Thread: My Brain Exploded -,-

Ok, I'm working on a class for a little console game, I have two conundrums that have anihilated my brain (Which building the game has already destroyed a good bit of -,-)...

First, you need to see the class:

Code:

#include <windows.h> //Theyse are includes for the whole game.
#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <fstream.h>
using namespace std;

class Enemy {
 private:
 HANDLE hOt = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
 HANDLE hIn = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
 char type;
 int x_pos;
 int y_pos;
 int tag;
 SHORT alive;
 public:

 Enemy();
 Enemy(char t, int ex, int ey, int etag, SHORT dead) {t=type;ex=x_pos;ey=y_pos;etag=tag; dead=alive}
 

 int EnemyTracker[50][1];

 int GetTagXY(int x, y);
 Enemy GetEnemyStatsXY(int x, y);
 COORD GetEnemyStatusXY(Enemy e);
}

COORD Enemy::GetEnemyXY(Enemy e) {
  int x_pos, y_pos;
 DWORD reader;
 char Ace[1];
 COORD Pos;
 
 Pos.X = x;
 Pos.Y = y;
 ReadConsoleOutputCharacter(hOt, &Ace[0], 1, Pos, &reader);
 if(Ace[0] == Enemy1 || Ace[0] == Enemy2 || Ace[0] == Enemy3 || Ace[0] == Enemy4) {
  Pos.X = x;
  Pos.Y = y;
  return Pos;
}

int Enemy::GetTagXY(int x, y) {
 int x_pos, y_pos;
 DWORD reader;
 char Ace[1];
 COORD Pos;
 
 Pos.X = x;
 Pos.Y = y;
 ReadConsoleOutputCharacter(hOt, &Ace[0], 1, Pos, &reader);
 if(Ace[0] == Enemy1 || Ace[0] == Enemy2 || Ace[0] == Enemy3 || Ace[0] == Enemy4)
  return tag;
}

Enemy Enemy::GetEnemyStatusXY(int x, y) {
 int x_pos, y_pos;
 DWORD reader;
 char Ace[1];
 COORD Pos;
 
 Pos.X = x;
 Pos.Y = y;
 ReadConsoleOutputCharacter(hOt, &Ace[0], 1, Pos, &reader);
 if(Ace[0] == Enemy1 || Ace[0] == Enemy2 || Ace[0] == Enemy3 || Ace[0] == Enemy4)
  return Enemy;
}

Mmmm, some of you might see my problem. I have no bloody idea how to pull a part of information out of the class that I put in it! :/. I ended up stairing blankly thinking about how a co-ordinant relate to a tag... That didint go anywhere.

So, what I'm trying to do is, be able to declare an enemy, lets say:

Code:

int main() {
 Enemy Hi('&', 15, 27, 1);
 COORD Pos;

 Pos=GetEnemyXY(Hi);
 cout << GetTagXY(Pos.x, Pos.y);
}

But... How do I do this -,-. My brain is in like... Meltdown mode ... I'm hoping theres a simple answer, but for now, I'll just stair blankly at my program and hope an answer magicaly pops into my head (it wont :/).

Any help is greatly apreciated. Also, I'm taking donations to recover my brain particles and rebuild them >.<.

Nope, good thing to because this code wont work anyways.

Mmm... I have no idea what in hell I was thinking...

I revised my code a bit, but I'm not sure what the rest of theyse errors mean. (Very incomplete)

Code:

class Enemy {
 private:
 char type;
 int x_pos;
 int y_pos;
 int tag;
 SHORT alive;
 public:

 Enemy();
 Enemy(char t, int ex, int ey, int etag, SHORT dead) {t=type;ex=x_pos;ey=y_pos;etag=tag; dead=alive;}
 

 int EnemyTracker[50][1];
 HANDLE ehOt = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
 HANDLE ehIn = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);

 int GetTagXY(int x, y);
 Enemy GetEnemyXY(int x, y);
 COORD GetEnemyStatusXY(Enemy e);
}

