how do you load the tile levels from resources? I don''t want array, or something like it in my code, I want to change my levels without recompiling, so how do I do this? A text file? DX++ The DirectX Programming Site

Hi,

The best thing to start off with is to create a structure with all the properties that you will need for a tile. Then you can simply create a file in binary mode (or text if you wish) and write the contents of the structure (for as many tiles as there will be in your world) to file. Like this you can use another program to modify the level without needing to recompile your code.

Hope this helps.

--Antz
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Thanks for the help,
but can anyone give me a short code example?

I''m still clueless.

DX++ The DirectX Programming Site

I have a very fast code for retrieving the map information from a file in binary mode but it is in VB.If you are fond with VB tell me to post it.

Voodoo4

typedef struct
{
bool blocked;
int type;
...
} tile;

typedef struct
{
int width;
int height;
...
} map_header;

...

fread(&header, ...);
fread(tile_array, sizeof(tile), width * height, ...);

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Edited by - Staffan on August 13, 2000 2:22:25 PM

If you want to load data from your custom resources, you can check out this homepage tutorial including full source code: Using Custom Resources

It''s about loading your texture into an OpenGL texture, but you can easily convert it to your need...

Thanks for the help baskuenen, I like your website too.

DX++ The DirectX Programming Site

Thanks