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Newbie level loading question

Started by Jovan Jan 13, 2005 at 7:21 PM 2 replies 750+ views

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Jan 13, 2005 at 7:21 PM

I am making a small game in opengl, and I came across a maze: How are levels actually loaded? Strictly speaking 'without' the use of a map editor, or level files, simply .cpp /.h files, how does lets say the 'Menu' screen transfer over to another screen? Do i need to erase the GL scene and start over again.. or? Any tutorials or articles would be plenty of help, i didnt find any tho :(. Thanks ahead!

mumpo

Jan 13, 2005 at 7:34 PM

Based on your question, I don't know if your game loop looks anything like this, but here is one way:

// iState is a globally accessable integer.// Whenever the program needs to change what you called the "level" it sets// iState to the appropriate value and then just waits for the next frame.    while(true)    {        switch(iState)        {        case 1: // main menu            {                MainMenuUpdate();                MainMenuRender();            } break;        case 2: // graphics settings menu            {                GraphicsMenuUpdate();                GraphicsMenuRender();            } break;        case 3: // in-game            {                GameUpdate();                GameRender();            } break;        }    }

Jovan

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Jovan

Jan 13, 2005 at 7:41 PM

Ah!

So, the levels are stored in the GameUpdate ?

Slug

Jan 14, 2005 at 1:02 PM

You should make your own structure and write/load your model into then draw it

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