Basic outline color support.

This is a huge hack as it requires another font set, with each character's offset manually being set using SLADE.

src/hu_stuff.c

@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ patch_t *lt_font[LT_FONTSIZE];
 patch_t *cred_font[CRED_FONTSIZE];
 patch_t *ttlnum[20]; // act numbers (0-19)
 
-// Character name font
+// Name tag fonts
-patch_t *chrn_font[CHRN_FONTSIZE];
+patch_t *ntb_font[NT_FONTSIZE];
+patch_t *nto_font[NT_FONTSIZE];
 
 static player_t *plr;
 boolean chat_on; // entering a chat message?
@@ -249,17 +250,30 @@ void HU_LoadGraphics(void)
 		ttlnum[i] = (patch_t *)W_CachePatchName(buffer, PU_HUDGFX);
 	}
 
-	// cache the character name font for entire game execution
+	// cache the base name tag font for entire game execution
-	j = CHRN_FONTSTART;
+	j = NT_FONTSTART;
-	for (i = 0; i < CHRN_FONTSIZE; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < NT_FONTSIZE; i++)
 	{
-		sprintf(buffer, "CHFNT%.3d", j);
+		sprintf(buffer, "NTFNT%.3d", j);
 		j++;
 
 		if (W_CheckNumForName(buffer) == LUMPERROR)
-			chrn_font[i] = NULL;
+			ntb_font[i] = NULL;
 		else
-			chrn_font[i] = (patch_t *)W_CachePatchName(buffer, PU_HUDGFX);
+			ntb_font[i] = (patch_t *)W_CachePatchName(buffer, PU_HUDGFX);
+	}
+
+	// cache the outline name tag font for entire game execution
+	j = NT_FONTSTART;
+	for (i = 0; i < NT_FONTSIZE; i++)
+	{
+		sprintf(buffer, "NTFNO%.3d", j);
+		j++;
+
+		if (W_CheckNumForName(buffer) == LUMPERROR)
+			nto_font[i] = NULL;
+		else
+			nto_font[i] = (patch_t *)W_CachePatchName(buffer, PU_HUDGFX);
 	}
 
 	// cache the crosshairs, don't bother to know which one is being used,

src/hu_stuff.h

@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@
 #define CRED_FONTEND 'Z' // the last font character
 #define CRED_FONTSIZE (CRED_FONTEND - CRED_FONTSTART + 1)
 
-// Character name font
+// Name tag font
-#define CHRN_FONTSTART '!' // the first font character
+// Used by base and outline font set
-#define CHRN_FONTEND 'Z' // the last font character
+#define NT_FONTSTART '!' // the first font character
-#define CHRN_FONTSIZE (CHRN_FONTEND - CHRN_FONTSTART + 1)
+#define NT_FONTEND 'Z' // the last font character
+#define NT_FONTSIZE (NT_FONTEND - NT_FONTSTART + 1)
 
 #define HU_CROSSHAIRS 3 // maximum of 9 - see HU_Init();
 
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ extern patch_t *tallnum[10];
 extern patch_t *nightsnum[10];
 extern patch_t *lt_font[LT_FONTSIZE];
 extern patch_t *cred_font[CRED_FONTSIZE];
-extern patch_t *chrn_font[CHRN_FONTSIZE];
+extern patch_t *ntb_font[NT_FONTSIZE];
+extern patch_t *nto_font[NT_FONTSIZE];
 extern patch_t *ttlnum[20];
 extern patch_t *emeraldpics[3][8];
 extern patch_t *rflagico;

src/m_menu.c

@@ -7980,8 +7980,7 @@ static void M_SetupChoosePlayer(INT32 choice)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (Playing() == false)
+	M_ChangeMenuMusic("_chsel", true);
-		M_ChangeMenuMusic("_chsel", true);
 
 	SP_PlayerDef.prevMenu = currentMenu;
 	M_SetupNextMenu(&SP_PlayerDef);
@@ -8215,10 +8214,8 @@ static void M_DrawSetupChoosePlayerMenu(void)
 		//if (curpatch)
 		//	V_DrawScaledPatch(x, y, 0, curpatch);
 
