33 replies to this topic

[superman3275]

I did it! Yes! I did it! I finished pong, and it works. I'm so happy! I just, can't believe it. I did it. Wow, after that much time, it's just amazing. Here's the project in visual studio: (Sorry, I don't know how to release it! If someone could message me on how to, I would be Happy
Project

[superman3275]

I fixed it so the game ends automatically when the ball hits the top or bottom of the screen, and fixed the dropbox link
[Fixed] Project

[LennyLen]

Congratulations.

(Sorry, I don't know how to release it! If someone could message me on how to, I would be Happy

I don't use VS myself, but: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=how+to+deploy+vc%2B%2B

[Arthur Souza]

Theres a click once deployment feature that even has autoupdate! You can use it too directly to dropbox, so that we can download updates to stuff you put there, search for click once publish visual studio.

And gratz!

[Servant of the Lord]

Congrats!

[frazchaudhry]

Grats! Its always nice to finish what you started. Now you must be looking forward to your next project. :-)

[Bacterius]

I did it! Yes! I did it! I finished pong, and it works. I'm so happy! I just, can't believe it. I did it. Wow, after that much time, it's just amazing.

It is only the beginning. You will be amazed at what you produce in a few months' time!! Congratulations.

[ByteTroll]

Congrats!

[TheChubu]

Glad you made it! I'm going to try to make it myself someday.

Next project: Skyrim clone! Nah I'm joking

[MrDaaark]

Congrats. I suggest you try something a little more complicated next. Maybe Tetris-like.

[BrentChua]

Congratulations leveling up!

[Xirion]

Congratulations!!, you've made the first step towards a new fascinating world.
Good luck on your trip

[mistervirtue]

Great Job man, I am always glad to hear when people succeed.

[GlenDC]

Awesome man, always fun to create your first game.
Btw if you share a vs project then you can delete the following files:

• debug
• ipch
• a big file with the extentsion .sdf

Good luck on your next project!

[EngineProgrammer]

Gratz!

To change to release just click on:
Build -> Configuration Manager -> Click on 'Debug' change it to 'Release'. -> Rebuild your code which will create a new folder names Release.


If you want people to test your game when you have an .exe and image/sounds folders like you have now you can do this:
- Create a new folder on your desktop or anywhere you like: example "Pong_Game"
- Copy the .exe from the Release folder into your new folder: example "Pong_Game/Pong.exe"
- Copy your images/sounds/SFML/videos into your new folder: example "Pong_Game/Images/..."

Click on the .exe and you should be able to play your game. If not, a folder has wrong placed wrong in the folder "Pong_Game".
So you don't need all the headers, cpp's, sdf, debug/release folder, ipch files. Those files aren't needed anyway to be able to play your game.


~EngineProgrammer

[superman3275]

My problem is that I use the SFML library, and when I try to automatically link the .libs it gives me an error saying it can't find them. So it won'trelease my game.

[GameC++Expert93]

Congrats! this was also my first ever game i programmed mostly to get the grasp of c++ relating to game programming.

[superman3275]

I just spent some time trying to get text working, but I have a problem:
I have a variable in my ball class that keeps the amountofhits, whenever I hit the paddle this increments. But, I don't know how to set my text equal to this variable:
MyString.SetText(variable);
doesn't work. Any Ideas?
(At the moment I am just displaying the number in the console.)

[GameC++Expert93]

I just spent some time trying to get text working, but I have a problem:
I have a variable in my ball class that keeps the amountofhits, whenever I hit the paddle this increments. But, I don't know how to set my text equal to this variable:
MyString.SetText(variable);
doesn't work. Any Ideas?
(At the moment I am just displaying the number in the console.)

Is SetText a function u created or is it built into whatever game library ur using, if its one u created make sure ur returning the data properly in the function and that your function has the right datatype of string like this

class MyClass{
public:
string SetText();
};

im just assuming ur using a class this goes the same with plain old c++ functions though without a class declaration

Edited by GameC++Expert93, 28 September 2012 - 06:09 PM.

[superman3275]

It's an SFML Function of sf::String.