How should I handle checking if an event, such as closing the window, has occurred if I also need to be able to go through the game loop?
int main()
{
MyGame game;
game.setIsRunning(true);
sf::RenderWindow gameWindow(sf::VideoMode(MyGame::width * MyGame::scale, MyGame::height * MyGame::scale), "My Game!");
while (gameWindow.isOpen())
{
// check all the window's events that were triggered since the last iteration of the loop
sf::Event event;
while (gameWindow.pollEvent(event))
{
// "close requested" event: we close the window
if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
gameWindow.close();
}
}
while ( game.getIsRunning() == true)
{
game.gameLoop();
}
return 0;
If I'm constantly running through a loop while the window is open I'll never get to the game loop until the window is closed. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm still new to SFML and game programming in general. Thanks for any advice or help.
You need to review how program flow works and reread the official tutorials. This is some basic C++ so maybe you should learn more about programming before you attempt to write games. ;)
int main()
{
MyGame game;
game.setIsRunning(true);
sf::RenderWindow gameWindow(sf::VideoMode(MyGame::width * MyGame::scale, MyGame::height * MyGame::scale), "My Game!");
while (gameWindow.isOpen()) // THIS IS YOUR GAME LOOP
{
// check all the window's events that were triggered since the last iteration of the loop
sf::Event event;
while (gameWindow.pollEvent(event))
{
// "close requested" event: we close the window
if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
gameWindow.close();
}
// DO YOUR UPDATING/DRAWING HERE
}
return 0;
}