The need to press enter...
Is there a way, when making a game for example in the console, that you don't have to put enter every time?
Like, I use
5
321
as my setup to move for dungeon crawler. But every time again I have to push enter.
Is it possible, when i type 3, I don't have to hit enter anymore?
Thank you!
Like, I use
5
321
as my setup to move for dungeon crawler. But every time again I have to push enter.
Is it possible, when i type 3, I don't have to hit enter anymore?
Thank you!
You should Google "unbuffered input".
IIRC, there is no way to do this using standard C/C++; you would want some sort of third party library like curses to do this.
IIRC, there is no way to do this using standard C/C++; you would want some sort of third party library like curses to do this.
Or better yet...
Don't use the console to make games because it's a terrible medium for games.
Get a library that is made for games, like SFML and use that. Working with the console will just make things extremely difficult for yourself.
Don't use the console to make games because it's a terrible medium for games.
Get a library that is made for games, like SFML and use that. Working with the console will just make things extremely difficult for yourself.
you don't need to know WinAPI.
Get SFML. Having a window, drawing graphics, playing sound, and having sane input is much easier than you think with the right library.
SFML makes it very simple.
The hardest part is downloading/installing/setting up SFML, but you only have to do that once and then you're good forever.
http://sfml-dev.org/
Get SFML. Having a window, drawing graphics, playing sound, and having sane input is much easier than you think with the right library.
SFML makes it very simple.
The hardest part is downloading/installing/setting up SFML, but you only have to do that once and then you're good forever.
http://sfml-dev.org/
I have a question about that.... If I want to try using this SFML library and I am using Dev-C++ (which compiles using gcc, I believe), which version of it should I be downloading? gcc is listed as Linux, which I don't have, and the Windows versions are all Visual C++ or Code::Blocks. Am I just supposed to use one of them?
Hmmm.... The screenshots of C::B look quite...busy, but I suppose I can resize the panes however so I can see what I'm doing. It's not like the info displayed isn't useful, I'm just not used to seeing it ALL at once, hehe. I'll give it a shot. Thanks!
What did you use? dev-c++?
I don't quite understand you. C::B is praised for the fact it's minimalistc.
I don't quite understand you. C::B is praised for the fact it's minimalistc.
In the first screenshot there are eight panes open, with the code itself squished into a little pane in the middle where I can't even see the right margin of it. Not saying that it looks bad, just that there's a lot of info that I won't need all the time taking up space. Again, I'm sure I can resize everything to my own taste.
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Thanks, but it's okay, I'm already downloading it. ^_^
By the way, yes, I was using Dev-C++.
By the way, yes, I was using Dev-C++.
Haha, that's what I get for not refreshing first! :-P Besides, no harm in having it posted for the next guy who reads this! ;-)
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