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I am trying to render some pictures into a canvas, but when I use my rendering function, the images won't appear. The function is:
function populateSquareImages(){
for(var i = 0,ii = squares.length; i < ii; i++) {
if(squares[i].hasImage) {
var img = new Image();
img.src = "../Content/Squares/images/square_" + squares[i].uniqueId + ".png";
context.drawImage(img, squares[i].x, squares[i].y);
}
}
}
After some debugging, I am sure that x and y are accurate. The image file path is correct as well. Any idea of what might be wrong here?
You need to wait for the image to load before attempting to draw it. This should work:
function populateSquareImages () {
for (var i = 0, ii = squares.length; i < ii; i++) {
if (squares[i].hasImage) {
var img = new Image(),
square = squares[i];
img.src = "../Content/Squares/images/square_" + squares[i].uniqueId + ".png";
img.onload = function () {
context.drawImage(img, square.x, square.y);
};
}
}
}
The variable i will not be correct inside the callback function by the time it gets called, so store the value of squares[i] in another variable called square.
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I have recently been working on a web based project using canvas on HTML5. The program consists of a 16x16 grid of tiles that have been pseudo-randomly generated. I am relatively new to canvas, but have built this program in several other environments, none of which however compile successfully to a web based language. this is the main code section that is giving me bother:
var A = 8765432352450986;
var B = 8765432352450986;
var M = 2576436549074795;
var X = 1;
var rx = 0;
var ry = 0;
this.image = new Image();
var i = 0;
var ii = 0;
while(i < 16)
{
while(ii < 16)
{
this.image = new Image();
this.image.src = "textures/grass.png";
x = (((A*X)+B)%M)%M;
if((x/2)%1 == 0)
{
this.image.src = "textures/grass.png";
}
if((x/8)%1 == 0)
{
this.image.src = "textures/hill.png";
}
if((x/21)%1 == 0)
{
this.image.src = "textures/trees.png";
}
if((x/24)%1 == 0)
{
this.image.src = "textures/sea.png";
}
if((x/55)%1 == 0)
{
this.image.src = "textures/mountain.png";
}
if((x/78)%1 == 0)
{
this.image.src = "textures/lake.png";
}
if((x/521)%1 == 0)
{
this.image.src = "textures/volcano.png";
}
if((x/1700)%1 == 0)
{
this.image.src = "textures/shrine.png";
}
if((x/1890)%1 == 0)
{
this.image.src = "textures/outpost.png";
}
if((x/1999)%1 == 0)
{
this.image.src = "textures/civ.png";
}
ctx = myGameArea.context;
ctx.drawImage(this.image,rx, ry, 20, 20);
ii ++;
rx += 20;
}
i ++;
rx = 0;
ry += 16;
}
I would like canvas to draw along the lines of this code above, effectively generating a grid like this
pre generated grid image
(please try and ignore the obvious bad tile drawings, I planned on either finding an artist or trying slightly harder on them when I get the game fully working.)
The black square is a separate movable object. I haven't got as far as implementing it in this version, but if you have any suggestions for it please tell me
in the full html file I have now, the canvas renders but none of the background (using the w3schools tutorials, I can make objects render however)
In short: how do I render a background consisting of a 16x16 grid of pseudo-random tiles on an event triggered or on page loaded, using canvas or if that does not work another web based technology
Thank you for your time.
A few problems but the main one is that you need to give an image some time to load before you can draw it to the canvas.
var image = new Image();
image.src = "image.png";
// at this line the image may or may not have loaded.
// If not loaded you can not draw it
To ensure an image has loaded you can add a onload event handler to the image
var image = new Image();
image.src = "image.png";
image.onload = function(){ ctx.drawImage(image,0,0); }
The onload function will be called after all the current code has run.
To load many images you want to know when all have loaded. One way to do this is to count the number of images you are loading, and then use the onload to count the number of images that have loaded. When the loaded count is the same as the loading count you know all have loaded and can then call a function to draw what you want with the images.
