2 player RTS

incredibly true...the linear way is very bad. make a game engine. if you would like an example of one, check out my site.

Since my download timer shows 15minutes till DPs RTS engine is done, I would like to reprhase my previous question since noone answered it :-/

Should I have a single function to handle both players?
a) yes: Should I have a whole bunch of statics variables to hold the previous state of the player (since I obviously don't have any input functions in do_something())? Or is there a better way?

b) no: Then what?


For all of you who are cratching your head with getch() and kbhit(): go to http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/ and download Allegro (read the FAQ first about your compiler). After that it's all very easy:

Code:

#include <allegro.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    allegro_init();
    install_keyboard();
    while(!key[KEY_ESC])
    {
         if(key[KEY_W])
             printf("Player 1 pressed a key\n");
         if(key[KEY_UP])
             printf("Player 2 pressed a key\n");
         rest(50);
    }
    return 0;
}