ok when i just make a block move around on the screen it drags and leves a trail of were its just been how do i fix this heres my code tanks [smile] //there is some intialazation befor this static void draw () { SDL_Surface *apple_src; SDL_Surface *wall_src; wall_src = SDL_LoadBMP("wall.bmp"); apple_src = SDL_LoadBMP("apple.bmp"); worm->Worm_Blocks.resize(3); SDL_Rect XYrect; if(event.key.keysym.sym == SDLK_LEFT) X--; if(event.key.keysym.sym == SDLK_RIGHT) { X++; }; XYrect.x =X; SDL_BlitSurface(block_src, NULL, screen, &XYrect); SDL_Flip(screen); } int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { char *msg; int done; /* Initialize SDL */ if (SDL_Init (SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) { asprintf (&msg, "Couldn't initialize SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError ()); MessageBox (0, msg, "Error", MB_ICONHAND); free (msg); exit (1); } atexit (SDL_Quit); /* Set 640x480 16-bits video mode */ screen = SDL_SetVideoMode (640, 480, 16, SDL_SWSURFACE | SDL_DOUBLEBUF); if (screen == NULL) { asprintf (&msg, "Couldn't set 640x480x16 video mode: %s\n", SDL_GetError ()); MessageBox (0, msg, "Error", MB_ICONHAND); free (msg); exit (2); } SDL_WM_SetCaption ("SDL MultiMedia Application", NULL); done = 0; while (!done) { //SDL_Event event; /* Check for events */ while (SDL_PollEvent (&event)) { switch (event.type) { case SDL_KEYDOWN: break; case SDL_QUIT: done = 1; break; default: break; } } /* Draw to screen */ draw (); } return 0; }; dev-cpp 4.9.9.0 c++ SDL

You need to clear the surface or draw your paddle on top of a background. It is drawing correctly now. You are just seeing each frame as it was.

yeah it works now that im drawing on somthing but i have another questoin how do i get smooth key press based moving. how i have it now the block just move when the key is press is there a key down method or somthing of that nature?

You can check for key state and change a flag to move until the flag is altered again. Basically, key up and down. Toy around with it, I am sure you'll figure it out. Don't you absolutely love programming!

yeah its totally awsome![smile]
any way one last thing dose SDL have a problem with negative values? im doing somthing like this



those are just code segmants but can rects store negative numbers because when i run my program

when the left key is pressed i go left
when the right key is pressed i go left
when the down key is pressed i go down
when the up key is pressed i go down
dose this have to do with the negative values im using??

Adding a negative number to another number, ie.

X=-1;
XYrect.x += X;

is the same as taking the number away.

Try this instead of your second code block:

   if(XYrect.x < 0)      XYrect.x = 0;   if(XYrect.y < 0)      XYrect.y = 0;   XYrect.x +=X;   XYrect.y +=Y;     SDL_BlitSurface(background,NULL,screen,&rect);      SDL_BlitSurface(block_src, NULL, screen, &XYrect);     SDL_Flip(screen);

Apologies if it doesnt work, its nearly 1am here and Ive been staring at sine waves all day :o|

i know there the same thing but nether of them work whenever i try and subtract a .x or .y from a rect it dosnt seem to work

and i dont want to reset the .x and .y values to 0 just increment them accordingly

rects can handle negative numbers in SDL. Not sure what is going on.

I'm at work so this may not work. Try checking:

Sine you already know that X and Y will only hold 2 possible values, try, if(X == -1) and if(X == 1) instead of checking against zero. (Same applies to Y) Then you don't need to change the values inside the if statement making it false again.