make the chat really pretty!!

also slightly optimized text shadow rendering, made sure glyphs with directives stay centered and added two extra Lua arguments to canvas.drawText

assets/opensb/_metadata

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "author" : "Not Chucklefish",
+  "name" : "opensb_base",
+  "priority" : -9999,
+  "friendlyName" : "OpenStarbound Assets",
+  "requires" : ["base"]
+}

assets/opensb/interface/chat/chat.config.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "config" : {
+    "font" : {
+      "directives" : "",
+      "padding" : [0, 0] // Padding to prevent border clipping at the edges of the log canvas while keeping compatible with mods that patch the canvas size
+    },
+    "colors" : {
+      "local" : "^white;",
+      "party" : "^blue;",
+      "broadcast" : "^yellow;",
+      "whisper" : "^pink;",
+      "commandResult" : "^lightgray;",
+      "radioMessage" : "^cyan;",
+      "world" : "^cyan;"
+    }
+  }
+}

doc/lua/widget.md

@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ Draws a polygon on the canvas.
 
 Draws a list of filled triangles to the canvas.
 
-##### `void` drawText(`String` text, `Json` textPositioning, `unsigned` fontSize, [`Color` color])
+##### `void` drawText(`String` text, `Json` textPositioning, `unsigned` fontSize, [`Color` color], [`float` lineSpacing], [`String` directives])
 
 Draws text on the canvas. textPositioning is in the format:
 

source/base/StarAssets.cpp

@@ -827,7 +827,9 @@ Json Assets::readJson(String const& path) const {
     Json result = inputUtf8Json(streamData.begin(), streamData.end(), false);
     for (auto const& pair : m_files.get(path).patchSources) {
       auto patchStream = pair.second->read(pair.first);
-      auto patchData = inputUtf8Json(patchStream.begin(), patchStream.end(), false).toArray();
+      auto patchJson = inputUtf8Json(patchStream.begin(), patchStream.end(), false);
+      if (patchJson.isType(Json::Type::Array)) {
+        auto patchData = patchJson.toArray();
         try {
           if (patchData.size()) {
             if (patchData.at(0).type() == Json::Type::Array) {
@@ -852,6 +854,11 @@ Json Assets::readJson(String const& path) const {
           Logger::error("Could not apply patch from file %s in source: %s.  Caused by: %s", pair.first, m_assetSourcePaths.getLeft(pair.second), e.what());
         }
       }
+      else if (patchJson.isType(Json::Type::Object)) { //Kae: Do a good ol' json merge instead if the .patch file is a Json object
+        auto patchData = patchJson.toObject();
+        result = jsonMerge(result, patchData);
+      }
+    }
     return result;
   } catch (std::exception const& e) {
     throw JsonParsingException(strf("Cannot parse json file: %s", path), e);

source/frontend/StarChat.cpp

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Chat::Chat(UniverseClientPtr client) : m_client(client) {
 
   auto assets = Root::singleton().assets();
   m_timeChatLastActive = Time::monotonicMilliseconds();
-  m_fontSize = assets->json("/interface/chat/chat.config:config.font.baseSize").toInt();
+  auto fontConfig = assets->json("/interface/chat/chat.config:config.font");
+  m_fontSize = fontConfig.getInt("baseSize");
+  m_fontDirectives = fontConfig.queryString("directives", "");
   m_chatLineHeight = assets->json("/interface/chat/chat.config:config.lineHeight").toFloat();
   m_chatVisTime = assets->json("/interface/chat/chat.config:config.visTime").toFloat();
   m_fadeRate = assets->json("/interface/chat/chat.config:config.fadeRate").toDouble();
@@ -69,6 +71,13 @@ Chat::Chat(UniverseClientPtr client) : m_client(client) {
   m_say = fetchChild<LabelWidget>("say");
 
   m_chatLog = fetchChild<CanvasWidget>("chatLog");
+  if (auto logPadding = fontConfig.optQuery("padding")) {
+    m_chatLogPadding = jsonToVec2I(logPadding.get());
+    m_chatLog->setSize(m_chatLog->size() + m_chatLogPadding * 2);
+    m_chatLog->setPosition(m_chatLog->position() - m_chatLogPadding);
+  }
+  else
+    m_chatLogPadding = Vec2I();
 
   m_bottomButton = fetchChild<ButtonWidget>("bottomButton");
   m_upButton = fetchChild<ButtonWidget>("upButton");
@@ -224,7 +233,7 @@ void Chat::renderImpl() {
   m_say->setColor(fadeGreen);
 
   m_chatLog->clear();
-  Vec2I chatMin;
+  Vec2I chatMin = m_chatLogPadding;
   int messageIndex = -m_historyOffset;
 
