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Started by Chris987 May 16, 2004 at 5:29 PM 2 replies 350+ views

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May 16, 2004 at 5:29 PM

Hi, Im making a management game, like championship manager. Im fine with all the backend code, match engine etc is working nearly bug free. Im now trying to make it look like a game. I am new to making interfaces so any help is much appreaceated. I have searched but have found nothing specifice to what i require. Basically, i have a mockup of what i want the screen to look like as a bitmap picture. Now im trying to make this into an interface and am not sure where to start... thanks, chris

Sneftel

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Sneftel

May 16, 2004 at 5:31 PM

Which graphics and input libraries are you using? OpenGL, Direct3D, DirectDraw, GDI, GDI+, DirectInput, SDL....?

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Chris987

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Chris987

May 16, 2004 at 5:34 PM

OpenGL

bzroom

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bzroom

May 16, 2004 at 9:24 PM

I started with a base class that acted as a container.


class BaseClass
{
  long coords[4]; //top, right, bottom left
  long material; //to display on it

  CallBackFunction callback;

  BaseClass *children;
  BaseClass *next;
   
  virtual void Draw()
  {
     DrawQuad(material);
  }

  virtual void Click(int x, int y)
  {
     //checkagainst children here
     
     if all children fail
      {
          callback(x,y);
      }
  }
};

Something like that. Derive other classes off it to make buttons, scrollbars, windows. Then make some sort of a focus manager, and have your game as an object that can receive focus, when focus is lost the game pauses.

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