Demonstrate Text3D usage in NinjaSnowWar (nametags shown for players other than you.)

Do not load font or attempt to create font faces in headless mode.

Bin/Data/Scripts/NinjaSnowWar.as

@@ -383,6 +383,18 @@ void SpawnPlayer(Connection@ connection)
         VariantMap eventData;
         eventData["NodeID"] = playerNode.id;
         connection.SendRemoteEvent("PlayerSpawned", true, eventData);
+        
+        // Create name tag (Text3D component) for players in multiplayer
+        Node@ textNode = playerNode.CreateChild("NameTag");
+        textNode.position = Vector3(0, 1.2, 0);
+        Text3D@ text3D = textNode.CreateComponent("Text3D");
+        Font@ font = cache.GetResource("Font", "Fonts/BlueHighway.ttf");
+        text3D.SetFont(font, 24);
+        text3D.color = Color(1, 1, 0);
+        text3D.text = players[playerIndex].name;
+        text3D.horizontalAlignment = HA_CENTER;
+        text3D.verticalAlignment = VA_CENTER;
+        text3D.faceCamera = true;
     }
 }
 
@@ -592,6 +604,10 @@ void HandlePlayerSpawned(StringHash eventType, VariantMap& eventData)
     {
         playerControls.yaw = playerNode.rotation.yaw;
         playerControls.pitch = 0;
+
+        // Disable the nametag from own character
+        Node@ nameTag = playerNode.GetChild("NameTag");
+        nameTag.enabled = false;
     }
 }
 

Engine/UI/Font.cpp

@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ bool Font::Load(Deserializer& source)
 {
     PROFILE(LoadFont);
     
+    // In headless mode, do not actually load, just return success
+    Graphics* graphics = GetSubsystem<Graphics>();
+    if (!graphics)
+        return true;
+        
     faces_.Clear();
     
     fontDataSize_ = source.GetSize();
@@ -288,6 +293,11 @@ bool Font::SaveXML(Serializer& dest, int pointSize, bool usedGlyphs)
 
 const FontFace* Font::GetFace(int pointSize)
 {
+    // In headless mode, always return null
+    Graphics* graphics = GetSubsystem<Graphics>();
+    if (!graphics)
+        return 0;
+    
     // For bitmap font type, always return the same font face provided by the font's bitmap file regardless of the actual requested point size
     if (fontType_ == FONT_BITMAP)
         pointSize = 0;
@@ -618,7 +628,7 @@ const FontFace* Font::GetFaceBitmap(int pointSize)
         }
         SharedPtr<Texture> texture = LoadFaceTexture(fontImage);
         if (!texture)
-            return 0;        
+            return 0;
         newFace->textures_.Push(texture);
         totalTextureSize += fontImage->GetWidth() * fontImage->GetHeight() * fontImage->GetComponents();
         
@@ -793,7 +803,7 @@ SharedPtr<FontFace> Font::Pack(const FontFace* fontFace)
     
     return packedFontFace;
 }
-    
+
 SharedPtr<Texture> Font::LoadFaceTexture(SharedPtr<Image> image)
 {
     Texture2D* texture = new Texture2D(context_);