ok thanks.  I am a lisle fluent in C++ due to Axe and a month of C.
So SDL then?

I think I wouldn't need to know much to port Sniper101 to computer

Sniper 101, hein?. I want to help

Are you casting to an int after you read from the file? Because that might be the problem.

In Daemons I read from a binary file and I read to a memblock equal to the size of the file - 2 bytes for size data.

I then copy that memblock to a vector for use in the game.

Perhaps you could try that. (Is this only going to be C or C++?)

EDIT: Here's my code:

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fstream map;
    string map_path;//Holds the path to the files

    try
    {


        map_path = "data/maps/visual/" + mapID;

        map.open(map_path.c_str(), ios::in|ios::binary);
        char memblock[2];
        //char* mapblock;
        if(map.is_open())
        {
            //memblock = new char [2];
            //map.seekg(0, ios::beg);
            map.read(memblock, 2);

            MapWidth = memblock[0];
            MapHeight = memblock[1];
            //delete[] memblock;
            char mapblock[MapWidth * MapHeight];
            MapData.resize(MapWidth * MapHeight);
            //map.seekg(2, ios::beg);
            map.read(mapblock, MapWidth * MapHeight);
            for(int i = 0; i < (MapWidth * MapHeight); i++)
                MapData[i] = (int)mapblock[i];
            //cout << MapData[0];
            //cout << map_path.c_str();

            map.close();
        }

}
    catch(exception& e)
        {cout << e.what() << "\n";}
    return;


Actually, the program is C++, but I thought C would be better for this, due to speed and size issues, I want map loading to be fast.

What do you mean by "Are you casting to an int after you read from the file? Because that might be the problem."?

I hate Visual studios in general.  They lock everything down to be just windows.... just like TI does to their products :\
It reminds me of the Zune

Yes, Visual Studio tempts you to develop Windows-only. I think Code::Blocks is the best thing you can use. Later, you might prefer to use a text editor and the command line, it's faster for some people.

Can someone plz help me set up a design environment (including a method of compilation) for C++ on Windows 7 computer?

Everything hates me.



Also: anyone know how to draw to the screen.  Like in axe you can use Pt-On() and Pxl-On()

I recommend installing MingW. However, if you're a beginner Code::Blocks installs it together with the Code::Blocks IDE.

Drawing to the screen? You need a graphics library such as OpenGL or SDL. I recommend SDL or SFML. You can also use a GUI Toolkit, such as GTK, Qt or wxWidgets.

On Windows, you'll be tempted to use win32 or DirectX. If you want to keep your program cross-platform, never use those.

I need some help with a pointer problem I'm facing. I have this:

int my_array[26][24]; /* An 2 dimensions array */

call_function(NEED_HELP_HERE);

call_function() requires an argument, an array. I need to pass my_array. However, I know that passing arrays in functions is memory consuming and not very clean. So, instead, I want to pass a pointer to the array.

So my question is how to declare the pointer to the array, how do I declare it?

void call_function(NEED_HELP_HERE)
{
  /* This function receives a pointer to an array as argument */
}

The question is what to put in "NEED_HELP_HERE" places. My issue is that I don't know what type the pointer to the array of arrays is.

Thanks in advance!

Oh this is simply great! Good idea!

Ooh la la, a French version of HCWP, cool! Is Mandarin next?

The ritual went just fine, didn't it?