[solved]textures overriding text during rendering? (media and code provided)

Newbie & Debugging Questions
#1

I’m working on a small learning project using lwjgl without helpers such as slick2d. So far everything has been easier than expected, but I just noticed while developing an inventory system for my game, that I cannot render text and sprites together?

This is a microsoft paint edit, of how it should render:

Here is the code from my Inventory interface:


	public void render() {
		textureManager.draw("tray", 124, trayRenderHeight);

		GL11.glColor3f(1, 1, 0); // yellow
		for (int i = 0; i < slot.length; i++) {
			if (slot[i] > -1 && count[i] > 0) {
				GLString.drawString("" + count[i], 124 + (i * 36), trayRenderHeight, false);
			}
		}
		
	}

And here is the 2D rendering code which the inventory display is called in:



	private void preRender2D() {
		GL11.glMatrixMode(GL11.GL_PROJECTION);
		GL11.glLoadIdentity();
		//GL11.glOrtho(0, Display.getWidth(), 0, Display.getHeight(), -1, 1);
		GL11.glOrtho(0, Display.getWidth(), Display.getHeight(), 0, -1, 1);
		GL11.glMatrixMode(GL11.GL_MODELVIEW);
		GL11.glEnable(GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D);
		GL11.glLoadIdentity();

		/*
		 * Next, we need to enable blending. Without this enabled, transparent sprites may not render as expected.
		 */
		GL11.glEnable(GL11.GL_BLEND);
		GL11.glBlendFunc(GL11.GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL11.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);

		white.bind(); // so that 2D colors wont mix
	}

	private void render2D() {
		if (renderDebug) {
			GL11.glColor3f(0, 0, 0); // black
			GLString.drawString("FPS: " + lastFrameCount, 10, 10, FontType.PLAIN);
			GLString.drawString("MEM: " + LocalMachine.getMemoryUsage() + "M", 10, 25, FontType.PLAIN);
			GLString.drawString("Mouse: " + getMouseX() + ", " + getMouseY(), 10, 40, FontType.PLAIN);
			//GLString.drawString("Mouse 3D: " + mouse3dX + ", " + mouse3dZ, 10, 55, false);
			GLString.drawString("Player: " + player.getX() + ", " + player.getZ(), 10, 70, FontType.PLAIN);
			GLString.drawString("Chunk: " + chunkX + "-" + chunkZ, 10, 85, FontType.PLAIN);
		}
		
		if (!renderFrame) {

			chatbox.render();
			inventory.render();

			// TODO : figure out why textures have to be rendered last, because none of the strings will draw if a texture is rendered before them (same error is now happening with inventory class)
			for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
				textureManager.draw("hp", Display.getWidth() - (33 * i) - 40, 0);
			}
			
			textureManager.draw("pointer", getMouseX() - 8, getMouseY() - 8);

			if (renderBrand) {
				textureManager.draw("brand", Display.getWidth() / 2 - 250, Display.getHeight() / 2 - 150);
			}
		}

	}
#2

Shortly after posting, I realized I wasn’t binding my white texture AFTER the “tray” texture. Just incase anybody stumbles upon this problem in the future, my solution is:



		textureManager.draw("tray", 124, trayRenderHeight);
		
		white.bind(); // bind white to reset
		
		GL11.glColor3f(1, 1, 0); // yellow