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Dark GDK / Main loop or other loop?

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Isocadia
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So my situation is this, I have a select character/create character screen next to the main game, and I was wondering. Is it better to make extra loops for each of those screens and use an int to check in whitch screen you are. Or is it better to put my check button click functions in my main loop, for both of the screens??

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PS: I think it might be better to make seperate loops, and if this is the case, whitch loop I need to use to check keyboard input/ button click????
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Just have a variable like "mode" then when the game starts it's mode 0. And in the main loop you have a decision structure to check which mode it is. If it's mode 0 then it does menu things. And if you click the start button or whatever in the menu then you change to mode 1 and do whatever is next in the game.

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Yeah, but what I thought may be speed improvement, was that for my character screen, I used a loop and checked collision with the buttons in there etc. and when you press the enter button. That loop breaks and you go in the main loop so that I only have the game in the main loop, nothing else.

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PS: Maybe my way doesn't change anything, but I only would like to know if I do it my way, what is the best loop to use?? While or for or do loops??
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Had to read the post twice to understand it, especially since my bro is speking in phone right next to me xD

Well what i did was the first option but another way, i used bools, but actually lotsa them >.<;

options, instructions, controls, etc.

And i dont really know if my way is the best around here, BUT i'd recommend it

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Isocadia
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Posted: 9th Oct 2009 20:49 Edited at: 9th Oct 2009 20:52
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@Chamillion: Well, I thought about using alot of int's and bools for all my option setting etc. But just to know for sure, you are saying that when I start up my game. ScreenStat is 0, and when I get into the game, Screenstat is 1 etc. And in the main loop I just make if statments to check in whitch mode I am and then execute the code that is needed for that screen. And when I switch screens, I change that number so that it goes to the code connected to the other screen??

And already thanks for all your help. This will help me alot.

Isocadia

PS: how do you spell whitch ( like in what kind of tool, whitch tool )??
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For starters, u spell it "which".

Yeah I sort of ment that, but as said,i used bools.

In any case its up to u, do whatever u feel suits u best ;D

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Thanks, never could get that word right. But bools can only contain true or false. But when making screen resolution, I'm not gonna make a bool for every resolution that I'm going to make possible, so for that I'm gonna use int's. But whatever, thank you very much for your help.

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