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Mouse-enabled program immediately exits due to error
David_at_wedu
Member #7,407
June 2006

Chances are, this problem reeks of newbieness -- that maybe I'm just not initializing something right -- but it's a problem nonetheless. A program I copied from the book I'm reading, for the sake of messing around with mouse input, compiles just fine, but every time I execute it, the program immediately crashes and gives me one of those "Do you wish to report this error to MS?" dialogs.

If it helps to produce a solution, I'm working on a notebook computer with Windows XP Profesional. I'm kind of baffled here. :(

Here's the code:

1#include <allegro.h>
2 
3#define WHITE makecol(255,255,255)
4#define BLACK makecol(0,0,0)
5#define RED makecol(255,0,0)
6#define GREEN makecol(0,255,0)
7#define BLUE makecol(0,0,255)
8#define SMOKE makecol(140,130,120)
9 
10// point structure used to draw lines
11typedef struct POINT
12{
13 int x, y;
14}POINT;
15 
16// points array holds do_line points for drawing a line
17POINT points[2000];
18int curpoint, totalpoints;
19 
20// bitmap images
21BITMAP* buffer;
22BITMAP* crosshair;
23BITMAP* city;
24 
25// misc variables
26int st_x,st_y,en_x,en_y;
27int done = 0;
28int destroyed = 1;
29int n;
30int mx,my,mb;
31int score = -1;
32 
33void updatescore()
34{
35 // update and display the score
36 score = score+1;
37 textprintf_right_ex(buffer, font, SCREEN_W-5, 1, WHITE, -1, "SCORE: %d", score);
38}
39 
40void explosion(BITMAP* bmp, int x, int y, int finalcolor)
41{
42 int color, size;
43 
44 for (n=0;n<20;n++)
45 {
46 // generate a random color
47 color = makecol(rand()%255,rand()%255,rand()%255);
48 // random explosion side
49 size = 20+rand()%20;
50 // draw the filled circle
51 circlefill(bmp, x, y, size, color);
52 // short pause
53 rest(2);
54 }
55 // missile tracker looks for this explosion color
56 circlefill(bmp, x, y, 40, finalcolor);
57}
58 
59void doline(BITMAP* bmp, int x, int y, int d)
60{
61 // line callback function... fills the points array
62 points[totalpoints].x = x;
63 points[totalpoints].y = y;
64 totalpoints++;
65}
66 
67void firenewmissile()
68{
69 // activate the new missile
70 destroyed = 0;
71 totalpoints = 0;
72 curpoint = 0;
73 
74 // random starting location
75 st_x = rand() % (SCREEN_W-1);
76 st_y = 20;
77 
78 // random ending location
79 en_x = rand() % (SCREEN_W-1);
80 en_y = SCREEN_H-50;
81 
82 // construct the line point-by-point
83 do_line(buffer, st_x, st_y, en_x, en_y, 0, &doline);
84}
85 
86void movemissile()
87{
88 // grab a local copy of the current point
89 int x = points[curpoint].x;
90 int y = points[curpoint].y;
91 
92 // hide mouse pointer
93 scare_mouse();
94 
95 // erase missile
96 rectfill(buffer, x-6, y-3, x+6, y+1, BLACK);
97 
98 // see if missile was hit by defense weapon
99 if (getpixel(screen, x, y) == GREEN)
100 {
101 // missile destroyed! score a point
102 destroyed++;
103 updatescore();
104 } else {
105 // no hit, just draw the missile and smoke trail
106 //draw the smoke trail
107 putpixel(buffer, x, y-3, SMOKE);
108 // draw the missle
109 circlefill(buffer, x, y, 2, BLUE);
110 }
111 // show mouse pointer
112 unscare_mouse();
113 
114 // did the missle hit a city?
115 curpoint++;
116 if (curpoint >= totalpoints)
117 {
118 // destroy the missile
119 destroyed++;
120 // animate explosion directly on screen
121 explosion(screen, x, y, BLACK);
122 // show the damage on the backbuffer
123 circlefill(buffer, x, y, 40, BLACK);
124 }
125}
126 
127 
128int main()
129{
130 allegro_init();
131 set_color_depth(16);
132 set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT_WINDOWED, 640, 480, 0, 0);
133 install_keyboard();
134 install_mouse();
135 install_timer();
136 srand(time(NULL));
137 
138 //create a secondary screen buffer
139 buffer = create_bitmap(640,480);
140 
141 // display title
142 textout_ex(buffer, font, "Strategic Defense (ESC to quit)", 0, 1, WHITE, -1);
143 
144 //display score
145 updatescore();
146 
147 //draw border around screen
148 rect(buffer, 0, 12, SCREEN_W-2, SCREEN_H-2, RED);
149 
150 // load and draw the city images
151 city = load_bitmap("city.bmp", NULL);
152 
153 for (n=0;n<5;n++)
154 {
155 masked_blit(city, buffer, 0, 0, 50+n*120, SCREEN_H-city->h-2, city->w, city->h);
156 }
157 
158 // load the mouse cursor
159 crosshair = load_bitmap("crosshair.bmp", NULL);
160 set_mouse_sprite(crosshair);
161 set_mouse_sprite_focus(15,15);
162 show_mouse(buffer);
163 
164 while (!key[KEY_ESC])
165 {
166 // grab the current mouse values
167 mx = mouse_x;
168 my = mouse_y;
169 mb = (mouse_b & 1);
170 
171 // fire another missile if needed
172 if (destroyed)
173 {
174 firenewmissile();
175 }
176 
177 // left mouse button, fire the defense weapon
178 if (mb)
179 {
180 explosion(screen, mx, my, GREEN);
181 }
182 
183 // update enemy missile position
184 movemissile();
185 
186 // update_screen
187 blit(buffer, screen, 0, 0, 0, 0, 640, 480);
188 
189 // pause
190 rest(10);
191 }
192 
193 set_mouse_sprite(NULL);
194 destroy_bitmap(city);
195 destroy_bitmap(crosshair);
196 allegro_exit();
197}
198END_OF_MAIN();

