RE: game development layout question
- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:33:33 -0400
To add some terminology to what Ken is talking about: they are called
generics and are amazingly powerful. Runtime type inferencing is a very
vercitile and flexible tool in the hands of a good programmer.
Furthermore, c++ has an extensive and quite rock solid templating mechanism
which achieves the single type protection and also specific code generation,
and let's not forget abstraction benefit, at compile time.
So I agree with Ken, ... many upon many ways, ripe for the picking.
Take care,
Sina
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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Perry
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 10:32 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: game development layout question
Actually Tyler I think your missing a large part of OO programming. The
point of c++ is so you can make an object and then inherit that object by
other classes and then be able to make a single array of the type object
that can hold all inherited types. A good example of this is in .net where
you have the Control class. You can actually make an array of type control
and then instantiate each control as button, Combo Box, List Box, etc. Not
many people realize this because they use the GUI method of creating forms
and don't do the dirty work.
In the same way in C# all things are objects or are supposed to be. so you
could make an array of objects and almost instantiate any variable into it
using the new operator. The then as you loop through the array you check
what type it is and act accordingly.
Ken
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Littlefield,
Tyler
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 6:39 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: game development layout question
I could use void*, but I would have to cast the pointers--there should be a
cleaner way. :(
Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jim <mailto:jhomme1028@xxxxxxxxx>
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: game development layout question
Hi Tyler,
In Monopoly, I can have a racecar or a shoe on a square. Shouldn't
you be able to just make a square and then point to the object that is
supposed to be on it or can you somehow just put an object on it? I thought
OOP was supposed to be able to represent the real world.
Thanks.
Jim
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----- Original Message -----
From: Littlefield, Tyler <mailto:tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: game development layout question
Hello jim,
It might, but if I have an array of objects, the objects
would need to be of mixed-type so I'm able to maybe manage more than one
object.
E.g, a vehicle will be a different object from a player,
etc.
Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jim <mailto:jhomme1028@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: game development layout question
Hi Tyler,
Unless I am missing something, you could maybe make
the squares on the board objects so that they could be different from
one-another. Would that work?
Thanks.
Jim
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----- Original Message -----
From: Littlefield, Tyler
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Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 4:47 PM
Subject: game development layout question
Hello list,
I've got a question.
I'm thinking of writing a game in c++.
I want to find a way to make the board and
map.
I thought about using an array, but then
that would require that all objects are the same...
Any ideas?
Also, how are race tracks built?
I want to do a bit of racing in the game,
just not sure how to lay those out.
Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield.
Vertigo head coder
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added features."
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