multi-dimensional array rpg map

[jefw123]

Hey guys, would just like a small amount of help please.

At the moment I have a 2d array which displays a map (made up of numbers), I was just wondering how I would put an X onto it and make it so the player can input coordinates and move to a specified location.

My final aim is to make quite a complex text rpg.

Here is my code so far, nothing too complex:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{

int GameMap [3][3] = {0, 0, 0,
0, 1, 0,
0, 0, 0};

for(int x=0; x < 3; x++){
    cout << endl;
    for( int y = 0; y < 3; y++){
    cout << " ";
    cout << GameMap[x][y] ;


    }


cout << endl;


}




}

Any help, even just small suggestions, would be greatly appreciated :D

[jefw123]

Also one other quick question.

Does anyone know why this isn't working?

string playergender;

cout << "Please enter your gender: ";
cin >> playergender;
if(( playergender != "Male") || ("male") || ("Female") || ("female")){
cout << "Invalid Input.";
}

Even when I type 'Male' in the program it still says Invalid Input.

[Ben Duncan]

I tested your code.

This one works:

	string playergender;

cout << "Please enter your gender: ";
cin >> playergender;
if(playergender == "Male" || playergender == "male" || playergender == "Female" || playergender == "female")
{
cout << "Continue";
}
else
{
	cout << "Invalid Input.";
}

I'm not quite sure as to why it works... It just does.

[Intrexa]

if(( playergender != "Male") || ("male") || ("Female") || ("female")) should be if(( playergender != "Male") && (playergender !="male") && (playergender !="Female") & (playergender !="female")). What you said was equivalant to if(condition1 || "male" || condition2 || condition3) That will always be true, because "male" is a non 0 value, so it evaluates to true.

[jefw123]

Ah ok, I get it now, thanks so much Intrexa especially for your explanation at the end. :D

Also thankyou Ben Duncan, it did work! However, I went the other route due to it being easier for me to structure.

[jefw123]

*bump about the array*

Sorry :(

[kong288]

Not to be a downer, but making a game in the command isn't a good idea if your starting off. It would be -way- easier to do a simple 2d game.

It will just get bigger and bigger and more confusing with every line. At least this is what happens to everyone I knew who tried it (including myself).

[jefw123]

oh ok, I just thought it would be a good way of enforcing the c++ fundamentals. So you think I should just skip ahead to SDL and just begin from there?

[kong288]

That's what I did (I like allegro wayy more though). Very big user base, and all the SDL tut's I see are just old. At least, what I see.

If you want to do Game Development, I would try making a simple 2d game, while learning the basic's of C++. Then you can work your way up, while learning everything at once. That's what I did (Well, still doing).

If you choose to do Allegro, I could help you personally.

Happy Coding~!

[jefw123]

Already started SDL :(

They are pretty much similar, found this great website:

http://lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/index.php

Which highlights the basic syntax and so on.

Wishing you the best too, maybe one day you and I should make a game together :D

May be quite fun.

[kong288]

Mhmm, lol. I'm trying to find someone to do it with. Secretly bringing people to Allegro.

Oh well, maybe some day!