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Hello Everyone! I'm using C++ to write a small 2D app with SDL and OpenGL. I'm trying as much as possible to keep my code cross-platform. However, I've hit a bump. I can't find a good, easy way to display text on the screen. I am able to do it, …

I'm trying to write a simple game using SDL and OpenGL. Up until now, I was using purely SDL and pixel manipulations on the framebuffer to draw lines and other shapes. However, as you would expect, that got unbearably slow as the number of objects on the screen increased. Now …

How can I get a variable amount of arguments in a function without providing how many arguments will be passed? For example, when you use a VA List, the first parameter must be the amount of arguments passed.. I don't want that. I want to just start passing any amount …

I've already got a game project going, using C++ and SFML. I'm planning on releasing it digitally online using PayPal. Question is, how do I keep the game from being pirated? Someone could easily just make a copy of the game and its files, and they've got two versions of …

Here's my full assignment below, and then the code I have so far to follow. I'm up to Step 4 of the assignment... need some insight to kickstart my flow. Much appreciated. [QUOTE]The ABC Corporation wishes to review a group of its products based on their performance in the prior …

Hello everyone! I'm looking for a free (open source preferred) source code editor. Ideally it would be as light-weight as Notepad++, gedit, kate, mousepad, you see the pattern. However, the most important thing I'm looking for in this editor is flexible, dynamic, intelligent autocomplete (for c/c++). To be fair, Notepad++ …

I was wondering if there is any way using the mingw g++ compiler to make code that acts like this: [CODE]#define myLanguageBlock(X) doMyLanguageBlock(#X) void doMyLanguageBlock(const char* code){/*this executes the code as if it were in another language, I have already written this function*/} int main() { myLanguageBlock( this is all …

hey guys, k, already 1 month I'm "leaving" my self-study on C++ for certain personal reason, I just learned the C++ two months before also, not much... I still can type in code and remember how most of the keyword works(that I learned), but I'm losing my ability to "think …

Hello guyz! Im conducting a debugging contest... Im writing some questions... I wrote a code implementing virtual functions.. Im not sure where to include bugs here.. Can anyone help me add bugs to this code?? Please bugs must make people think.. THey must not just be syntactical errors.. Thank you.. …

hi all, here with I attach a programe written from using C++ language. I am new to C++. problem is I want to be a good programmer and I think I still do mistakes in witting programes. what I want is check my code and criticize my mistakes. tell me …

Hey all! I'm writing a simple fluid game in C++, and I've come across a strange issue. I allocate a whole bunch of arrays of float for use in simulations. During the course of the program, nothing goes wrong. But when I try to delete the arrays, I get a …

I am trying to write an algorithm to determine the average of a linked list of real numbers with the first node pointed to by first... ptr = first; while (ptr != null_value) { //not sure what to put in here } Can someone take a look of this short …

Hello everyone. I am trying to write an application that uses OpenGL (with GLFW) for graphics. It is meant to be as portable as possible, and I try not to have direct interface with platform specific things other than through GLFW (I can also use SDL). The problem is that …

[CODE]#include <iostream> #include <ctime> using namespace std; class Fraction { private: int Num; int Denom; public: void Reduce(); //will reduce the fraction to lowest terms void AddFraction(); //will add the two fractions together void print(); //will print the fraction in the form: numerator / denominator }; void Reduce(int &Num, int …

Hi, When I want to run a simple project in NetBeans, I receive an error : [quote] ! was unexpected at this time. c:\MinGW\bin\make.exe: *** [.validate-impl] Error 255 BUILD FAILED (exit value 2, total time: 219ms) [/quote] My eclipse is working properly with this MinGW installed on my computer . …

I have been searching my texts, the web, and DaniWeb for information about how to share data between compiled C++ executables. I've been studying extern variables and named pipes without success. A typical program calls another program like this: float Pi = 3.14; system("AdjustSeaLevel.exe Pi 5.4 11.2 c f g"); …

Hello everyone! I am trying to use polymorphism to have a little physics simulator that draws objects to the screen. Each object has properties like mass, friction, position, velocity, acceleration and such similar things, as well as a pointer to a SHAPE object which describes the shape of the object. …

Hello everyone! I am looking for a simple free c/c++ IDE which does not need to create projects in order to build applications. If possible, I would like something that has code completion on par with MSVC Intellisense, or NetBeans code completion. However, the most important feature I am looking …

Hi there I have the following problem! Please help! [code=cplusplus]class Base { //private methods void printMyType() { cout << "this is base type" << endl; } //public methods void printAllInfo() { cout << "this An accout" << endl; printMyType(); } }; //end base class class derived : public Base { …

I'm trying to implement a linked list class in a manner similar to STL. Everyithing seems to work fine, but when I try to implement an output operator to let me see what is inside the collection quickly, it starts acting wierd. Note that I use the iterator inside the …

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[code=cpp] template<typename T> //T is a type which supports the dereference operator void foo(T& param){ //the type of expression *param is defined at compile time U = *param; //U is the type which *param returns } [/code] My question is: How can I implicitly determine the return type of performing …

I have a parent class and two child classes that inherit from the parent class. The parent class has a protected pointer to something, and a method to access that pointer. [code=cpp] class parent{ public: int* accessPtr(){ return ptr; } protected: int* ptr; }; class child1 : public parent{ public: …

I am trying to make a simple game engine that can display objects to the screen. I intend to implement a collection of Entity* where each Entity is the representation of an object, such as the image to use when drawing it on the screen, its various properties, what happens …

I don't want to make a new thread, but I have a relevant question. I am not using directX or opengl, but I do have 2D sprites in 2D space. However the sprites might have arbitrary shapes (circle, square, random blob, wheel with hollow center, etc). I do have masks …

I can't understand why there's a memory leak. Can someone please enlighten me ? [CODE=cpp]#include <fstream> #include <string> #include <iostream> #include <sstream> #include <stdlib.h> #include <math.h> using namespace std; class ChocBar{ public: ChocBar(string name = "Barone",double price =1.20){ name_ = name; price_ = price; } string getName(){ return name_; } …

i want to implement a memory using c++ language. the memory will contain addresses of length 64bits because in my architecture the word is 64 bits. i want to implement it using a set associative array. so i want to create a 2 dimensional array of dimension 8 and 16k …