The fillconsoleoutputcharacter-function would normally work great, check the following example

#include //''<''windows.h''>''; if i put things between < and >, these aren''t shown
char *buffer = new char[25*80];
//Now you can fill the buffer with whatever you want, e.g. fill it with spaces to have a blank screen
#include ''<''memory.h''>''
memset( buffer, '' '', 80*25 );

//then flip the buffer to the console screen:
COORD co;
co.X = 0; co.Y = 0; //starting coordinates, 0, 0
DWORD cWritten; //don''t actually need this
HANDLE hOutput = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

int fSuccess = WriteConsoleOutputCharacter( hOutput, buffer, strlen( buffer ), co, &cWritten );
//now the content of the buffer should be flipped to the console screen
let me know if it works, I just wrote this fast

I created a snake-looking game in console mode in about 3-4 days with 2 players and you can schoot...
I created my own class called BackBuffer, where you have that buffer and stuff... You can also use colors with my backbuffer, it''s not that difficult. If you are interested, give me a sign, I''ll give you my backbuffer class cuz it''s really handy

cheerz

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