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Dark GDK / Using Multiple "do...loop"s

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Twisted Steel Software
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Posted: 21st Jan 2008 20:29
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Hello all,
Is there a way to get multiple loops in GDK? It would help me out tremendously... In DBP I used to use a seperate do loop for the main menu, then a do loop for the 3D drawing... then a do loop for a pause menu etc.

Can I possibly just call LoopGDK(); in a while loop?

Thanks in advance,
Jim

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John Goewert
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2008 00:27
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Sort of, though the traditional way is to set a Game State variable and then call the code for what you are handling based on the current game state.

The Dark Invaders tutorial has a decent implementation of this using an enum called eMode:

enum eMode { eGameSetup , eGameReset , eGameTitle , eGameWaitForFire , eGameLevel , eGameLevelWait , eGameLevelWait2 , eGamePlay , eGameDie , eGameWin , eGameOver };

Then setting the mode:
eMode g_eGameMode = eGameSetup;

For simple game states, this is a really good way to go.

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Posted: 22nd Jan 2008 01:46
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What tutorial is this? I have not been able to find it...

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Posted: 22nd Jan 2008 03:31
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Click Start->Program Files->The Game Creators->Tutorials.

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gah... sorry... I feel stupid

I thought it was a forum-based tutorial

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