[SDL] Mouse Input + Delay problem

[Leonardo Guilherme]

Well, at least you can have a good look at the SDL functions... I think that
the converting the C approach into C++ code ins't that hard... or it is?
You can find some good game concepts in the book, so its worth some
attention.

2008/4/7, Ankush Thakur <ankush.gamedev at gmail.com>:
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> The book does look good, but follows C code :(
>
> I would have been more happy with an object oriented approach, which I
> believe is the basic for modern games.
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Leonardo Guilherme <
> leonardo.guilherme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Have you ever tried "Programming Linux Games", from Loki's games?
> > It covers well SDL and a simple 2D game is crerated through the book.
> > If you search "Programming Linux Games" in google you'll eventualy find
> > a link to it. It's an e-book.
> >
> > Good Luck!
> >
> >
> > 2008/4/7, Ankush Thakur <ankush.gamedev at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > OK, thanks for the idea. Implementing it will take some time, so I'll
> > > tell you later.
> > >
> > > By the way, I would *REALLY* appreciate a COMPLETE game tutorial for
> > > SDL. It should be for a simple 2D game and must discuss ALL the aspects
> > > involved right from start to finish. I'm particularly interested in class
> > > design and game flow.
> > >
> > > As I'm new to game dev. + OOP, I am having lots of troubles. :(
> > >
> > > Please help me find some tutorials.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:14 PM, Justin Coleman <jmcoleman at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Delay is a bad way to do that. What you need is a timer instead.
> > > > Your
> > > > game loop should look more like this:
> > > >
> > > > set timer for how long to display card
> > > > while game is playing
> > > >    if display time not expired
> > > >        redraw screen
> > > >        check for mouse clicked
> > > >             if click is detected
> > > >                 check for click coordinates in the right place
> > > >        decrement display time by amount of time passed since last
> > > > loop
> > > >
> > > > Hope that helps you.
> > > >
> > > > -J
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Ankush Thakur <
> > > > ankush.gamedev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am making a small game.
> > > > > The requirement is that an image will be displayed for some time
> > > > (say 1000
> > > > > ms), and the user has to click on it.
> > > > > After the click, we must check for click coordinates.
> > > > >
> > > > > the general structure I follows goes like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > draw();
> > > > > checkForInput();
> > > > > delay for 1000 ms();
> > > > >
> > > > > The problem is that  mouse clicks are not getting detected. I
> > > > guess it is
> > > > > because the mouse clicks happen when the game is waiting through
> > > > > SDL_Delay(1000), so we miss the input.
> > > > >
> > > > > The delay MUST be there because the image has to stay for a
> > > > certain amount
> > > > > of time.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please help me out.
> > > > >
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