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The questions are in the following:
1.)Is there a timer function?what is it and it's prototype<the #include>
2.)How do you let 2 buttons able to be pressed at once<for two player games>
3.)since when you type a code, it gets real long. Is there a function to open up another script to make your game code easier?
Please answer a.s.a.p. !!!!!!!!
"Program real or go", eh?
yeah, I need help with that second question. How to do two getch()'s at once? But I don't really need help with that...I'm doing directX anyways. for you, bluehead, use why don't you use header files? and for your timer, you can use the Delay() function in dos.h.
FINE!!
1.)Is there a timer function?If yes, what is it and it's header file?Quote:
1.)Is there a timer function?what is it and it's prototype<the #include>
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what do you mean?Quote:
Is there a function to open up another script to make your game code easier?
your typing up a code, right?
well, when you type it up, it gets all confusing and messy. Is there a way to make to diferant 'texts' and make one to load to the other
for example:
Your making a two player game.
you wrote the one player version.
you open up a new file and do the two player version.
then you let the user choose which way he wants in the one player version. Is there a way to open the two player version or do you have to do it all in one file?
THERE. happy now?
1) windows has all sorts of timers. there is also <time.h> or <ctime> that contains functions you might find helpful.look it up in your help files or fav. text book.
2) said this a million times.... this is the last time as this info is on the faq board.... GetAsyncKeyState() from <windows.h>. look it up at msdn
3) look into oop and/or splitting your code into separate modules.
for your 'two player' example, it shouldn't be too messy if you did good coding. You should have all or most of the actions being done in functions. For example, the player's move, the computer's move, etc. You can put all of those functions into some header files. Then, of course, you include that header file in your main program. Then you should just ask to play 1 player, 2 player, computer, whatever. Then have have a switch/case statement and depending on what they enter, call the certain function. You can call all of the functions like player moving and stuff one after another, or you could put them all into one function called something like void StartOnePlayer();. void StartComputer();. void StartTwoPlayer();. So you have all of the functions like playermove, computermove, etc. in a header file. You can also make a function called StartOnePlayer or something and put that into the header file also. Then your main program could look something like this:
#include <Game.h> //Header file you made
#include blah blah
blah blah
int main()
{
cout<<"1) 1 player 2) 2 player"<<endl;
int choice;
cin>>choice;
switch (choice)
{
case 1:
StartPlayerOne();
break;
case 2:
StartPlayerTwo();
break;
default:
cout<<"You idiot, either 1 or 2";
break;
}
return 0;
}
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Ok.....got that covered. now is there a 'goto' command
<like in QBasic, you make it 'goto 1' and it goes to the 1 spot>
if you need more info just ask
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Actually I have never used a 'goto' before. I have read a little about it though. From what I've heard, you can achieve the same thing without it, and its better practice. Overall, I read you shouldn't use them. That came from deitel & deitel's 3rd edition c++ book. And here's just some advice: get "Beginning Visual C++ 6" by: Ivor Horton....that is if you're using vc++ 6. It's awsome, it teaches windows programming in it as well as all the c++ stuff. Its real nice, im using it now.