Thread: bullets again

  1. #1
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    bullets again

    I havetaken time to change over from using an array of bullets to a linked list of bullets. Now I have two problems.

    When the first bullet is deleted the program crashes. This code works with the first element in the list.
    Code:
    else if(current->x == x && current->y == y)
       {
          temp = current;
          *headRef = current->next;
          free(temp);
       }
    As a result of switching over to linked lists my bullet checking code no longer works. Maybe, I'm not comparing my variables correctly?

    Code:
    void checkBullets(struct bulletList* head)
    {
       int i,k;
       struct bulletList* current = head;
    
       for(i = 0; i < MAX_ROW; i++)
       {
          for(k = 0; k < MAX_COL; k++)
          {
             while(current != NULL)
             {
                  if((current->x > alien[i][k].x && 
                      current->x < alien[i][k].x+alien[i][k].width &&
                      current->y > alien[i][k].y && 
                      current->y < alien[i][k].y+alien[i][k].height) && 
                      alien[i][k].alive == 1)
                  {
                      switch(alien[i][k].type)
                      {
                         case 1: player.score += 5; break;
                         case 2: player.score += 1000; break;
                         case 3: player.score += 75; break;
                      }                  
    
                      alien[i][k].alive = 0;  
                  }
               current = current->next;
             }
          }
       }
    
    }
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    Why dont you use vector instead of array/linked list? I think that would be the easiest and most reliable thing to use.
    take a look at
    c++ reference how to use the vector class

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