// Array of image names
const imageNames = "grass,hill,trees,sea,mountain,lake,volcano,shrine,outpost,civ".split(",");
const images = []; // array of images
const namedImages = {}; // object with named images
// counts of loaded and waiting toload images
var loadedCount = 0;
var imageCount = 0;
// tile sizes
const tileWidth = 20;
const tileHeight = 20;
// NOT SURE WHERE YOU GOT THIS FROM so have left it as you had in your code
// Would normally be from a canvas element via canvasElement.getContext("2d")
var ctx = myGameArea.context;
// seeded random function encapsulated in a singleton
// You can set the seed by passing it as an argument rand(seed) or
// just get the next random by not passing the argument. rand()
const rand = (function(){
const A = 8765432352450986;
const B = 8765432352450986; // This value should not be the same as A?? left as is so you get the same values
const M = 2576436549074795;
var seed = 1;
return (x = seed) => seed = ((A * x) + B) % M;
}());
// function loads an image with name
function addImage(name){
const image = new Image;
image.src = "textures/" + name + ".png";
image.onload = () => {
loadedCount += 1;
if(loadedCount === imageCount){
if(typeof allImagesLoaded === "function"){
allImagesLoaded();
}
}
}
imageCount += 1;
images.push(image);
namedImages[name] = image;
}
imageNames.forEach(addImage); // start loading all the images
// This function draws the tiles
function allImagesLoaded(){ /// function that is called when all the images have been loaded
var i, x, y, image;
for(i = 0; i < 256; i += 1){ // loop 16 by 16 times
ctx.drawImage(
images[Math.floor(rand()) % images.length]; //random function does not guarantee an integer so must floor
(i % 16) * tileWidth, // x position
Math.floor(i / 16) * tileHeight, // y position
tileWidth, tileHeight // width and height
);
}
}
I have several canvases. I also have several picture URLs. I want to draw all pictures on the canvas. There is a problem in the drawing function. Drawing the image only works when the image loads completely, but I have to draw the image as it loads. I wrote following code:
for (var i = 2; i < length; i++) {
canvid[i] = "canv" + i;
img[i] = new Image();
img[i].src = "..\\images\\UploadImage\\"+ name + i + ".jpg";
img[i].onload = function () {
var c = document.getElementById(canvId[i]);
var cDraw = c.getContext("2d");
cDraw.drawImage(img[i], 0, 0);
};
I know this code has error, it's kind of pseudo code to show what I want.
Put your logic in
$(documet).ready(function(){
//logic
});
the answer is in following link
stack overflow link
when you want to call on click event on image variable you have to wait for it
so you couldn't use loop you have to put next call on previous image on load event .
var loadImages = function (imageURLarray) {
if (!(startPage < pages))
return;
canvid = "canv" + i;
img.src = imageURLarray[startPage];
// your top code
img.onload = function (e) {
// code, run after image load
var c = document.getElementById(canvid);
var cDraw = c.getContext("2d");
cDraw.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
startPage++;
loadImages(imageURLarray);
}
}
loadImages(imageURLarray);
I'm creating a small webapplication with JS/HTML/CSS where the user has a dropdown menu to choose from 13 different images. Option 1 is default, and when the user chooses a different option the application is refreshed and the dimensions of other objects in the application adjust to the dimensions of the new image.
In order to access the image dimensions (height and width) of the 13 different images an JS loop starts and stores the dimensions in two arrays.
var height_array = []
var width_array = []
for (i = 1; i <= 13;i = i + 1) {
var img = new Image();
if (i <= 9){
img.src = "img/rehe/RE0"+i+"/001.png";
}
else{
img.src = "img/rehe/RE"+i+"/001.png";
}
height_array.push(img.height);
width_array.push(img.width);
}
What I dont understand, is that the loop is sucessfull only part time, at times the arrays are empty or only partially populated. Naturally, the application is then built up all wrong.. A refresh helps in this case, but it is still anoying.
I have a preversion of this very simple application here: http://wieselundco.ch/plenum2/index.html Thanks in advance!
The image has to load before you can get the dimensions
var height_array = []
var width_array = []
for (i = 1; i <= 13;i = i + 1) {
(function(j) {
var img = new Image();
img.onload = function() {
height_array[j] = img.height;
width_array[j] = img.width;
}
if (img.complete) img.onload();
if (j <= 9){
img.src = "img/rehe/RE0"+j+"/001.png";
} else {
img.src = "img/rehe/RE"+j+"/001.png";
}
})(i);
}
I have an array of enemies sent from the server and I am recreating them because they were serialized. After, I'm trying to get them to render on the canvas, but that isn't working for some reason.
for (var i = 0; i < enemies.length; i++) { // recreate each enemy and render it
var image = new Image();
var currentFish = new Fish();
for (var key in enemies[i]) { // copying properties to object that has the necessary methods
if (enemies[i].hasOwnProperty(key)) {
currentFish[key] = enemies[i][key];
}
}
image.src = currentFish.icon;
image.onload = function () {
ctx.drawImage(image, currentFish.position.x, currentFish.position.y);
};
ctx.fillText('Drone', 250, 200);
}
I think the issue is that image.onload is not called until after or in between frames so it isn't seen. I'm not sure how to work around this.
