make him go away!

I am writing my rpg program, and when the program asks for the user's name, the program puts the most recently hit key in the space. I can't figure out how to keep it from doing this.

This function executes first.

PHP Code:

void initPlayers(){
     human.initialize(20, 5, 8, 80, "Warrior");
     wizard.initialize(30, 8, 5, 70, "Wizard");
     ghost.initialize(50, 0, 15, 60, "Specter");

     // Get player type choice from the user
     system("cls");
     printf("Choose which character to assume:\n");
     printf("1) Warrior\n");
     printf("2) Wizard\n");
     printf("Choice: ");

     switch (getche()){
        case '1':
           character = human;
           break;
        case '2':
           character = wizard;
           break;
        default:
           character = ghost;
           break;
     }
     character.setName();
} 


And this is the character.setName() that is called.

PHP Code:

void setName(){
         printf("\nWhat is your name? ");
         cin >> name;
      } 


Use kbhit()

Code:

.....

char key;
if (kbhit())
{
key = getch();
switch (key)
{
...
}
}

...

are you sure kbhit() and _sleep() work in dev?

And, my problem is what happens with the cin >> name; not the other one. If you choose '1' on trhe menu, then when it displays the "What is your name?" thing there is automatically a 1 at the beginning.

Code:

Choose which character to assume:
1) Warrior
2) Wizard
Choice: 1
What is your name? 1

yes, they're both standard ANSI functions

kbhit() is defined in conio.h
_sleep() is defined in stdlib.h

so you need to include those headers to use them

Originally posted by Inquirer
And, my problem is what happens with the cin >> name; not the other one. If you choose '1' on trhe menu, then when it displays the "What is your name?" thing there is automatically a 1 at the beginning.

Code:

Choose which character to assume:
1) Warrior
2) Wizard
Choice: 1
What is your name? 1

that's because of the nature of getch().... use kbhit() to detect a keypress, then use getch() to get what key it is

Aaaah. I see what you were saying! And thanks for the headers.

~Inquirer

I'm very familiar with Dev-C++ (still have it on my system) and if you need any specific help, just ask

nope. Stll get an error.

Code:

74 players.h
 implicit declaration of function `int kbhit(...)'

Do you think it would be too huge a bug just to leave in there?

~Inquirer

show me the code

PHP Code:

class player {
   public:
      int attack(){return strength;}
      int receive(int damage){
         if (resistance < damage) {
            health -= (damage - resistance);
         }
         if (health <= 0){
            dead = true;
            return 0;
         } else {
            return health;
         }
      }
      int getHealth(){return health;}
      int getResistance(){return resistance;}
      int getStrength(){return strength;}
      int getAccuracy(){return accuracy;}
      bool isDead(){return dead;}
      void getInfo();
      void setName(){
         //cin.get();
         printf("\nWhat is your name? ");
         cin >> name;
      }
      char* getName(){return name;}

      void initialize(int h, int r, int s, int a, char* type){
         health = h;
         resistance = r;
         strength = s;
         accuracy = a;
         species = type;
         dead = false;
         initialized = true;
      }
   private:
      int health;
      int resistance;
      int strength;
      int accuracy;
      bool dead;
      bool initialized;
      char name[41];
      char *species;
}human, wizard, ghost, character;

void player::getInfo(){
   system("cls");
   cout << "Character Profile:\n"
        << "Name:       " << name       << " the "
                          << species    << "\n"
        << "Health:     " << health     << "\n"
        << "Strength:   " << strength   << "\n"
        << "Accuracy:   " << accuracy   << "%\n"
        << "Resistance: " << resistance << "\n";
   getche();
}


void initPlayers(){
     human.initialize(20, 5, 8, 80, "Warrior");
     wizard.initialize(30, 8, 5, 70, "Wizard");
     ghost.initialize(50, 0, 15, 60, "Specter");

     // Get player type choice from the user
     system("cls");
     printf("Choose which character to assume:\n");
     printf("1) Warrior\n");
     printf("2) Wizard\n");
     printf("Choice: ");

     switch (getche()){
        case '1':
           character = human;
           break;
        case '2':
           character = wizard;
           break;
        default:
           character = ghost;
           break;
     }
     character.setName();
} 


I don't see kbhit()

PHP Code:

char key;
     if (kbhit()){
     key = getch();
     }
     switch (key){
        case '1':
           character = human;
           break;
        case '2':
           character = wizard;
           break;
        default:
           character = ghost;
           break;
     } 


Put that where the switch was, i forgot and put in the last working piece of code

PHP Code:

char key;
if (kbhit())
{
    key = getch();
    switch (key)
    {
        case '1':
        {
            character = human;
            break;
        }
        case '2':
        {
            character = wizard;
            break;
        }
        default:
        {
            character = ghost;
            break;
        }
    }
} 


Try that.... see the difference?

i still getthe following error:

Code:

76 players.h
 implicit declaration of function `int kbhit(...)'