Thread: Global classes and a typedef question!

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    Global classes and a typedef question!

    Hello.

    I've made a class called CWorld. It has members like 'hge' and 'loadedMap'.
    The class looks like this:
    Code:
    class CWorld {
    
    public:
    
    	HGE* hge;	// Leaving this as a pointer as I like using '->' for hge stuff
    	hgePolygonMap* loadedMap;	// Same as above and other reasons
    
    	CWorld()  { hge = hgeCreate(HGE_VERSION); loadedMap = new hgePolygonMap(hgeVector(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT), true); }
    
    };
    Now, why doesn't it work to do
    Code:
    if(CWorld::hge->System_Initiate())
    Code:
    CWorld::hge->System_Start();
    And so on?

    Also, is it possible to do
    Code:
    typedef CWorld::hge hge;
    I get some errors for that...

    Thanks in advance!
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    hge is a non-static member variable so you need a CWorld object to access it.
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    Not used to working with static members...
    Code:
    class CWorld {
    
    public:
    
    	static HGE* hge;	// Leaving this as a pointer as I like using '->' for hge stuff
    	static hgePolygonMap* loadedMap;	// Same as above and other reasons
    
    	CWorld()  { hge = hgeCreate(HGE_VERSION); loadedMap = new hgePolygonMap(hgeVector(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT), true); }
    
    };
    gives me this error
    Code:
    error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class HGE * CWorld::hge" (?hge@CWorld@@2PAVHGE@@A)
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    Nevermind!

    Moved hge elsewhere, but thanks for reply tho!
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