Elysian Shadows

dream_coder wrote:Hey all, I am creating my character stats using a structure. Do I need to declare this structure in the main source code or can I do it in my Header file, in case I want to use it again?

//Header guards

#ifndef ADD_H 
#define ADD_H 

#include "cus_structures.h"


//Function header, these are the declarations of functions I am using to make the program more friendly
//and reusable, will probably upgrade to classes in the near future, 

int DrawMenu();
void CreateChar();
void LoadGame();
void NewGame();

//This is the code for the above functions, notice how easier it is to modify these seperatly 
//from the main program

int DrawMenu()
{
	
	//Define local variable for menu option.
	int intChoice;

	system("cls");	//Clear the screen
		cout << "Please select an option: ";
		cout << endl;
		cout << "0: Create Character: " << endl;
		cout << "1: Load Game: " << endl;
		cout << "2: New Game: " << endl;
		cout << "3: Exit: " << endl;

		cout << "Please enter your choice: ";
		cin >> intChoice;

		return intChoice;


}

void CreateChar()
{
	int Pause;
	//Character Creation code, create a character then write it to file so it can be used later in a game.
	Stats NewPlayer;
	NewPlayer.life = 10;
	NewPlayer.magic = 10;
	NewPlayer.attack = 10;
	NewPlayer.defence = 10;

	system("cls");
	cout << "Please enter a name for your character: ";
	cin >> NewPlayer.CharName;

	system("cls");
	cout << "Here are your stats: "; << endl;
	cout << "Name: " << NewPlayer.CharName << endl;
	cout << "life: " << NewPlayer.life << endl;
	cout << "magic: " << NewPlayer.magic << endl;
	cout << "attack: " << NewPlayer.attack << endl;
	cout << "defence: " << NewPlayer.defence << endl;

	cin << Pause;



}

void LoadGame()
{
	//Some code here
}

void NewGame()
{
	//Some code here
}

#endif

#ifndef MY_STRUCTS
#define MY_STRUCTS

struct Stats {
	string CharName;
	int life;
	int magic;
	int attack;
	int defence;

};




#endif

1>c:\users\cyberstu\documents\visual studio 2008\projects\project_stu\project_stu\functions.h(46) : error C2065: 'Stats' : undeclared identifier

dream_coder wrote:Cool cheers for that. By the way, without sounding stupid, what is Code Blocks??

GroundUpEngine wrote:Yo, I ran this in VC++ it told me you had 44 errors, so I tryed it in Code::Blocks and it pointed out 2 obvious errors.
I'm not hating on VC++ "I'm just saying"

GroundUpEngine wrote:Yo, I ran this in VC++ it told me you had 44 errors, so I tryed it in Code::Blocks and it pointed out 2 obvious errors.
I'm not hating on VC++ "I'm just saying"

Line 60 -> Extra semi-colon

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cout << "Here are your stats: "; << endl;

Line 67 -> Operator is wrong way round

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cin << Pause;

Apart from that your code is fine

avansc wrote:And lastly, the MS compiler is very very strict compared to GCC.

GroundUpEngine wrote:I agree with all the above, but the strictness of VC++ can be more annoying than helpful sometimes.

p.s. I set the warning/error flags real high in Code::Blocks so I get the feel of VC++ but I can still chill

GyroVorbis wrote:

GroundUpEngine wrote:I agree with all the above, but the strictness of VC++ can be more annoying than helpful sometimes.

p.s. I set the warning/error flags real high in Code::Blocks so I get the feel of VC++ but I can still chill

Seriously? I think GCC is TEN MILLION times bitchier than Visual Studio.

It bitches about no newlines at end of file (just because the C++ standard doesn't mention how to handle it. Common effing sense). It WONT LET ME do something like call a function Move(Vector2) with Move(pos1-pos2), because all intermediate stack variables are implicitly cast to const. It also doesn't let you make an enumerated type forward declaration? What the fuck?

I find GCC inferior to VC++ in many, many ways. It seems as though "just because the standard doesn't specifically mention every tiny thing" they don't even bother implementing it. I use GCC for the DC/PSP builds and VS2008 for Windows. I like VS a million times better.

When I build the engine, I usually have 0 errors and warnings on the PC and something like 20 warnings on the PSP/DC