Elysian Shadows

Heya fellas
I've tried googling for a solution, but I haven't been successful. For a loooong looong time I have been using this format for loading a tile map: However, when I try and load a number which is higher then 9, when I try and render it, it just draws a black box where the tile should be. After some thinking, I think my program isn't loading a number higher then 9. Anyone know a solution, or a better map loading method/format?

Here are the loading and map rendering functions:
Rendering Function I apologize in advance, its late at night and idk how good this post is lol. But I would be appreciated if someone could give me a pointer to a solution or a better map loading system. Thanks for your time

for(int z=0; z<10; z++)

what? why the 10

short wrote:

for(int z=0; z<10; z++)

what? why the 10

the layers, which is the issue. It looks like he tried to make more layers, then utterly failed because of this little line: It shows that he fails to understand how layers work. What he needs instead is a 3D array, and to add the Z component as an index, and to add in Z component processing in the map file.

Ginto8 wrote:

short wrote:

for(int z=0; z<10; z++)

what? why the 10

the layers, which is the issue. It looks like he tried to make more layers, then utterly failed because of this little line:

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if(tileArray[y][x] == z)

It shows that he fails to understand how layers work. What he needs instead is a 3D array, and to add the Z component as an index, and to add in Z component processing in the map file.

Could you be more of a dick?

Oh come now, he's only 14....he's got several prime douchebag years ahead of him.

...we're only scratching the surface

qpHalcy0n wrote:Oh come now, he's only 14....he's got several prime douchebag years ahead of him.

...we're only scratching the surface

Eh don't worry, I'm a douche bag too. But I usually think ahead when I am, "Would it make me a dick to submit this?... Oh well took too long to type.*Submit*"

But on a more important note, all you really need to do is make this into a 3D array. instead of maparray[x][y] do, maparray[x][y][z]. z, being your layers if you're using OpenGL then whenever you do a texture switch, make sure you draw all of that same texture before moving to the next texture, that's what I do to speed up the texturing. Switching your texture is slow as hell in computing time. Rapes your render/draw time. Using multiple layers makes this process even easier :P

EDIT: Oh and to try to fix your problem however you're doing it (Not sure how, I'm in school and I don't have much time sorry). I do it by reading everything into the array and then stop and stop at a space and skip it. Instead of read an int then a space, then an int then space etc. I'm not sure how you're doing it but I gotta go sorry, maybe can help more when I get home.

Actually, the 'z' part has nothing to do with layers. Before I had something like this: What if I had over 100 tiles? Fuck putting them in individually, so I just put a loop where it changes the part of the tilesheet. I had the 10 there in the loop because for some reason, it won't load any number higher then 9. I already have a method for having different layers (even though i am going to rewrite it with the 3D array. My method is really bloated) But before that I was wanting to focus on tackling why the program doesn't read numbers higher then 9 from the file.

M_D_K wrote:Could you be more of a dick?

Sorry, I wasn't trying to sound condescending. I was just trying to say is that it shows that he fails to understand what he's trying to do. I was also suggesting a method to make it work, but I guess no one cares about that

hey man thats cool, I didn't give enough information about the code so I understand why you assumed it was the layers

Thanks for your suggestion as well, I've known about 3D arrays for some time but I'll start working on implimenting it after I figure out the loading problem.

Are you sure it's not loading numbers higher than nine? I believe streams by default use space as a delimiter, so as long as you put one space between each number and you're reading it into an int it should work.

I agree with DandyMcGee, but honestly without more information (MY<- thoughts:) what it looks like is that your tile sheet is a certain width, and when your draw function finds 10, instead of going 32 down THEN going to first tile, it just goes back to the beginning where your transparent or blank tile should be. Don't get me wrong, I don't know if this is the issue, but I've had a chance to look at your code now, and without the rest I can't really see any other reason.

qpHalcy0n wrote:Oh come now, he's only 14....he's got several prime douchebag years ahead of him.

...we're only scratching the surface

I just laughed out loud.

SOLVED

I really, truly am sorry guys, I want to partake in a socially frowned event commonly known as jumping off a bridge.
There was nothing wrong with the code. There was nothing wrong with any of the loading or the format of the map.

It was my rendering function. For some reason, it wasn't rendering it.
Thanks everyone for your help and I really cant apologize enough for wasting your time haha
Take care and mods; feel free to delete this topic

qpHalcy0n wrote:Oh come now, he's only 14....he's got several prime douchebag years ahead of him.

...we're only scratching the surface

lol