If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated! :)

miran
Member #2,407
June 2002

Why do you not do any error checking?

EDIT: Oh yeah, I see now. You're reading that book... :P

Solution: check for errors and it will soon all be clear. Most probably one or more bitmaps that you try to load can't be loaded.

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count
Member #5,401
January 2005

What is this famous book, that people talk about here on the boards from time to time?

gnolam
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March 2002
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The Necronomicon All In One, by Jonathan Alhazred.

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David_at_wedu
Member #7,407
June 2006

Quote:

What is this famous book, that people talk about here on the boards from time to time?

It's called Game Programming All in One: second edition and the author is Jonathan Harbour. I really don't think the book is all that bad, but I have picked up on some of what people here have been saying in regards to bad coding practices, how he's basically anti-C++ (because he probably doesn't get it), and apparently the guy's a jerk if anyone dares to call him on any of his mistakes.

But, if the book gets me at least rolling on working with Allegro -- I'm about halfway through the book -- then I'll be happy. :)

BrknPhoenix
Member #7,304
June 2006

I found the book pretty handy to get started, as well as for random things here and there, but now that I'm started I've pretty much already left that book behind :P As soon as the example programs in it started crashing I knew something was terribly wrong, hehe.

I don't know why he hates C++ though :( I went ahead and put all my allegro stuff in classes anyway, screw him >_>

David_at_wedu
Member #7,407
June 2006

Quote:

As soon as the example programs in it started crashing I knew something was terribly wrong, hehe.

I haven't really had any of the examples crash, save for a few that used variable names that were defined elsewhere already (MAX comes to mind). Other than that, I've only encountered depreciated text handling functions, which I quickly looked up in the Allegro manual and updated.

Still, I do wish the book were C++-centric, if only because I learn better off seeing examples.

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