   GuiContext& guiContext = GuiContext::singleton();
@@ -249,7 +258,7 @@ void Chat::renderImpl() {
 
     float messageHeight = 0;
     float lineHeightMargin =  + ((m_chatLineHeight * m_fontSize) - m_fontSize);
-    unsigned wrapWidth = m_chatLog->size()[0];
+    unsigned wrapWidth = m_chatLog->size()[0] - m_chatLogPadding[0];
 
     if (message.portrait != "") {
       TextPositioning tp = {Vec2F(chatMin +  m_portraitTextOffset), HorizontalAnchor::LeftAnchor, VerticalAnchor::VMidAnchor, (wrapWidth - m_portraitTextOffset[0])};
@@ -262,13 +271,13 @@ void Chat::renderImpl() {
       m_chatLog->drawImage(m_portraitBackground, Vec2F(imagePosition), 1.0f, fade);
       m_chatLog->drawImage(message.portrait, Vec2F(imagePosition + m_portraitImageOffset), m_portraitScale, fade);
       tp.pos += Vec2F(0, floor(messageHeight / 2));
-      m_chatLog->drawText(messageString, tp, m_fontSize, fade, FontMode::Normal, m_chatLineHeight);
+      m_chatLog->drawText(messageString, tp, m_fontSize, fade, FontMode::Normal, m_chatLineHeight, m_fontDirectives);
 
     } else {
       TextPositioning tp = {Vec2F(chatMin), HorizontalAnchor::LeftAnchor, VerticalAnchor::BottomAnchor, wrapWidth};
       messageHeight = guiContext.determineInterfaceTextSize(messageString, tp).size()[1] + lineHeightMargin;
 
-      m_chatLog->drawText(messageString, tp, m_fontSize, fade, FontMode::Normal, m_chatLineHeight);
+      m_chatLog->drawText(messageString, tp, m_fontSize, fade, FontMode::Normal, m_chatLineHeight, m_fontDirectives);
     }
 
     chatMin[1] += ceil(messageHeight);

source/frontend/StarChat.hpp

@@ -68,11 +68,13 @@ private:
   float m_chatVisTime;
   float m_fadeRate;
   unsigned m_fontSize;
+  String m_fontDirectives;
   float m_chatLineHeight;
   unsigned m_chatHistoryLimit;
   int m_historyOffset;
 
   CanvasWidgetPtr m_chatLog;
+  Vec2I m_chatLogPadding;
 
   ImageStretchWidgetPtr m_background;
   int m_defaultHeight;

source/frontend/StarWidgetLuaBindings.cpp

@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ struct LuaUserDataMethods<CanvasWidgetPtr> {
           canvasWidget->drawTriangles(tris, color.value(Color::White).toRgba());
         });
     methods.registerMethod("drawText",
-        [](CanvasWidgetPtr canvasWidget, String text, Json tp, unsigned fontSize, Maybe<Color> color) {
+        [](CanvasWidgetPtr canvasWidget, String text, Json tp, unsigned fontSize, Maybe<Color> color, Maybe<float> lineSpacing, Maybe<String> directives) {
-          canvasWidget->drawText(text, TextPositioning(tp), fontSize, color.value(Color::White).toRgba());
+          canvasWidget->drawText(text, TextPositioning(tp), fontSize, color.value(Color::White).toRgba(), FontMode::Normal, lineSpacing.value(DefaultLineSpacing), directives.value(""));
         });
 
     return methods;

source/rendering/StarFontTextureGroup.cpp

@@ -12,24 +12,34 @@ void FontTextureGroup::cleanup(int64_t timeout) {
   eraseWhere(m_glyphs, [&](auto const& p) { return currentTime - p.second.time > timeout; });
 }
 
-TexturePtr FontTextureGroup::glyphTexture(String::Char c, unsigned size) {
+const FontTextureGroup::GlyphTexture& FontTextureGroup::glyphTexture(String::Char c, unsigned size, String const& processingDirectives)
-  return glyphTexture(c, size, "");
+{
-}
-
-TexturePtr FontTextureGroup::glyphTexture(String::Char c, unsigned size, String const& processingDirectives) {
   auto res = m_glyphs.insert(GlyphDescriptor{c, size, processingDirectives}, GlyphTexture());
 
   if (res.second) {
     m_font->setPixelSize(size);
     Image image = m_font->render(c);
-    if (!processingDirectives.empty())
+    if (!processingDirectives.empty()) {
+      Vec2F preSize = Vec2F(image.size());
       image = processImageOperations(parseImageOperations(processingDirectives), image);
+      res.first->second.processingOffset = preSize - Vec2F(image.size());
+    }
+    else
+      res.first->second.processingOffset = Vec2F();
 
