/year) date, but a date nonetheless) at a specific part of the screen (for instance, the top-right corner)?


2) [answered] what python scripting would be the equivalent for this pseudocode?

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int CurrentDay = 1; //initialize this to one
int DisplayDay = 1;
str DisplayMonth = "January"; //day 1 == month 1 or "January"
int DisplayYear = 1; //see above
str Weekday = "Sunday"; // day 1 = sunday - using 7-day week

void GetCurrentDate() {
    DisplayDay = CurrentDay % 35;
    DisplayMonth = GetMonth(CurrentDay / 35);
    Weekday = GetDayOfWeek(CurrentDay);
    DisplayYear = (CurrentDay / 140) + 1;
    return;
}

str GetDayOfWeek(temp1 as int) {
    switch(temp1 % 7){
        case == 0 {
            return "saturday"; //day 1 == sunday. remember.
        }
        case == 1 {
            return "sunday";
        }
// continue like this for case == 2 ~ case == 6
}

str GetMonth(temp1 as int) {
    switch(temp1 % 12){
        case == 0 {
            return "January"
        }
// repeat for case == 1 ~ case == 11
}

3) [answered] how do I set a background for the area of the screen the date occupies?

[edit: fixed a typo in the pseudocode]
[edit2: added a third request]

[chunderbunny]

This is a straight transliteration of your pseudocode. Personally, I woudln't use globals in GetCurrentDate, but this might be easier depending on the rest of your code. Also I havn't checked the algorithm!

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CurrentDay = 1 #initialize this to one
DisplayDay = 1
DisplayMonth = "January" #day 1 == month 1 or "January"
DisplayYear = 1 #see above
Weekday = "Sunday" # day 1 = sunday - using 7-day week

def GetCurrentDate():
    global DisplayDay
    global DisplayMonth
    global Weekday
    global DisplayYear
    DisplayDay = CurrentDay % 35
    DisplayMonth = GetMonth(CurrentDay / 35)
    Weekday = GetDayOfWeek(CurrentDay)
    DisplayYear = (CurrentDay / 140) + 1


def GetDayOfWeek(temp1):
    case = temp1 % 7
    if case == 0:
        return "saturday"
    elif case == 1:
        return "sunday"
    elif case == 2:
        return "monday"
    # continue like this for case == 2 ~ case == 6


def GetMonth(temp1):
    case = temp1 % 12
    if case == 0:
        return "January"
    elif case == 1:
        return "February"
    # repeat for case == 1 ~ case == 11

[Megaman Z]

I'll run that code through some tests (after a few small adjustments - I can see some bugs would be happening there.)

still leaves #1 kinda... unanswered for me, though.

[JQuartz]

Well you can try this:

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init:
    $ show_date=None
    $ day=None
    $ month=None
    $ year=None

init python:
    def date_show():
        if not show_date:
            return
        ui.text(day+ "/" +month+"/"+year, xpos=1.0, ypos=0.0,xanchor=1.0)
                
            
    config.overlay_functions.append(date_show) 

So everytime you want the date to be shown put values for day, month and year variable (make sure they are string not integers) and show date=True. For example:

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"Today is January 20, 2009"
    $ day='20'
    $ month='1'
    $ year='2008'
    $ show_date=True

[Megaman Z]

It took a bit of playing with it, but I got it to work right (thank god I can actually figure out what's going on with the error.txt/traceback.txt files - that actually helps a lot)

the script I ended up with, in case anyone's interested:

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# Control the date and date calculations with regards to the game.