COORD Enemy::GetEnemyXY(Enemy e) {
  int x_pos, y_pos;
 DWORD reader;
 char Ace[1];
 COORD Pos;
 
 Pos.X = x;
 Pos.Y = y;
 ReadConsoleOutputCharacter(ehOt, &Ace[0], 1, Pos, &reader);
 if(Ace[0] == Enemy1 || Ace[0] == Enemy2 || Ace[0] == Enemy3 || Ace[0] == Enemy4) {
  Pos.X = x;
  Pos.Y = y;
  return Pos;
}

int Enemy::GetTagXY(int x, y) {
 int x_pos, y_pos;
 DWORD reader;
 char Ace[1];
 COORD Pos;
 
 Pos.X = x;
 Pos.Y = y;
 ReadConsoleOutputCharacter(ehOt, &Ace[0], 1, Pos, &reader);
 if(Ace[0] == Enemy1 || Ace[0] == Enemy2 || Ace[0] == Enemy3 || Ace[0] == Enemy4)
  return tag;
}

Enemy Enemy::GetEnemyStatusXY(int x, y) {
 int x_pos, y_pos;
 DWORD reader;
 char Ace[1];
 COORD Pos;
 
 Pos.X = x;
 Pos.Y = y;
 ReadConsoleOutputCharacter(ehOt, &Ace[0], 1, Pos, &reader);
 if(Ace[0] == Enemy1 || Ace[0] == Enemy2 || Ace[0] == Enemy3 || Ace[0] == Enemy4)
  return Enemy;
}

Errors:

Code:

Error E2233 C:\EnemyClass.h 15: Cannot initialize a class member here
Error E2233 C:\EnemyClass.h 16: Cannot initialize a class member here
Error E2303 C:\EnemyClass.h 18: Type name expected
Error E2303 C:\EnemyClass.h 19: Type name expected
Error E2238 C:\EnemyClass.h 23: Multiple declaration for 'COORD'
Error E2344 c:\Borland\Bcc55\include\wincon.h 33: Earlier declaration of 'COORD'

Error E2356 C:\EnemyClass.h 23: Type mismatch in redeclaration of 'COORD'
Error E2344 c:\Borland\Bcc55\include\wincon.h 33: Earlier declaration of 'COORD'

Error E2141 C:\EnemyClass.h 23: Declaration syntax error

From what I gather... It thinks I'm trying to make another class named COORD? I'm no stones throw at classes, I probably should have started off a bit smaller -,-. Well I'm glaring at this code to see whats wrong. If someone could tell me why I'm getting thoes errors it would be good.

No semi-colon at the end of the class.

You have to initialize class variables in the constructor:

Code:

int EnemyTracker[50][1];
HANDLE ehOt;
HANDLE ehIn;

Enemy(char t, int ex, int ey, int etag, SHORT dead)
{
  t=type;ex=x_pos;ey=y_pos;etag=tag; dead=alive;
  ehOt = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
  ehIn = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
}

Thoes functions I had in their were pure crap. And they dont seem to be improving either. I fixed my code so it now compiles (thanks Dae)

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <fstream.h>
using namespace std;

#define Enemy1 '@'
#define Enemy2 '&' 
#define Enemy3 '$'
#define Enemy4 '%'

HANDLE hOt = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
HANDLE hIn = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);

class Enemy {
 private:
 char type;
 int ex_pos;
 int ey_pos;
 int tag;
 SHORT alive;

 public:

 Enemy();

 int EnemyTracker[50][1];

 Enemy(char t, int ex, int ey, int etag, SHORT dead) {
  t=type;ex=ex_pos;ey=ey_pos;etag=tag; dead=alive;
 }
};

So, I'm wondering, how do I extract just a small peice of data from my class.

IE:

Code:

Enemy Hi('%', 10, 10, 1, 0);

Hi.ex_pos();
Hi.ey_pos();
Hi.tag();
Hi.alive();
Hi.Type();

I know I can call that by using struct, but how do I do this using a class?