Elysian Shadows

String literals are NOT on the stack, they are loaded into a read-only region of memory when you open an executable. void someFunction(char* string) { string[3] = 'u'; } int main() { someFunction("this is a string"); return 0; } When you call 'someFunction' a pointer to the string is put o...

Instead of using typedefs (which I prefer btw) you could also use your previous struct declarations. To use those you would have to add the struct keyword every time you're referring to the structs you've declared. Example: struct MapHeader mapHeader; memset(&mapHeader, 0, sizeof(struct MapHeade...

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32 bit floats don't hold a lot more information than 32 bit integers. They also don't hold more data than 32 bit integers. What they can do is represent much larger and much smaller values. You're still limited to the 2^32 different combinations you can make using 32 bits. The only thing that's diff...

... One thing... Won't this just make it so TWO elements in the array have the same value?, I think you need to do something like: void RemoveShip(int index) { delete battleships[index]; battleship_count--; battleships[index] = battleships[battleship_count]; battleships[battleship_count = NULL; } R...

I guessed correctly then ;) The example I've given will be more efficient especially for large full arrays. Since the add and remove functions don't change in performance with the size of the array. Your example will increasingly get slower if you use larger and fuller arrays. For this particular ex...

There is no 'THE' way to do it. Here's something else you could do if the order of the BattleShips in the array is not important: const int MAX_AMT_OF_BATTLESHIPS = 100; Battleship *battleships[MAX_AMT_OF_BATTLESHIPS]; int battleship_count = 0; //Sample function to add a ship to the array void AddSh...

Is 'flip' supposed to be a function or a variable?

I'm not sure what you mean by a GBA game multiplies the size of it by 8. When a game is put on a GBA cartridge the file size of the game is multiplied by 8, so a 1 MB game on PC would be an 8 MB game on GBA. EG: A 256 MB cartridge would only actually hold 32 MBs. You're probably confusing mega bit ...

You don't need a copy constructor for that struct, the compiler will automatically generate code that performs a shallow copy. And since it doesn't contain any pointers that should be more than enough. One thing you should probably adjust is the drawing code you use in the allegro examples. In these...

Structs are only in C++ to provide backwards compatibility with C.

If MarauderIIC's suggestion doesn't fix your problem and your running the code on an operating system that has case sensitive filenames, make sure that the case of the filename is correct. Also make sure that you're using the correct mode string. As stated here ( http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/c...

Here's my attempt at M_D_K's challenge. Since I have already seen all the other solutions I tried to solve it using a different approach. - Not using % operator. - No special code to print foobar when the number is a multiple of 3 and 5. #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(int argc, char...

AHA! Through the magic of camstudio, I caught the bugger in action! It is definitely screen-tearing, right? Also, I looked at it bit more closely, and it turns out that I was double-buffering the whole time. Would tripple-buffering help, or am I doomed to failure? That's weird, usually tearing only...

Not sure, but it seems like you're describing tearing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_tearing . I read that a little while ago, I don't think that's it, since it only seems to affect moving sprites (the player and enemies). As far as I can tell the reason you say it isn't tearing is in fact th...