init:
	Show_Date = None
	CurrentDay = 1 #initialize this to one
	DisplayDay = 1
	DisplayMonth = "January" #day 1 == month 1 or "January"
	DisplayYear = 1 #see above
	Weekday = "Sunday" # day 1 = sunday - using 7-day week
	python:
		def GetDayOfWeek(temp1):
			# numbers: 7 = days in week
			case = temp1 % 7
			if case == 0:
				return "Saturday"
			elif case == 1:
				return "Sunday"
			elif case == 2:
				return "Monday"
			elif case == 3:
				return "Tuesday"
			elif case == 4:
				return "Wednesday"
			elif case == 5:
				return "Thursday"
			elif case == 6:
				return "Friday"

		def GetMonth(temp1):
			# numbers: 35 - days in month
			case = (temp1 / 35) % 4
			if case == 0:
				return "Spring"
			elif case == 1:
				return "Summer"
			elif case == 2:
				return "Autumn"
			elif case == 3:
				return "Winter"
			
		def GetDay(temp1):
			# numbers: 35 = days in month
			return ((temp1 - 1) % 35) + 1 # subtract one (bugfix - prevent "0" results), then add one to the result.
		
		def GetYear(temp1):
			# numbers: 140 = days in year - four months
			return (temp1 / 140) + 1
		
		# stuff for display
		def date_show():
        if not show_date:
            return
        ui.text("%s, %s %d, %d" % (Weekday, DisplayMonth, DisplayDay, DisplayYear), xpos=1.0, ypos=0.0,xanchor=1.0)
               
           
    config.overlay_functions.append(date_show) 

label Refresh_Day:
	# ALWAYS CALL THIS LABEL. always.
	$ DisplayDay = GetDay(CurrentDay)
	$ DisplayMonth = GetMonth(CurrentDay)
	$ Weekday = GetDayOfWeek(CurrentDay)
	$ DisplayYear = GetYear(CurrentDay)
	$ show_date = true
	return

[Megaman Z]

after some more thorough testing, the functionality is there.

the only other thing I would like is to set a background (be it a window or a frame or whatever) for the area occupied by the date so that if I have a bright background with a near-white spot in the top right, the date doesn't "disappear" into the background.

[JQuartz]

I didn't test whether it would work or not but to add window or frame you need to put ui.frame like so:

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# Control the date and date calculations with regards to the game.

init:
   Show_Date = None
   CurrentDay = 1 #initialize this to one
   DisplayDay = 1
   DisplayMonth = "January" #day 1 == month 1 or "January"
   DisplayYear = 1 #see above
   Weekday = "Sunday" # day 1 = sunday - using 7-day week
   python:
      def GetDayOfWeek(temp1):
         # numbers: 7 = days in week
         case = temp1 % 7
         if case == 0:
            return "Saturday"
         elif case == 1:
            return "Sunday"
         elif case == 2:
            return "Monday"
         elif case == 3:
            return "Tuesday"
         elif case == 4:
            return "Wednesday"
         elif case == 5:
            return "Thursday"
         elif case == 6:
            return "Friday"

      def GetMonth(temp1):
         # numbers: 35 - days in month
         case = (temp1 / 35) % 4
         if case == 0:
            return "Spring"
         elif case == 1:
            return "Summer"
         elif case == 2:
            return "Autumn"
         elif case == 3:
            return "Winter"
         
      def GetDay(temp1):
         # numbers: 35 = days in month
         return ((temp1 - 1) % 35) + 1 # subtract one (bugfix - prevent "0" results), then add one to the result.
      
      def GetYear(temp1):
         # numbers: 140 = days in year - four months
         return (temp1 / 140) + 1
      
      # stuff for display
      def date_show():
        if not show_date:
            return
        ui.frame(xpos=1.0, ypos=0.0,xanchor=1.0) #Here's the change
        ui.text("%s, %s %d, %d" % (Weekday, DisplayMonth, DisplayDay, DisplayYear) )
               
           
    config.overlay_functions.append(date_show) 

label Refresh_Day:
   # ALWAYS CALL THIS LABEL. always.
   $ DisplayDay = GetDay(CurrentDay)
   $ DisplayMonth = GetMonth(CurrentDay)
   $ Weekday = GetDayOfWeek(CurrentDay)
   $ DisplayYear = GetYear(CurrentDay)
   $ show_date = true
   return

[Megaman Z]

that single change works by itself. thanks, JQuartz.

[JQuartz]

Glad that I'm able to help.