I'm trying to make a 2D Camera class but it's giving me the aforementioned error, "Error C2027 "use of an undefined type 'Camera'". Any help with this one?
//Camera header
#include "Main.h"
struct Camera
{
public:
static D3DXVECTOR3 TransformVector3(D3DXVECTOR3 in);
static void InitializeCamera(RECT camSize, RECT wrldSize, D3DXVECTOR2 cameraPos);
static void UpdateCamera();
private:
static D3DXVECTOR2 cameraPosition;
static RECT cameraSize;
static RECT worldSize;
};
void Camera::InitializeCamera(RECT camSize, RECT wrldSize, D3DXVECTOR2 cameraPos)
{
cameraSize = camSize;
worldSize = wrldSize;
cameraPosition = cameraPos;
}
void Camera::UpdateCamera()
{
if (GetAsyncKeyState(0x41))
cameraPosition.x -= 10;
else
if (GetAsyncKeyState(0x44))
cameraPosition.x += 10;
if (GetAsyncKeyState(0x53))
cameraPosition.y -= 10;
else
if (GetAsyncKeyState(0x57))
cameraPosition.y += 10;
if (cameraPosition.x < worldSize.left)
cameraPosition.x = worldSize.left;
else
if (cameraPosition.x > worldSize.right)
cameraPosition.x = worldSize.right;
if (cameraPosition.y < worldSize.top)
cameraPosition.y = worldSize.top;
else
if (cameraPosition.y > worldSize.bottom)
cameraPosition.y = worldSize.bottom;
}
D3DXVECTOR3 Camera::TransformVector3(D3DXVECTOR3 in)
{
return D3DXVECTOR3((in.x - cameraPosition.x), (in.y - cameraPosition.y), (in.z));
}
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For the future, it would be helpful to say where exactly the error occurs.
The error happens whenever you use a type which has been just forward declared in a situation where the compiler needs to know more about it. For example:
// forward declarations
class MyType;
// further on
MyType* myPointer; // this is fine, the compiler does not need to know anything about MyType except that it exists
MyType myInstance; // this cannot work, the compiler does not even know how big the type is
Sorry, all it said was "Error 6 error C2027: use of undefined type 'Camera' line 16 coloumn 1 ZombieGame
Okay, but I didn't forward declare my Camera class?
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Don't worry, I solved the problem. I was able to fix it by adding
#ifndef CAMERA
#define CAMERA
//rest of code
#endif
Seems I had overlooked the fact that the class would be redefined every time I included "Camera" and that must have caused the problem
Thanks
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I doubt it said, because MSVC generally spells 'column' correctly. ;) Please never paraphrase errors, always copy them exactly out of your compiler's output.
Also, I'm worried about the Error 6 in front of there. Are you absolutely certain the error is the actually first one the compiler encountered? Have you made sure the Error List is sorted in default order and not by something else?
I doubt it said, because MSVC generally spells 'column' correctly. ;) Please never paraphrase errors, always copy them exactly out of your compiler's output.
Also, I'm worried about the Error 6 in front of there. Are you absolutely certain the error is the actually first one the compiler encountered? Have you made sure the Error List is sorted in default order and not by something else?
If I had of copied it directly it would have looked like this "Error 6 error C2027: use of undefined type 'Camera' c:\users\jyhe\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\zombiegame\zombiegame\camera.h 19 1 ZombieGame"
I thought I'd make it make a bit more sense
It was the 6th error on the list, but it was the only one I was not familiar with
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In C++, unless you know exactly what you are doing, always start with the first error and look at that error only. C++ is such a complex language, an error can produce such weird problems that all errors after that do not make any sense without having dealt with the initial problem first.
In C++, unless you know exactly what you are doing, always start with the first error and look at that error only. C++ is such a complex language, an error can produce such weird problems that all errors after that do not make any sense without having dealt with the initial problem first.
Yeah well the first error told me that Camera was being redefined but I made the mistake of ignoring it and trying to fix the one I thought most important first. As it turns out, by fixing the first error, I'd fixed the others too.
Lesson learned
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