ASCII 219 and moving

Okay, I made a really bad program just to mess around with moving something on the screen, I have two problems, first when I use the ASCII 219(That's the block on right?) it is some vowel with a tilde above it... also how can I have the user enter a key without having to have them push enter?

Code:

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// Written by Phillip Hermans
// Runnin' 'round!
// Started Feburary 17, 2003

#include <iostream.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main()
        {
        int x = 5, y = 5,sent = 1;
        char ent;

        cout << "To stop playing hit 0 then enter, to move hit a direction(W,A,S,D) then enter!" << endl;

        gotoxy(x,y);
        cout << char(219);

        while(ent != 0)
                {
                cin >> ent;
                switch(ent)
                        {
                        case 'w':
                        case 'W': y--; break;

                        case 's':
                        case 'S': y++; break;

                        case 'd':
                        case 'D': x++;  break;

                        case 'a':
                        case 'A': x--;  break;

                        case '0': return 0;

                        default: cout << "YOU BROKE IT!";
                        }
                clrscr();
                gotoxy(1,1);
                cout << "To stop enter 0";

                gotoxy(x,y);
                cout << char(219);
                }

                return 0;
                }

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also how can I have the user enter a key without having to have them push enter?

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is this pure DOS or just DOS console. If it was pure DOS I would do some interrupt calls. DOS console is a diff story. I don't know how to do it on DOS console (I jumped from pure DOS to windows, never did DOS console)

getch();

char choice;
choice=getch();

if(choice==Up)
{
x--;
}

edit: btw you need to include conio.h for this

And if you want a constant flow in the program without any halts to read a character:

if(kbhit()) Key = getch();

I really don't know what platform I'm using...

I can tell you the compiler Borland Turbo C++ 4.5.
So does anyone know about that block character? Okay it doesn't work here either it displays: ¨€ ...

Also is there a way to move the object without clearing the screen and displaying it again? Is this the normal way to do it?

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Originally posted by CheesyMoo
Also is there a way to move the object without clearing the screen and displaying it again? Is this the normal way to do it?

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Print an 'empty' character (space or whatever) at the object's position, move the object then draw the object's character at the new position.

I read that wrong, I thought he meant without pausing gameloop. Yeah you can just use getch(), but it pauses your program until somebody presses a key, which for games, sux0rs.

Okay I wanna' kick it up a notch, how do I read input from the arrow keys?

Okay here is my updated code, after you push the button once, you can't move it again...

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main()
        {
        int x=5,y=5;
        char Key;
        gotoxy(x,y);


        while(Key != 'x')
                {
                getch();
                if(kbhit()) Key = getch();
                gotoxy(x,y);
                cout << " ";
                if(Key == 'w')
                y--;
                if(Key == 's')
                y++;
                if(Key == 'a')
                x--;
                if(Key == 'd')
                x++;
                if(Key == 'x')
                break;
                gotoxy(x,y);
                cout << char(219);
                }

        return 0;
        }

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I'm using the VK_ stuff now, and I can't get VK_H to work. SEE:

Code:

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ReadConsoleInput(hInput, &InputRecord, 1, &Events);
if(InputRecord.EventType == KEY_EVENT && InputRecord.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown)
{
if (InputRecord.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualKeyCode==VK_H)
{
cout << "Controls: \n";
cout << "Hit \"H\" at any time to display help, and controls \n";
cout << "Hit Space to fire \n";
}

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It gives me a error saying VK_H isn't defined

Char 219 shows up as a block to me.