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Well, right now i'm following a tutorial on game making for c++, but is this really the best programming language for video games? Also i'd like to know if can recommend me a book ( i've seen some book on amazon but i don't really know wich one to choose …

greetings just started with C/C++. Im not quite comfortable porting from java to c/c++. Pointers are quite hard at start. So pls help me with this problem I want to copy the exact data of a certain pointer to an array of struct. Not just point a pointer from another. …

Hello everyone, I'm new and I have next to no experience with c++ and I wish to learn. So, these questions may seem ridiculous, and they probably are but, please answer. What is a game engine and how to make one (in a nutshell)? How long, if I have no …

I got the whole static binding and dynamic binding on runtime if a function is declared virtual in the base class, but if you do something like this... [code] class base { public: void print() { cout << "base" << endl; } }; class derived : public base { public: …

Hi fellas, This week in class (2nd week), we are learning about classes. Our professor has asked us just to complete one simple class with separate files. My problem is when I go to compile, I get errors stating my variables aren't "declared in this scope." As far as I …

How would I draw something on the screen ? not the console window but the entire screen, preferably with the console minimised. Also, would it show up on a printscreen ? It better not :P What I want to do is create something like a layer on top of the …

Hey everybody i need help for a project im doin.I need to find out how people use math in the making of video games.What kind of math do they use and how??? Can u guys PLEASE HELP ME?!?!?!

[CODE=c++] class A { int num; public: A() {} A(int _num) : num(_num) {} A operator + (const A & ob) { return (num+ ob.num); } }; int main() { A ob1(1); A ob2(2); A ob3(3); A ob4=ob1+ob2+ob3; } My doubt is in ob1+ob2+ob3 . First ob1+ob2 is evaluated and …

I am making a jump and run game- i want my sprites to collect items that are worth points. I want these items to be randomly generated on my tile map. Does anyone know how i can do this? I am using Visual C++ with SDL

I am new new in OOP stuff.I have read the Herbert Schildt's C++ reference.But it just gave me the idea, about how it work.Not how to make it work. I am read few chapters from "Object-Oriented Programming in C++ by Robert Lafore"(old edition featuring UML 1, i guess).But it was …

[CODE]#include<iostream.h> #include<iomanip.h> using namespace std; float number1, number2, number3; void readThreeNumbers(number1, number2, number3); void sortThreeNumbers(number1, number2, number3); void displayNumbers(number1, number2, number3); int main () { readThreeNumbers(number1, number2, number3); sortThreeNumbers(number1, number2, number3); displayNumbers(number1, number2, number3); } void readThreeNumbers(number1, number2, number3) { cout << "Please enter three floating-point numbers, space between them: …

Hello there, I am trying to figure out the advantages of C++ STL containers over C. Correct me if I am wrong. a)in C++ containers classes are standardized. C doesn't have any standardized libraries for data structures beyond the native array type. b)each of these containers in C++ has member …

Hi all, I declared a vector of pointers in a header file named "bug.h" [CODE]#ifndef BUG_H #define BUG_H #include <vector> #include "board.h" #include "prey.h" class Bug: public Prey{ public: Bug(Board& boa); Bug(int x,int y,Board& boa); void breed(Board& boa); int getx(); int gety(); }; typedef Bug* Bugpt; std::vector <Bugpt> Bugarr(6); void …

Hey there, DaniWeb! I'm Matt, a student at the University of Michigan (Go Blue) majoring in business and computer science. My friends would tell you I'm obsessed with programming. They're lying... but not really. I post pretty regularly over at GameDev, under the same username, and I've recently started up …

[CODE]#include<iostream.h> //is used so it will display output to the user and that input can be read from the keyboard #include<iomanip.h> //is used so that the user can format input using namespace std; int main() { int qty1; cout << "Please enter the quantity of Televisions: "<<endl; cin >> qty1; …

Hi guys: I wrote this simple code to read a series of numbers from a list and then do some simple aremathic with it. I am not certain where the error could be, I read the code upside down and still can understand where the error lies. Any help would …

This is a silly question. I have been working with pointers for almost two quarters and this question never occurred to me until today when I wrote up some code and my IDE screamed at me about it. Oddly enough, 99% of the time I get it right so this …