Thread: Special (non) Keyboard Characters

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    Rambling Man
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    Special (non) Keyboard Characters

    I'm making a Pac Man style of game (at least those are my intentions as of now) in console mode, and I'm trying to find special characters to use. The plain, basic characters of

    Code:
    X
    *
    $
    o
    etc...
    just aren't cutting it. I know of only one way to do a special character, and I know there are more by screwing up badly on applications before. Here is how I create my special character:

    Code:
    char b;
    
    b = SetConsoleTextAttribute (GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), 6 | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY);
    
    cout << b;
    This outputs a yellow smiley face onto the screen. To change the color of the smiley face, simply change the number of 6 to whatever number-to-color representation you want.

    Please post some of the ways you know how to get a special character or else my pac man game is going to be bla!

    Btw, just to let everyone know, my game is going to have a random map editor so that means hours of pac man fun for everybody!

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    Registered User Liam Battle's Avatar
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    thats jokes man a pac man editor,
    anyhow just use the extended ascii table.. at

    www.asciitable.com


    there are some kewl stuff there...
    if not make ur own small bit maps
    LB0: * Life once school is done
    LB1: N <- WakeUp;
    LB2: N <- C++_Code;
    LB3: N >= Tired : N <- Sleep;
    LB4: JMP*-3;

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    Rambling Man
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    Ooops, that was supposed to read "a random map generator". No kidding, who would want a random map editor for pac man lol?

    Typically most pac man games have predertimened maps so you don't get as much reply value. But with my game there will be many many maps to play, which will create more replayabilty.

    EDIT: Dammit I forgot to include this part, thanks for the link.
    Last edited by TechWins; 05-01-2002 at 12:07 AM.

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    Registered User Liam Battle's Avatar
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    no prob man.. any other probs with source code or something post away
    LB0: * Life once school is done
    LB1: N <- WakeUp;
    LB2: N <- C++_Code;
    LB3: N >= Tired : N <- Sleep;
    LB4: JMP*-3;

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