Hi,

i recently started to build an engine in order to learn more how i should program a game(engine) next year when I need to make a game for school.
now I only have had lessons in basic C++ with an 2D engine from school, which I can use as reference for making this one,
and had like 2 lessons in the win32 environment the rest of the time i was just messing around with it.

now it's just a basic Direct2D engine, but the plans are there for switching to Dx when I get this one up and running.
so if there is stuff not very clear why I did it, feel free to say it that I can look in to it, and if needed

[subheading]Second Problem [SOLVED][/subheading]See: click here

[subheading]First Problem [SOLVED][/subheading][spoiler]the problem occurs when I try to build it, I don't know why this is happening, never had that error before
if anyone knows why, could you please tell my where my problem is, and if possible a solution (and preferably an explanation what I did wrong to learn from my mistakes)

EDIT:
woops forgot to mention the error

Error 1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall AGame::AGame(void)" (??0AGame@@QAE@XZ) referenced in function "public: __thiscall FirstGame::FirstGame(void)" (??0FirstGame@@QAE@XZ) E:\Programming\C++\Bubblegum\V0.01\MyFirstEngineGame.obj
Error 2 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: virtual __thiscall AGame::~AGame(void)" (??1AGame@@UAE@XZ) referenced in function "public: virtual __thiscall FirstGame::~FirstGame(void)" (??1FirstGame@@UAE@XZ) E:\Programming\C++\Bubblegum\V0.01\MyFirstEngineGame.obj
Error 3 error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals E:\Programming\C++\Bubblegum\V0.01\Debug\Bubblegum.exe 1
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Greetings Glenn.

It would probably help if you mentioned what error you are getting.

^^ Forgot that one xD
added tot the main question, thanks for telling me.

Wel that was easy fixed
Thanks!

Already back

having next problem when i close my window:
Unhandled exception at 0x00ce1968 in Bubblegum.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0xfeeefeee.
break goes to the following code:
MainEngine::~MainEngine(){
if (m_AbstractGamePtr != NULL){
delete m_AbstractGamePtr; // here goes the break to
m_AbstractGamePtr = NULL;
}
}

Full code:
[spoiler][subheading]MainEngine.cpp[/subheading]// ===================================================
// | Bubblegum Engine (WIP)
// | Auther: Glenn Latomme
// |
// | File: main.cpp
// | File description:
// | Main file for engine
// ===================================================

#include "MainEngine.h"
#include "AGame.h"


MainEngine::MainEngine():
m_AbstractGamePtr(0),
m_windowClass(),
m_Wnd()
{

}
MainEngine::~MainEngine(){
if (m_AbstractGamePtr != NULL){
delete m_AbstractGamePtr;
m_AbstractGamePtr = NULL;
}
}
void MainEngine::quitWithError(LPCTSTR error) {
HWND parentWindow = NULL;
if (m_Wnd != NULL) parentWindow = getHandle();
MessageBox(parentWindow, error, TEXT("Runtime Error!"), MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);

UnregisterClass(m_windowClass.lpszClassName, m_windowClass.hInstance);

if (m_Wnd != NULL) { DestroyWindow(m_Wnd); m_Wnd = NULL; }

exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

int MainEngine::Initialize() {
LPCTSTR title = TEXT("Bubblegum Engine");
try {
m_windowClass.style = NULL;
m_windowClass.lpfnWndProc = messageHandler;
m_windowClass.cbClsExtra = 0;
m_windowClass.cbWndExtra = 0;
m_windowClass.hInstance = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
m_windowClass.hIcon = NULL;
m_windowClass.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
m_windowClass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW + 1);
m_windowClass.lpszMenuName = NULL;
m_windowClass.lpszClassName = title;

RegisterClass(&m_windowClass);
int width = 200;
int height = 200;

m_Wnd = CreateWindow(
m_windowClass.lpszClassName,
title,
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
(GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN)-width)/2,
(GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN)-height)/2,
width, height,
GetDesktopWindow(),
NULL,
m_windowClass.hInstance,
NULL);

if (m_Wnd == NULL) throw(TEXT("Window Constructor: Failed to create a new m_Wnd!"));
} catch (LPCTSTR error) {
quitWithError(error);
}

ShowWindow(m_Wnd, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
UpdateWindow(m_Wnd);

return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

void MainEngine::ProgramLoop() {
MSG msg;
ZeroMemory(&msg, sizeof(msg));

while (msg.message != WM_QUIT) {
if (PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE)) {
TranslateMessage(&msg);
DispatchMessage(&msg);
}
}
}


HRESULT CALLBACK MainEngine::messageHandler(HWND m_WindowPtr, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) {
switch(msg) {
case WM_PAINT:
return 0;
case WM_DESTROY:
PostQuitMessage(EXIT_SUCCESS);
return 0;
}
return DefWindowProc(m_WindowPtr, msg, wParam, lParam);
}
[subheading]MainEngine.h[/subheading]

// ===================================================
// | Bubblegum Engine (WIP)
// | Auther: Glenn Latomme
// |
// | File: main.h
// | File description:
// | Main header file for engine
// ===================================================

#pragma once

#include <d3d9.h>

class AGame;

class MainEngine {
public:
MainEngine();
virtual ~MainEngine();

int Initialize();
void ProgramLoop();
void SetGame(AGame *gamePtr){m_AbstractGamePtr = gamePtr;}

private:

HWND getHandle() { return m_Wnd; }
void quitWithError(LPCTSTR error);
static HRESULT CALLBACK messageHandler(HWND m_Wnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);

AGame* m_AbstractGamePtr;
WNDCLASS m_windowClass;
HWND m_Wnd;
};

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All other code can be found in first topic

You have not initialized some variable or another, and it was initialized by the debug-mode compiler to 0xFEEEFEEE. Following your failure to initialize it, you then read from it.

If the debugger says it is m_AbstractGamePtr, then you never set m_AbstractGamePtr to NULL.
If your constructor has “m_AbstractGamePtr(0)” (which should be NULL instead of 0 for clarity) then the only logical conclusion is that:
#1: Your constructor is never called.
#2: At some point you assign 0xFEEEFEEE to m_AbstractGamePtr after it was originally assigned NULL. In a call to SetGame() no doubt.

If m_AbstractGamePtr points to memory it did not allocate, it should not be responsible for the deletion of that memory.


L. Spiro

You have not initialized some variable or another, and it was initialized by the debug-mode compiler to 0xFEEEFEEE. Following your failure to initialize it, you then read from it.

If the debugger says it is m_AbstractGamePtr, then you never set m_AbstractGamePtr to NULL.
If your constructor has “m_AbstractGamePtr(0)” (which should be NULL instead of 0 for clarity) then the only logical conclusion is that:
#1: Your constructor is never called.
#2: At some point you assign 0xFEEEFEEE to m_AbstractGamePtr after it was originally assigned NULL.


L. Spiro

Ok, I checked your both points, the constructor is triggerd in GameWinMain.cpp
so it should excists
and I searched my hole project for another SetGame() and none found.

and m_abstractGamePtr is still an empty class. just added some functions, but that's it

The point is, what value is being given to SetGame()?


L. Spiro

The point is, what value is being given to SetGame()?


L. Spiro

MainEngine engine;
AGame *gamePtr = new FirstGame();

engine.SetGame(gamePtr);
if (SUCCEEDED(engine.Initialize()))
{
engine.ProgramLoop();
}
delete gamePtr;