Edit:
I forgot to mention that I'm using requestAnimationFrame to handle rendering the canvas, so I don't know when the frame is going to be rendered.
The problem is that your outside for loop is overwriting the image variable with each loop (before the image can be loaded and drawn).
Try this alternative image loader which preloads all images into imgs[] and then calls start():
// image loader
var imageURLs = []; // put the paths to your images here
var imagesOK = 0;
var imgs = [];
imageURLs.push("");
loadAllImages(start);
function loadAllImages(callback) {
for (var i = 0; i < imageURLs.length; i++) {
var img = new Image();
imgs.push(img);
img.onload = function() {
imagesOK++;
if (imagesOK >= imageURLs.length) {
callback();
}
};
img.onerror = function() {alert("image load failed");}
img.crossOrigin = "anonymous";
img.src = imageURLs[i];
}
}
function start() {
// imgs[] holds fully loaded images
// imgs[] is in the same order as imageURLs[]
}
I'm dabbling with canvas. And I'm a little lost on something.
I have this function:
function preloadimages(arr) {
var newimages = []
var arr = (typeof arr != "object") ? [arr] : arr
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
newimages[i] = new Image()
newimages[i].src = arr[i]
}
}
And I call it like so:
preloadimages(['images/background.png', 'images/hero.png', 'images/monster.png']);
The only problem is, I don't know how to then draw them again later.
If I was preloading one image inside my js I would say:
var bgOk = false;
var bg = new Image();
bg.onload = function () {
bgOk = true;
};
bg.src = "images/background.png";
and then further down when I wanted it drawn I would say:
if (bgOk) {
context.drawImage(bg, 0, 0);
}
And that would be that. The problem is I have made a preloader class, I don't really know how now to call in just the image I want to draw now, or even how to implement the bgOk idea so that if it loaded ok, I can draw it, and if not, leave it alone.
Could someone advise me on this? I'm basically just trying to go more class based rather than the dirty great mess I normally have with a huge javascript file that is ugly and not as maintainable.
This seems to be a complicated problem, but in reality isn't as bad as it looks. If you want to use pre-existing code, or just want to look at something for ideas you can have a look at: http://thinkpixellab.com/pxloader/ This library was used in the HTML5 version of Cut The Rope.
A simple custom implementation could be something like the following:
function loadImages(arr, callback) {
this.images = {};
var loadedImageCount = 0;
// Make sure arr is actually an array and any other error checking
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++){
var img = new Image();
img.onload = imageLoaded;
img.src = arr[i];
this.images[arr[i] = img;
}
function imageLoaded(e) {
loadedImageCount++;
if (loadedImageCount >= arr.length) {
callback();
}
}
}
And then you can call it like this:
var loader = loadImages(['path/to/img1', 'path/to/img2', 'path/to/img3'], function() {
ctx.drawImage(loader.images['path/to/img1']); // This would draw image 1 after all the images have been loaded
// Draw all of the loaded images
for (var i = 0; i < loader.images.length; i++) {
ctx.drawImage(loader.images[i]);
}
});
If you want more details on asset loading you can have a look at the asset loading section of Udacity's HTML5 Game Development course https://www.udacity.com/course/cs255
A function I use:
function ImageLoader(sources, callback)
{
var images = {};
var loadedImages = 0;
var numImages = 0;
// get num of sources
for (var src in sources) {
numImages++;
}
for (var src in sources) {
images[src] = new Image();
images[src].onload = function() {
if (++loadedImages >= numImages) {
callback(images);
}
};
images[src].src = sources[src];
}
}
You call it like so:
var sources = {
bg: path/to/img.png,
title: path/to/img/png
};
var _images = {};
isReady = ImageLoader(sources, function(images) {
_images = images;
});
And then to access your images
_images.bg;
Example: drawImage(_images.bg, 0, 0);