[SDL] Silly c++ question

[Lilith Calbridge]

Off the top of my head I'd say that your Game.h file needs to #include
"GraphicsEngine.h" .  Otherwise, how does your Collision_Object struct
know what an Animation_Object is? 

Lilith

>>> On 8/16/2006 at 10:50 AM, in message
<5835104.post at talk.nabble.com>,
darkplastic <darkeninghorizons at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I must be doing something really obvious wrong...and i appologise in
advance
> if i am being stupid but basically i have a struct that is part of
the gfx
> engine header file which looks like this:
> 
> // watch for multiple inclusions
> #ifndef __GFX_h__
> #define __GFX_h__
> 
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <math.h>
> #include <vector>
> #include "Main2.h"
> 
> struct Animation_Object
> {
> 	std::vector<SDL_Surface*> _animation;
> 	std::vector<int> _delays;
> 	int _currentAnim;				//What current
animation are we playing?
> 	long _timeStartedPlaying;		//When did animation
start playing?
> };
> 
> 
> and i am trying to use it in my game header file which looks like
this:
> 
> // watch for multiple inclusions
> #ifndef __GAME_h__
> #define __GAME_h__
> 
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <math.h>
> #include <vector>
> #include "Main2.h"
> 
> #define NUMBEROFMONSTERS 10
> 
> struct Collison_Object
> {
> 	Animation_Object _animation_Object;
> 	SDL_Rect _coords;
> 	SDL_Rect _rotCoords;
> 	SDL_Rect _collisionArea;
> 	SDL_Surface *surface;
> 	SDL_Surface *rotSurface;
> 	double rotateValue;
> 	int alphaValue;
> 	int offsetx,offsety;			//Offset used to find
centre of objects
> };
> 
> (Note that main2.h is where everthing is being linke together):
> 
> // watch for multiple inclusions
> #ifndef __Main2_h__
> #define __Main2_h__
> 
> #include "SDL_mixer.h"			//Used to load in music
> #include "SDL_image.h"			//Used to load in non
bmp images
> #include "SDL.h"
> #include "Intro.h"
> #include "Game.h"
> #include "GraphicsEngine.h"
> 
> yet when i go to compile it says:
> 
> c:\documents and settings\darkplastic\desktop\!!game\game\Game.h(31)
: error
> C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier
'_animation_Object'
> c:\documents and settings\darkplastic\desktop\!!game\game\Game.h(31)
: error
> C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not
support
> default-int
> c:\documents and settings\darkplastic\desktop\!!game\game\Game.h(31)
: error
> C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not
support
> default-int
> 
> as if it cant see the Animation_object in the graphics engine header
> file....i am very confused by this :/ any suggestions? Cheers.
> 
> -James
>