How to read from a file??
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If i were to write a 10*10 map in Notepad and saved it as map.txt
Let s = Sand
Let r = Rock
Let t = Tree
this is what i think the map.txt should contain to make my map!
s,s,s,s,s,s,s,s,s,s,
s,s,s,r,s,s,s,s,s,s,
s,s,s,s,s,s,s,t,t,t,
s,s,t,s,s,s,s,s,s,s,
s,s,s,s,s,s,s,r,s,s,
s,s,s,s,s,s,s,s,s,s,
s,s,s,r,r,s,s,s,s,s,
s,s,s,s,r,s,s,s,s,s,
s,s,s,s,r,s,s,s,s,s,
s,s,s,s,s,s,s,s,s,s,
My code to take it in would look something like
for (int x=0, x<10, x++)
{
for (int y=0, y<10, y++)
{
tilemap[x][y]= ("the relevent bit of code to copy each
value in to the right space in the tile
map array");
}
}
i know this is a very simple way of doing a map but i want to start small....but cant figure out how to copy the relevant value from the .txt file to the tilemap array!!
Does it matter that my lines in the file only go 20 characters across?
How would i get it to go down to the new lines so it wont be feeding blanks into the array and also how to handle the commas between each letter. Is using letters a bad way to represent your tile, i noticed alot of people use numbers!
Thanks Brian
OK the following code is off the top of my head, so if there are any problems it should be easy to fix.
I''m assuming that your file has 2 bytes at the end of a line (CF + LL).
et vola a, hopefully, working file loading code.
As for the simple way of doing tiles, it''s not have a search on the web for a game called Kye, it uses text files for it''s maps, and a game I''m writing uses this technique as well.
Using letters gives you an extra 16 tiles (a-z) or 42 (a-z,A-Z) or even 52 (0-9,a-z,A-Z) compared to just using numbers (0-9), assuming that you are using one digit per tile. If you what to use more then you would have to write a piece of code that reads until a comma and then returns the number read.
Oh about the code above you might want to place an offset on the tiles so that a=0,b=1,c=2, etc this will help your tile rendering code a bit as well.
When I find my code in tons of trouble,
Friends and colleages come to me,
Speaking words of wisdom:
"Write in C."
I''m assuming that your file has 2 bytes at the end of a line (CF + LL).
void ReadFile(){ int x,y; FILE *fin; fin = fopen("map.txt","rb"); if( fin == NULL ) { // Error has occured } else { for (x=0, x<10, x++) { for (y=0, y<10, y++) { tilemap[x][y] = fgetc(fin); fgetc(fin); // Catch that comma } fgetc(fin); // Catch CF fgetc(fin); // Catch LF } fclose(fin); }} et vola a, hopefully, working file loading code.
As for the simple way of doing tiles, it''s not have a search on the web for a game called Kye, it uses text files for it''s maps, and a game I''m writing uses this technique as well.
Using letters gives you an extra 16 tiles (a-z) or 42 (a-z,A-Z) or even 52 (0-9,a-z,A-Z) compared to just using numbers (0-9), assuming that you are using one digit per tile. If you what to use more then you would have to write a piece of code that reads until a comma and then returns the number read.
Oh about the code above you might want to place an offset on the tiles so that a=0,b=1,c=2, etc this will help your tile rendering code a bit as well.
When I find my code in tons of trouble,
Friends and colleages come to me,
Speaking words of wisdom:
"Write in C."
Why are you making a home-brew map engine for a game when there''s already plenty good ones out there? Search the web for "Mappy" - it''s a free program that lets you create maps and integrate it into a game. I highly reccomend it. It supports animated, isometric, and hexogonal tiles.
you guys really don''t know what "self-satisfaction" means... 
a self-written working piece of code, now matter how simple, makes you happier and more satisfied than any alreadywrittensupermegaengine... that''s my opinion...
a self-written working piece of code, now matter how simple, makes you happier and more satisfied than any alreadywrittensupermegaengine... that''s my opinion...
If you are using C++, you could alter your map slightly and it is very easy.
The map:
Here is the code to load it:
If you want your map to be int instead of char you can:
---
Make it work.