-		col = Color_Opposite[charskin->prefcolor - 1][0];
-
 		// Dummy string to be removed when finalized
-		V_DrawCharacterName(x, y, col, "Sonic\n&Tails");
+		V_DrawNameTag(x, y, 0, R_GetTranslationColormap(skinnum, SKINCOLOR_BLUE, 0), R_GetTranslationColormap(skinnum, SKINCOLOR_YELLOW, 0), "Sonic\n&Tails.");
 	}
 
 	// Alternative menu header

src/v_video.c

@@ -2627,24 +2627,21 @@ void V_DrawCreditString(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 option, const char *string)
 	}
 }
 
-// Draw a string using the chrn_font
+// Draw a string using the nt_font
-void V_DrawCharacterName(INT32 x, INT32 y, UINT8 color, const char *string)
+// Note that the outline is a seperate font set
+void V_DrawNameTag(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 option, UINT8 *basecolormap, UINT8 *outlinecolormap, const char *string)
 {
-	INT32 w, c, cx = x, cy = y, dupx, dupy, scrwidth, left = 0;
+	INT32 w, w2, c, cx = x, cy = y, dupx, dupy, scrwidth, left = 0;
 	const char *ch = string;
 	INT32 spacewidth = 4;
-	const UINT8 *colormap = NULL;
+	INT32 lowercase = (option & V_ALLOWLOWERCASE);
+	option &= ~V_FLIP; // which is also shared with V_ALLOWLOWERCASE...
 
 	dupx = dupy = 1;
 	scrwidth = vid.width/vid.dupx;
 	left = (scrwidth - BASEVIDWIDTH)/2;
 	scrwidth -= left;
 
-	if (!color)
-		colormap = R_GetTranslationColormap(TC_DEFAULT, SKINCOLOR_GREEN, 0);
-	else
-		colormap = R_GetTranslationColormap(TC_DEFAULT, color, 0);
-
 	for (;;ch++)
 	{
 		if (!*ch)
@@ -2658,17 +2655,34 @@ void V_DrawCharacterName(INT32 x, INT32 y, UINT8 color, const char *string)
 		}
 
 		c = *ch;
-		c = toupper(c);
+		if (!lowercase)
-		c -= CHRN_FONTSTART;
+			c = toupper(c);
+		c -= NT_FONTSTART;
 
 		// character does not exist or is a space
-		if (c < 0 || c >= CHRN_FONTSIZE || !chrn_font[c])
+		if (c < 0 || c >= NT_FONTSIZE || !ntb_font[c] || !nto_font[c])
 		{
 			cx += spacewidth * dupx;
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		w = SHORT(chrn_font[c]->width) * dupx;
+		// Outline
+		w2 = SHORT(nto_font[c]->width) * dupx;
+
+		if (cx > scrwidth)
+			continue;
+		if (cx+left + w2 < 0) //left boundary check
+		{
+			cx += w2;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		V_DrawFixedPatch((cx)<<FRACBITS, cy<<FRACBITS, FRACUNIT, option, nto_font[c], outlinecolormap);
+
+		cx += w2;
+
+		// Base
+		w = SHORT(ntb_font[c]->width) * dupx;
 
 		if (cx > scrwidth)
 			continue;
@@ -2678,7 +2692,7 @@ void V_DrawCharacterName(INT32 x, INT32 y, UINT8 color, const char *string)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		V_DrawFixedPatch((cx)<<FRACBITS, cy<<FRACBITS, FRACUNIT, 0, chrn_font[c], colormap);
+		V_DrawFixedPatch((cx)<<FRACBITS, cy<<FRACBITS, FRACUNIT, option, ntb_font[c], basecolormap);
 
 		cx += w;
 	}

src/v_video.h

@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ INT32 V_LevelActNumWidth(INT32 num); // act number width
 
 void V_DrawCreditString(fixed_t x, fixed_t y, INT32 option, const char *string);
 
-// Draw a string using the chrn_font
+// Draw a string using the nt_font
-void V_DrawCharacterName(INT32 x, INT32 y, UINT8 color, const char *string);
+void V_DrawNameTag(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 option, UINT8 *basecolormap, UINT8 *outlinecolormap, const char *string);
 
 INT32 V_CreditStringWidth(const char *string);