     res.first->second.texture = m_textureGroup->create(image);
   }
 
   res.first->second.time = Time::monotonicMilliseconds();
-  return res.first->second.texture;
+  return res.first->second;
+}
+
+TexturePtr FontTextureGroup::glyphTexturePtr(String::Char c, unsigned size) {
+  return glyphTexture(c, size, "").texture;
+}
+
+TexturePtr FontTextureGroup::glyphTexturePtr(String::Char c, unsigned size, String const& processingDirectives) {
+  return glyphTexture(c, size, processingDirectives).texture;
 }
 
 unsigned FontTextureGroup::glyphWidth(String::Char c, unsigned fontSize) {

source/rendering/StarFontTextureGroup.hpp

@@ -11,24 +11,27 @@ STAR_CLASS(FontTextureGroup);
 
 class FontTextureGroup {
 public:
+  typedef tuple<String::Char, unsigned, String> GlyphDescriptor;
+
+  struct GlyphTexture {
+    TexturePtr texture;
+    int64_t time;
+    Vec2F processingOffset;
+  };
+
   FontTextureGroup(FontPtr font, TextureGroupPtr textureGroup);
 
-  TexturePtr glyphTexture(String::Char, unsigned fontSize);
+  const GlyphTexture& glyphTexture(String::Char, unsigned fontSize, String const& processingDirectives);
-  TexturePtr glyphTexture(String::Char, unsigned fontSize, String const& processingDirectives);
+
+  TexturePtr glyphTexturePtr(String::Char, unsigned fontSize);
+  TexturePtr glyphTexturePtr(String::Char, unsigned fontSize, String const& processingDirectives);
 
   unsigned glyphWidth(String::Char c, unsigned fontSize);
 
   // Removes glyphs that haven't been used in more than the given time in
   // milliseconds
   void cleanup(int64_t timeout);
-
 private:
-  typedef tuple<String::Char, unsigned, String> GlyphDescriptor;
-
-  struct GlyphTexture {
-    TexturePtr texture;
-    int64_t time;
-  };
 
   FontPtr m_font;
   TextureGroupPtr m_textureGroup;

source/rendering/StarTextPainter.cpp

@@ -379,9 +379,16 @@ RectF TextPainter::doRenderGlyph(String::Char c, TextPositioning const& position
   if (reallyRender) {
     if ((int)m_renderSettings.mode & (int)FontMode::Shadow) {
       Color shadow = Color::Black;
-      shadow.setAlpha(m_renderSettings.color[3]);
+      uint8_t alphaU = m_renderSettings.color[3];
+      if (alphaU != 255) {
+        float alpha = byteToFloat(alphaU);
+        shadow.setAlpha(floatToByte(alpha * (1.5f - 0.5f * alpha)));
+      }
+      else
+        shadow.setAlpha(alphaU);
+
+      //Kae: Draw only one shadow glyph instead of stacking two, alpha modified to appear perceptually the same as vanilla
       renderGlyph(c, position.pos + Vec2F(hOffset, vOffset - 2), m_fontSize, 1, shadow.toRgba(), m_processingDirectives);
-      renderGlyph(c, position.pos + Vec2F(hOffset, vOffset - 1), m_fontSize, 1, shadow.toRgba(), m_processingDirectives);
     }
 
     renderGlyph(c, position.pos + Vec2F(hOffset, vOffset), m_fontSize, 1, m_renderSettings.color, m_processingDirectives);
@@ -395,8 +402,9 @@ void TextPainter::renderGlyph(String::Char c, Vec2F const& screenPos, unsigned f
   if (!fontSize)
     return;
 
-  auto texture = m_fontTextureGroup.glyphTexture(c, fontSize, processingDirectives);
+  const FontTextureGroup::GlyphTexture& glyphTexture = m_fontTextureGroup.glyphTexture(c, fontSize, processingDirectives);
-  m_renderer->render(renderTexturedRect(move(texture), Vec2F(screenPos), scale, color, 0.0f));
+  Vec2F offset = glyphTexture.processingOffset * (scale * 0.5f); //Kae: Re-center the glyph if the image scale was changed by the directives (it is positioned from the bottom left) 
+  m_renderer->render(renderTexturedRect(glyphTexture.texture, Vec2F(screenPos) + offset, scale, color, 0.0f));
 }
 
 }

source/windowing/StarCanvasWidget.cpp

@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ void CanvasWidget::drawTriangles(List<tuple<Vec2F, Vec2F, Vec2F>> const& triangl
   m_renderOps.append(make_tuple(triangles, color));
 }
 
