I would like to print text onto an entity. I thougth this might be possible in printing to the texture assigned to the entity.
Is there any possibility to write text to an bitmap with c script?

Yes.

Get the bitmap pointer to the skin and use it with the pixel_ instructions. If you want to print text from a bitmap font on this skin, you have to extract each letter from the the font (loaded as bitmap, not as font) and "copy" it onto the target bmap.

Thanks.

Do I really have to read every single pixel from the fonts bitmap and copy it to the texture bitmap?

unfortunatly...

I'm not surprised that the bmap_blit function is not 'tree-listed' in my copy of the latest manual.
Given the missing source position / dimension specification argument, which is likely due to the idiotic 4 param function limitation, the function is relatively useless anyway.
Added note to add font bmap blit functions to tD0.dll (freeware; release pending).

Here's a tutorial from one of the AUM's!

Code:

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Textinput Panel
Q: How can I show the coursor on a Panel and let the user make a input?
A: You need a text and a panel like shown beneath.



bmap input_pcx = <input.pcx>; 
string temp_str = " "; // 20 characters
function input_text();
panel input_pan 
{ 
   bmap = input_pcx; 
   pos_x = 0; 
   pos_y = 0; 
   layer = 10; 
   on_click = input_text; 
   flags = refresh, d3d, visible; 
} 
text my_txt 
{ 
   layer = 20; 
   pos_x = 30; 
   pos_y = 35; 
   font = standard_font; 
   string = temp_str;
} 
text dummy_txt // displays the text that was input
{
   layer = 20; 
   pos_x = 15; 
   pos_y = 450; 
   font = standard_font; 
   flags = visible;
}
function input_text() 
{ 
   if ((mouse_pos.x > 7) && (mouse_pos.x < 215) && (mouse_pos.y > 20) && (mouse_pos.y < 45)) 
   { 
      my_txt.visible = on; 
      str_cpy (temp_str, ""); 
      inkey temp_str;
      my_txt.visible = off;
      // got the text in temp_str here
      dummy_txt.string = temp_str; // show the input text
      // .................
   }
}
 

  

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It woks fine! I know it i have used it! So use it too!