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General / Gamestates - in which order?

« on: February 18, 2018, 04:39:25 pm »

Hello!

Ive got 4 states of my game.

1. update
2. check collision
3. spawn enemies
4. draw

And I wonder in which order I should put these.
I am sorry If something like this post has been written already 100 times.
What can I say, Im a nab 

Best regards,
Bizarreofnature

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System / Easy way to load files from zip

« on: February 05, 2018, 10:27:44 pm »

Hello!

When it comes to streams and stuff im kinda helpless.

Im searching for an easy way to load for example .tga files from a zip file.

Forgive me for being such a noob.
Ive googled hours and checked every single thread in subforum System.
Without success of course.

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
Bizarreofnature

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System / sf::sleep problem

« on: February 02, 2018, 06:39:47 pm »

Hello!

sf::sleep (sf::seconds ( ((1.0f / 60) - cTimer.GetElapsedTime ()) ));

GetElapsedTime returns as float.

It doesnt work. The weird thing is that even the following does NOT work:

sf::sleep (sf::seconds (1.0f) );

Please help me, i already googled like crazy and nothing :-/

Best regards,
Bizarreofnature

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System / Framerate regulation question

« on: January 31, 2018, 04:39:15 pm »

Hello!

I am really clueless when it comes to framerate regulation.
Im aware there is a nice function for this in SFML... however:

I want to do it the hard way and make it all myself.
I dont want sourcecode, im searching for someone who can explain to me what to do in words.

My goal is to capping the framerate of my game by 60 fps.

I have no problem when it comes to measuring time, the problem i have is i simply dont know how to cap framerate.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: If it helps to explain, of course id like to see sourcecode.

MfG Bizarreofnature!

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General / Weird movement shoot bug

« on: October 28, 2017, 11:54:43 pm »

Hello!

And again I have to annoy you guys.
I got a very weird bug and I have NO idea.

Basically my ship can move in all directions and shooting at the same time is no problem, except for one direction. If i move my ship upwards and to the left at the same time, for some reason i cant shoot anymore.
It is only this direction, all the other 7 work fine. And the weird thing is my code is all clean. Just what is going on?

Thanks in advance,
Bizarreofnature!

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General / Collision between circle and rect

« on: October 26, 2017, 08:29:29 pm »

Hello!

Ive searched in the forum but did not find anything useful.

I want my ship to have a shield and if something touches it, it will be destroyed.

So basically all my collision boxes are rectangles. All but this single one.

How do I realize a collision detection between my circle and the enemy rectangles?

Thanks in advance,
Bizarreofnature

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General / Difference between list and list::iterator

« on: October 25, 2017, 05:12:29 pm »

Hello there!

I hope this is the right section for my question. However:

What exactly is the difference between a list and list::iterator?
And when do I use those?

EDIT: And what is the difference between "remove" and "erase" ?

Thanks in advance,
Bizarreofnature

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General / What comes first? Collision or update?

« on: October 24, 2017, 04:13:33 pm »

Hey there!

I have 3 routines.

- update
- collision
- draw

I wonder what comes first in a game loop.

In "Update" im updating the positions of objects like player, enemy etc. .
In collision, im checking for collisions.
And in Draw im simply drawing.

I though about this for quite a while and i have no clue.

Thanks in advance,
Bizarreofnature

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Graphics / Get current screen (image)

« on: October 20, 2017, 09:49:35 pm »

Hello there!

I got a small problem. I want the current screen contents to load into a texture.

TextureWindow.update (gWindow);
Window.setTexture (TextureWindow);

gWindow is my renderwindow and Texturewindow an sf::texture, Window an sf:sprite.

Somewhy it does not work. The Window sprite is empty.

Please help me.

Best regards
Bizarreofnature