class CTexture {
const char* filename;
BITMAP *image;
pulbic:
CTexture() { }
CTexture(filename) {
image = load_bitmap(filename);
}
~CTexture() { }
}
class CTileSet {
BITMAP *tiles[32]; //or specified amount
//this is where my thinking falls apart
Tile Map Engine troubles(Allegro)
Author
Ok, I started making my tile map engine, but I hit a rut. I make a class called a texture and load the file on to a new bitmap. I was wondering, how across multiple classes do I make a map.
I think that my thinking is all wrong, and I am very confused. Any help would be much appreciated and would help me sleep at night. :(
You need an array of CTextures (tiles). But what you could also do is create only a tileset class and load all tiles for that as one image. Then show part of the image (=one tile) with a member function Draw_Tile or something like that.
I am building a Tile Handler myself. I think it is definetly the best decision to just have one class to do it all. The way I do it is that I have an array of images that store all my tiles. And then I have an int array that has just a bunch of different numbers in it that each correspond to a tile. I have a separate private buffer that is big enough to hold the whole map. I just draw all the tiles to that buffer in the right order. Then I have a public memeber function called drawMap or something that just blits a certain part of the buffer to the screen. I'm not sure if thats how you would do it. I am using my tile handler to create a side scroller so it might be a little different for you. But I think this approach does pretty a pretty good job for the most part. This is what my class defintion looks like:
As you probably can see my Tile Handler is for SDL but I've worked with Allegro and you should be able to use this framework in that as well if it suits you.
class Block{public: bool checkForCollisions; bool trigger; int triggerType; int imgNum;};class AnimBlock : public Block{public: int startFrame; int animLength; int curFrame; int frameDelay; int frameCount;};class TileHandler{public: void loadMap(char *filename, SDL_Surface *screen); void drawTiles(SDL_Surface *dest, int x, int y); void updateAnims(); int getBlockWidth(); int getBlockHeight(); int getBlockRow(int y); int getBlockCol(int x); int getMapWidthInBlocks(); int getMapWidthInPixels(); int getMapHeightInBlocks(); int getMapHeightInPixels(); /* returns true if the pixel point (x,y) is * inside a block with collision detection */ bool collision(int x, int y); //changes the block at the pixel point (x,y) to a new block void changeBlock(int x, int y, int newBlockNumber); //looks at the block by pixels bool blockIsAnimated(int x, int y);private: //grabs a sub bitmap SDL_Surface *grabFrame(SDL_Surface *src, int bpp, int w, int h, int startX, int startY, int columns, int frame); //sets up a blank surface SDL_Surface *createSurface(int width, int height, int bpp); void loadImages(char *filename, SDL_Surface *screen); void errorMessage(char *text); bool getBoolean(string text); void setupTileBuffer(SDL_Surface *screen); int **mapArray; //array of ints SDL_Surface **imgArray; //image array //a big surface that contains all the tiles in the right order SDL_Surface *tileMapBuffer; Block *blocks; //array of blocks (1 for each tile image) AnimBlock *animBlocks; //array of animated blocks int mapPixelWidth, mapPixelHeight; int mapBlockWidth, mapBlockHeight; int blockWidth, blockHeight; int blockCount, animBlockCount;};As you probably can see my Tile Handler is for SDL but I've worked with Allegro and you should be able to use this framework in that as well if it suits you.
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Yes, I agree that would be a way of doing it, and I have thought to do it that way. I have also done it that way before. But, for the versatility that I want in my tile engine, it doesn't exactly fit. I would want the engine to do more of the work for me. Your help has been noticed. rating++
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