Game Console Programming
April 22, 2002 02:47 PM
In Tricks of the Windows Programming, there is a part of the book which confuses me. Does the Win32 API program automaticall read Game_Main, Game_Init, and Game_Shutdown?
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April 22, 2002 03:37 PM
Without having read the book I would say: No, those functions will not be called automaticly.
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April 22, 2002 03:50 PM
No, all those functions are called inside Winmain, its something like
this is from memory, but I am pretty sure its something like that.
Edit: Darn its hard to get the font color right
[edited by - kwizatz on April 22, 2002 4:55:00 PM]
WinMain(...){Game_Init() ;while(1){if(PeekMessage(lpMsg,hWnd,0,0,PM_REMOVE)){TranslateMessage(lpMsg);DispatchMessage(lpMsg);if (lpMsg->message==WM_QUIT) break;}else Game_Main() ;}Game_ShutDown() ;} this is from memory, but I am pretty sure its something like that.
Edit: Darn its hard to get the font color right
[edited by - kwizatz on April 22, 2002 4:55:00 PM]
April 22, 2002 06:14 PM
Well, yeah, it''s supposed to be in WinMain() 
. BTW, HOW do you change fonts and colors?
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April 22, 2002 06:17 PM
Darn!
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April 22, 2002 06:18 PM
So, those functions are automatically called in WinMain()??
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April 23, 2002 11:26 AM
about fonts: you are allowed to use some html tags on your posts I just used a <font color="#ff0000"></font> tag.
About winmain:
they are NOT automatically called, you have to put them there, thats the purpose of the colors, so you see the where the functions are called, in case you are a total newbie, words of advice, learn some C/C++ before getting deep inside tricks of the windows game programming gurus, it will save you some frustration, believe me.
now to the point:
once you write your function:
thats how it works, the functions Game_Init,Game_Main and Game_Shutdown are User Defined Functions
you MUST call them inside winmain at some point if you want them to execute, it is not "automatic".
[edited by - kwizatz on April 23, 2002 12:33:35 PM]
About winmain:
they are NOT automatically called, you have to put them there, thats the purpose of the colors, so you see the where the functions are called, in case you are a total newbie, words of advice, learn some C/C++ before getting deep inside tricks of the windows game programming gurus, it will save you some frustration, believe me.
now to the point:
once you write your function:
void somefunction(){printf("Hello!\r\n");} you can call said function from anywhere in your code: int main(){somefunction();} thats how it works, the functions Game_Init,Game_Main and Game_Shutdown are User Defined Functions
you MUST call them inside winmain at some point if you want them to execute, it is not "automatic".
[edited by - kwizatz on April 23, 2002 12:33:35 PM]
April 23, 2002 05:12 PM
I know. I meant if it was called automatically, without declaring it in your code first. I didn''t know if you had to define it somewhere like: void Game_Main(); .
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April 25, 2002 03:40 PM
if you define your functions before they are called then you dont need to declare them, but I find that declaring and then defining is a good practice.
example:
Right:
Acceptable for the compiler:
Completelly wrong, wont even compile:
in the last example main wont know there is a function named myfunction and the compiler will complain about it even if the function is there after main.
example:
Right:
void myfunc();int main(){myfunc();return 0;}void myfunc(){...} Acceptable for the compiler:
void myfunc(){...}int main(){myfunc();return 0;} Completelly wrong, wont even compile:
int main(){myfunc();return 0;}void myfunc(){...} in the last example main wont know there is a function named myfunction and the compiler will complain about it even if the function is there after main.
April 25, 2002 03:54 PM
Oh, I see. Thanks for clearing that up!
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