if(!isDefined(self.rankstatust))
	{
		self.rankstatust = newClientHudElem(self);
		self.rankstatust.horzAlign = "center_safearea";
		self.rankstatust.vertAlign = "center_safearea";
		self.rankstatust.alignX = "center";
		self.rankstatust.alignY = "middle";
		self.rankstatust.x = 300;
		self.rankstatust.y = 10;
		self.rankstatust.archived = true;
		self.rankstatust.alpha = 1;
		self.rankstatust.font = "default";
		self.rankstatust.fontscale = 1;
		self.rankstatust setText(rank2);
	}
	else
	{
		if(isDefined(self.rankstatust))
			self.rankstatust destroy();
	}

This is my code for my hud element. All it is supposed to do is put a word on the screen. Don't get me wrong it does. But heres my problem. When other people connect to the server. The word gets thicker and thicker and thicker. Which leads me to believe that the word is overlapping itself. I've tried every which way to figure out why this is happening and to stop it from happening but I just cant seem to figure out why. Please can someone help me with this situation.

Hello, its me again.

Are you trying to put one "letter" or "word" (bunches of letters).
In case you use "word", each letter must seat in the right position.

Here are some suggestion for you:
- The conventional size of the screen is 640x480.

- You can calculate the position of the first letter of the word (which is the x here), based on "word size", "word scale" and "space between words".

- Once you get a init_x, you can get position of the rest easily

Good luck!

P.S: Dont make multiple posts. One is enough to catch people attention. You have 3 unnecessary posts here

edited on Sep. 9, 2014 07:12 am by ebusanta001

Thanks for the reply,
Sorry about the multiple posts, my pc was acting up and it made three separate posts. Ill be sure to watch over it next time. And ive checked those variables. It's not that the hud doesn't work though. Its the matter of facts that each time a person connects or someone enters the server that the word gets bolder and bolder. Again, me assuming that the hud is repeating itself and overlapping and overlapping instead of deleting itself before placing another hud.

church4593 writes...

Based on the clue you gave, I can only guess that the object "self" causes problem. Try to verify your script and correct the object. Also, a boolean can help you prevent repetition sometime.

players = getentarray("player", "classname")
for(i = 0; i < players.size; i++)
{
      if(!players[i].messageread)
             players[i] thread your_current_script();
}

Good luck