-void CanvasWidget::drawText(String s, TextPositioning position, unsigned fontSize, Vec4B const& color, FontMode mode, float lineSpacing) {
+void CanvasWidget::drawText(String s, TextPositioning position, unsigned fontSize, Vec4B const& color, FontMode mode, float lineSpacing, String processingDirectives) {
-  m_renderOps.append(make_tuple(move(s), move(position), fontSize, color, mode, lineSpacing));
+  m_renderOps.append(make_tuple(move(s), move(position), fontSize, color, mode, lineSpacing, move(processingDirectives)));
 }
 
 Vec2I CanvasWidget::mousePosition() const {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void CanvasWidget::renderImpl() {
     if (auto args = op.ptr<TrianglesOp>())
       tupleUnpackFunction(bind(&CanvasWidget::renderTriangles, this, renderingOffset, _1, _2), *args);
     if (auto args = op.ptr<TextOp>())
-      tupleUnpackFunction(bind(&CanvasWidget::renderText, this, renderingOffset, _1, _2, _3, _4, _5, _6), *args);
+      tupleUnpackFunction(bind(&CanvasWidget::renderText, this, renderingOffset, _1, _2, _3, _4, _5, _6, _7), *args);
   }
 }
 
@@ -222,8 +222,9 @@ void CanvasWidget::renderTriangles(Vec2F const& renderingOffset, List<tuple<Vec2
   context.drawInterfaceTriangles(translated, color);
 }
 
-void CanvasWidget::renderText(Vec2F const& renderingOffset, String const& s, TextPositioning const& position, unsigned fontSize, Vec4B const& color, FontMode mode, float lineSpacing) {
+void CanvasWidget::renderText(Vec2F const& renderingOffset, String const& s, TextPositioning const& position, unsigned fontSize, Vec4B const& color, FontMode mode, float lineSpacing, String const& directives) {
   auto& context = GuiContext::singleton();
+  context.setFontProcessingDirectives(directives);
   context.setFontSize(fontSize);
   context.setFontColor(color);
   context.setFontMode(mode);
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ void CanvasWidget::renderText(Vec2F const& renderingOffset, String const& s, Tex
   translatedPosition.pos += renderingOffset;
   context.renderInterfaceText(s, translatedPosition);
   context.setDefaultLineSpacing();
+  context.setFontProcessingDirectives("");
 }
 
 }

source/windowing/StarCanvasWidget.hpp

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public:
   void drawPoly(PolyF const& poly, Vec4B const& color = Vec4B(255, 255, 255, 255), float lineWidth = 1.0f);
   void drawTriangles(List<tuple<Vec2F, Vec2F, Vec2F>> const& poly, Vec4B const& color = Vec4B(255, 255, 255, 255));
 
-  void drawText(String s, TextPositioning position, unsigned fontSize, Vec4B const& color = Vec4B(255, 255, 255, 255), FontMode mode = FontMode::Normal, float lineSpacing = Star::DefaultLineSpacing);
+  void drawText(String s, TextPositioning position, unsigned fontSize, Vec4B const& color = Vec4B(255, 255, 255, 255), FontMode mode = FontMode::Normal, float lineSpacing = Star::DefaultLineSpacing, String processingDirectives = "");
 
 protected:
   void renderImpl() override;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ protected:
   void renderRect(Vec2F const& renderingOffset, RectF const& coords, Vec4B const& color);
   void renderPoly(Vec2F const& renderingOffset, PolyF poly, Vec4B const& color, float lineWidth);
   void renderTriangles(Vec2F const& renderingOffset, List<tuple<Vec2F, Vec2F, Vec2F>> const& triangles, Vec4B const& color);
-  void renderText(Vec2F const& renderingOffset, String const& s, TextPositioning const& position, unsigned fontSize, Vec4B const& color, FontMode mode, float lineSpacing);
+  void renderText(Vec2F const& renderingOffset, String const& s, TextPositioning const& position, unsigned fontSize, Vec4B const& color, FontMode mode, float lineSpacing, String const& directives);
 
 private:
   bool m_captureKeyboard;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ private:
   typedef tuple<Vec2F, Vec2F, Vec4B, float> LineOp;
   typedef tuple<PolyF, Vec4B, float> PolyOp;
   typedef tuple<List<tuple<Vec2F, Vec2F, Vec2F>>, Vec4B> TrianglesOp;
-  typedef tuple<String, TextPositioning, unsigned, Vec4B, FontMode, float> TextOp;
+  typedef tuple<String, TextPositioning, unsigned, Vec4B, FontMode, float, String> TextOp;
 
   typedef MVariant<RectOp, ImageOp, ImageRectOp, DrawableOp, TiledImageOp, LineOp, PolyOp, TrianglesOp, TextOp> RenderOp;
   List<RenderOp> m_renderOps;