Make it fast.
"Commmmpuuuuterrrr.." --Scotty Star Trek IV:The Voyage Home
The map:
sssssssssssssrssssssssssssstttsstssssssssssssssrsssssssssssssssrrsssssssssrsssssssssrsssssssssssssssHere is the code to load it:
char map[10][10];int i,j;fstream in("map.txt",ios_base::in);for(i=0;i<10;i++) { for(j=0;j<10;j++) { in >> map[i][j]; }}in.close(); If you want your map to be int instead of char you can:
int map[10][10];char temp;int i,j;fstream in("map.txt",ios_base::in);for(i=0;i<10;i++) { for(j=0;j<10;j++) { in >> temp; if(temp==''s'') { map[i][j]=1; } else if(temp=''r'') { map[i][j]=2; } else if(temp=''t'') { map[i][j]=3; } }}in.close(); ---
Make it work.
Make it fast.
"Commmmpuuuuterrrr.." --Scotty Star Trek IV:The Voyage Home
Or if you liked, I could post the source to a Tokenising library I wrote for things just like this.
You''d read the file into a char*[] array
And call my class CTokens.Tokenise(char*).
This then creates a list of tokens that you can scroll through. Useful in IRC and other type libraries
You''d read the file into a char*[] array
And call my class CTokens.Tokenise(char*).
This then creates a list of tokens that you can scroll through. Useful in IRC and other type libraries
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Bye a book!! LOL!!
I own loads of books...been in college for last 4 years doin a Bs in Applied Computing...
Now my Head is fried...just 2 things i need before i can reach the next level and have my map displayed...
Get rid of that DirectX 7 error that keeps occuring because i''m using DirectX 8 SDK and that little bit of code to read the map in!!!!
I own loads of books...been in college for last 4 years doin a Bs in Applied Computing...
Now my Head is fried...just 2 things i need before i can reach the next level and have my map displayed...
Get rid of that DirectX 7 error that keeps occuring because i''m using DirectX 8 SDK and that little bit of code to read the map in!!!!
Author
Bye a book!! LOL!!
I own loads of books...been in college for last 4 years doin a Bs in Applied Computing...
Now my Head is fried...just 2 things i need before i can reach the next level and have my map displayed...
Get rid of that DirectX 7 error that keeps occuring because i''m using DirectX 8 SDK and that little bit of code to read the map in!!!!
Then i can move on and start the game logic...been stuck here a while...so need to just get it out of the way!!!
Have a load of other Projects that i''m trying to get through as well as this.. i''ve little time to struggle with something that is quiet simple and obvious to others and i can be simply helped with!!
If you dont want to reply Pyabo then dont, everything is not as black and white as you''d se it!.
If you do not want to reply then dont! Thanks.
Why not use Mappy...well because would not be appreciated by my Lectures and that means i''d fail!!
"self-satisfaction" I''ve no time for satisfaction tryin to get true this cousrse!!
Thanks Steven and Captain Jester!!
How come you have no commas in you map... you dont need them then i take it :-D
Converting to ints what is the benefit!!
Thanks for all your help... will take alook at Kye aswell!
I own loads of books...been in college for last 4 years doin a Bs in Applied Computing...
Now my Head is fried...just 2 things i need before i can reach the next level and have my map displayed...
Get rid of that DirectX 7 error that keeps occuring because i''m using DirectX 8 SDK and that little bit of code to read the map in!!!!
Then i can move on and start the game logic...been stuck here a while...so need to just get it out of the way!!!
Have a load of other Projects that i''m trying to get through as well as this.. i''ve little time to struggle with something that is quiet simple and obvious to others and i can be simply helped with!!
If you dont want to reply Pyabo then dont, everything is not as black and white as you''d se it!.
If you do not want to reply then dont! Thanks.
Why not use Mappy...well because would not be appreciated by my Lectures and that means i''d fail!!
"self-satisfaction" I''ve no time for satisfaction tryin to get true this cousrse!!
Thanks Steven and Captain Jester!!
How come you have no commas in you map... you dont need them then i take it :-D
Converting to ints what is the benefit!!
Thanks for all your help... will take alook at Kye aswell!
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