I want to make a console game but need a better way to clear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSgj7VkZkQk
How does the guy in that youtube video not have constant flickering due to system("cls")?
How does the guy in that youtube video not have constant flickering due to system("cls")?
HE probably used winAPI to handle console directly: changed console buffer size, and used some tricks to look like it is semless.
But console is a terrible medium for games http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/28558/
Face it: Windows console is shit. Compare to Linux terminal it allows so little. And ncurses for Linux making working with it more easy. There is ports of different console handling library like PDCurses.
If you were knowledgable of roguelike world, you would know: most of them works with linux terminal natively, but uses some library simulating console when it comes to Windows. Because programming game under native Windows console is like participating in BDSM when your partner ignores the safeword.
But console is a terrible medium for games http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/articles/28558/
Face it: Windows console is shit. Compare to Linux terminal it allows so little. And ncurses for Linux making working with it more easy. There is ports of different console handling library like PDCurses.
If you were knowledgable of roguelike world, you would know: most of them works with linux terminal natively, but uses some library simulating console when it comes to Windows. Because programming game under native Windows console is like participating in BDSM when your partner ignores the safeword.
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