Simple I know...but it is a start.
Simple I know...but it is a start.
Ugh. Use a window (or a real GUI), if you can.
Originally Posted by Adak
What do you mean by real GUI? (wxWidgets, Qt) those take experience to use. I dont have MSVC++ Standard so I cant use MFC.
A window. The typical thing you see everywhere in your OS. It doesn't matter what you use, be it wxWidgets, Qt or MFC. Just don't use a dos prompt - because the results are, as you see... ugly, to say the least.
Real professionals (or games designers) tend to use DirectX (or Direct3D) to do graphics, but that's probably overcourse...
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Actually I think I will stick to a console window. I am not planning any graphics, so I believe a graphics api is a little overkill.
Last edited by eaane74; 12-13-2007 at 02:04 PM.
But you are using graphics. And it doesn't look pretty.
Everything will look better outside the dos prompt. It wasn't designed for graphics.
Granted the graphics suck...But I would really like to steer away from real graphics and focus on the programming part.
The console is fine, but I'm not a big fan of the green background. Perhaps a different colour?
Seconded.
I could...there arent a whole lot of options though.
After a little more effort...
It's quite well done, for a console program. You can't get much better than that.
Something you might consider is something like T.O.M.E. does. You use a graphics window, so you can have graphics if you need them -- but most of the time you just use text. Use a bitmap font, and it probably wouldn't be much more complicated than ordinary console programming.
Have you read the book Epic by Conor Kostick by any chance? http://www.amazon.com/Epic-Conor-Kos...7579537&sr=1-2
It's about an RPG called Epic . . . not that it's an uncommon name or anything.
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Looks better, but still looks very poor. But that's what I guess you get for using a dos prompt.
No I havent. Though I should probably read an RPG book. The title for my game is Soldier of Fortune...but thats too big to put in the window. I needed an easy four letter word.Have you read the book Epic by Conor Kostick by any chance? http://www.amazon.com/Epic-Conor-Kos...7579537&sr=1-2
It's about an RPG called Epic . . . not that it's an uncommon name or anything.
I was thinking of using bitmaps and may do so later...there are plenty of resources on the internet in that regard. Right now I want to focus more on collison detection (using an ASCII map) and AI. Thats why I decided on a RPG...simple and fun to create.
BTW can I load a bitmap in a console window or do I need a REAL Window for that.
FWIW that large blank gray space on the left is where the ASCII map will go. I just havent got that far yet.
