Ok, this has got to be my 10th topic helping me along with my game and I must thank you guys so much for all the help. I just finished my level-progressing functions (a good 200-400 lines as a matter of fact) and now I need to make up a title screen. My problem is that I''m not exactly sure how to do it. The game starts and the title screen appears where you set the difficulty and then choose to start the game. But now...I have a function called InitGame() that set''s up all the sdl stuff and items needed for the first level. It looks like this:

int CGame::InitGame()
{
	// Set the game variables first

	m_GameOver  = 0;			// Game isn''t over

	m_GamePause = 0;			// Game isn''t paused

	m_Scroll    = 0;			// The scrolling background''s position

	m_LevelImage = true;

	// Initialize SDL

  if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO|SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0 )
  {
    printf("Unable to init SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
    exit(1);
  }
  atexit(SDL_Quit);

	// Now set up the Video

	g_GameScreen = SDL_SetVideoMode(640,480,32,SDL_SWSURFACE|SDL_HWPALETTE|SDL_FULLSCREEN);
  if (g_GameScreen == NULL)
  {
    printf("Unable to set 640x480 video: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
    exit(1);
  }

	// Initialize the key input

	m_Keys = SDL_GetKeyState(NULL);
	
	// Load the font(s) and initialize it/them

	g_Font.m_FontStruct = g_Font.initFont("data/font3");

	// Set the random number seed

	srand(time(NULL));

	// Say goodbye to the cursor

	SDL_ShowCursor(0);

	// Load the level data and start on level 1

	Level.InitLevel("data/level_1");
	Level.LoadLevel();

	return 1;		// Return 1 or true if everything went well

}

I guess instead of loading the levels I could make a title screen function and do that...hell...I''m answering my own question as I write this. Long question short, what''s the best way to do a title screen? VG-Force | Ekim Gram Productions

A function is only supposed to do one thing. The init function should just do that. Then when it returns that init went well then call a menu function that does your menu stuff. Then call the game function. That way you can set game variables before you start the game.

My TBS game has several "screen types" where each type is actually a ParaGUI (library) widget the size of the screen which i place other objects under.

But I have a class called RenderMan and i call RenderMan->ChangeScreens( screen_type s ) when it''s time to switch. And of course, there are several flavors of screen_type including:

SCREEN_TYPE_START
SCREEN_TYPE_MAIN
SCREEN_TYPE_OPTIONS
SCREEN_TYPE_HELP
SCREEN_TYPE_HIGHSCORE

or whatever else you need. Each screen type is it''s own class, so i just let each class worry about what kind of info actually goes on it.

However, that''s for my game where rendering and logic have been largely decoupled.

Oh, just so you know I finished my title screen this morning. Works fine


VG-Force | Ekim Gram Productions