hey, for animation im gonna store seperate sprite bitmaps into a vector, so then when a user presses a key, it prints out the first vector, or another key, it prints out another element in the vector..i don't really know how to implement this though. here is my code
| 1 | #include <allegro.h> |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | int main() { |
| 5 | allegro_init(); |
| 6 | install_keyboard(); |
| 7 | set_color_conversion(COLORCONV_TOTAL); /* this is the new line */ |
| 8 | set_color_depth(16); |
| 9 | set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT, 640, 480, 0, 0); |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 14 | // Pass NULL to use default pallete |
| 15 | BITMAP *goku = load_bitmap("1.bmp", NULL); |
| 16 | BITMAP *gokus = load_bitmap("2.bmp", NULL); |
| 17 | vector<BITMAP> fighter; |
| 18 | fighter.push_back(goku); |
| 19 | fighter.push_back(gokus); |
| 20 | int index = 0; |
| 21 | |
| 22 | while( !key[KEY_ESC] ) |
| 23 | { |
| 24 | |
| 25 | acquire_screen(); |
| 26 | //print out the firstelement of the vector here, which is a static image of |
| 27 | //a sprite |
| 28 | |
| 29 | |
| 30 | |
| 31 | |
| 32 | release_screen(); |
| 33 | |
| 34 | } |
| 35 | |
| 36 | |
| 37 | |
| 38 | return 0; |
| 39 | } |
| 40 | END_OF_MAIN() |
do i do,
blit( //element from vector here, screen....
or what, i don't know how i would be printint out bitmaps from a vector to the screen
i love this stuff, it really has me thinking 
[edit]
could
blit( fighter.front or begin // would that work?
Err, that shouldn't compile. You have a vector of BITMAP structs, but your pushing BITMAP*'s to the vector.
The proper method would be this:
| 1 | // Pass NULL to use default pallete |
| 2 | BITMAP *goku = load_bitmap("1.bmp", NULL); |
| 3 | if ( !goku ) |
| 4 | { |
| 5 | // Error out here |
| 6 | return 0; |
| 7 | } |
| 8 | BITMAP *gokus = load_bitmap("2.bmp", NULL); |
| 9 | if ( !gokus ) |
| 10 | { |
| 11 | // Error out here |
| 12 | return 0; |
| 13 | } |
| 14 | vector<BITMAP*> fighter; |
| 15 | fighter.push_back(goku); |
| 16 | fighter.push_back(gokus); |
| 17 | // int index = 0; // I'd use iterators instead |
| 18 | |
| 19 | vector<BITMAP*>::iterator iter = fighter.begin(); |
| 20 | |
| 21 | |
| 22 | bool keyIsPressed = false; // Use this to prevent "bouncing" of the images |
| 23 | while( !key[KEY_ESC] ) |
| 24 | { |
| 25 | if ( key[KEY_M] && !keyIsPressed ) // go up vector |
| 26 | { |
| 27 | if ( iter != fighter.end() - 1 ) // DON'T RUN PAST THE END OF THE VECTOR |
| 28 | ++iter; |
| 29 | keyIsPressed = true; |
| 30 | } |
| 31 | else if ( key[KEY_N] && !keyIsPressed ) // go down vector |
| 32 | { |
| 33 | if ( iter != fighter.start() ) |
| 34 | --iter; |
| 35 | keyIsPressed = true; |
| 36 | } |
| 37 | else |
| 38 | { |
| 39 | keyIsPressed = false; |
| 40 | } |
| 41 | acquire_screen(); |
| 42 | blit ( *iter, screen, 0, 0, 0, 0, (*iter)->w, (*iter)->h ); |
| 43 | |
| 44 | release_screen(); |
| 45 | |
| 46 | } |
| 47 | |
| 48 | // ALWAYS clean up your memory when your done |
| 49 | destroy_bitmap ( goku ); |
| 50 | destroy_bitmap ( gokus ); |
| 51 | |
| 52 | // Or this would work as well |
| 53 | /* |
| 54 | for ( iter = fighter.begin(); iter != fighter.end(); ++iter ) |
| 55 | destroy_bitmap ( *iter ); |
| 56 | */ |
| 57 | |
| 58 | return 0; |
That should work. You'll need to add error checking to your liking in the two "NULL" checking loops
ahh, ok
thanks carus85! 
On a side and completely unrelated note, you should check the return values of allegro_init() and set_gfx_mode() (the latter being more important to check).