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PCwizard200
Member #16,127
December 2015

Hy everyone. When drawing my tile map I made in mappy and then drawing my player image on the screen also, I relized that the player image was behind the tile map. So in order to fix this problem is there a command in allegro 5 that I can use to fix this problem. The tutorial series in which I learned allegro from on fixbyproximity.com only showed the command to draw the map really.

source code just in case just keep in mind the project is def not finished

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1//This is the source code for my game in allegro 5, The game is called MENACER and It is a work in progress 2//I want this game to look decent and be fun to play, so it will probably take a while for me to get it finished 3//don't use this source code without my permission, Thanks. 4 5#include <allegro5/allegro.h> 6#include <allegro5/allegro_image.h> //including our allegro headers here 7#include <allegro5/allegro_ttf.h> 8#include <allegro5/allegro_font.h> 9#include <allegro5/allegro_primitives.h> 10#include <allegro5/allegro_acodec.h> 11#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h> 12#include <allegro5/allegro_native_dialog.h> 13#include <iostream> 14#include <math.h> 15#include "mappy_A5.h" 16 17const int WIDTH = 800; //Defining my width of the game window and height 18const int HEIGHT = 600; 19 20bool keys[] = {false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false}; //declare the controls we are using for my game 21enum KEYS{UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, SPACE, C, F, ESCAPE}; 22 23enum STATE{MENU, PLAY, GAMEOVER, QUIT}; //game state declaration 24 25void ChangeState(int &state, int newState); //change state void declaration 26 27//THE MAIN PROGRAM IS HERE! 28int main(void){ 29 30//Game variables! 31bool done = false; 32bool render = false; 33 34float gameTime = 0; 35int frames = 0; 36int gameFPS = 0; 37 38int state = -1; 39 40int xOff = 0; 41int yOff = 0; 42 43//ALLEGRO VARIABLES! 44ALLEGRO_DISPLAY *display = NULL; 45ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE *event_queue = NULL; 46ALLEGRO_TIMER *timer; 47ALLEGRO_FONT *font10; 48ALLEGRO_BITMAP *MenuImage = NULL; 49ALLEGRO_BITMAP *MenacerTank = NULL; 50ALLEGRO_SAMPLE *MenuTheme = NULL; 51ALLEGRO_SAMPLE *LV1music = NULL; 52ALLEGRO_SAMPLE_INSTANCE *instance1 = NULL; 53ALLEGRO_SAMPLE_INSTANCE *instance2 = NULL; 54 55if (!al_init()) 56return -1; 57 58display = al_create_display(WIDTH, HEIGHT); //initiate the display 59 60 61if(!display) 62return -1; 63 64//ADDON INSTALL 65al_install_keyboard(); 66al_init_image_addon(); 67al_init_font_addon(); 68al_init_ttf_addon(); 69al_init_primitives_addon(); 70al_install_audio(); 71al_init_acodec_addon(); 72 73al_reserve_samples(2); 74 75if (MapLoad("level 1.FMP",1)) 76return -5; 77 78//loading game assets 79font10 = al_load_font("atari.ttf", 24, 0); 80MenuImage = al_load_bitmap("menu art.png"); 81MenacerTank = al_load_bitmap("tank.png"); 82MenuTheme = al_load_sample("Robotech - Rick Hunter's Theme.ogg"); 83LV1music = al_load_sample("raiden 1.ogg"); 84 85instance1 = al_create_sample_instance(MenuTheme); 86instance2 = al_create_sample_instance(LV1music); 87 88al_attach_sample_instance_to_mixer(instance1, al_get_default_mixer()); 89al_attach_sample_instance_to_mixer(instance2, al_get_default_mixer()); 90 91ChangeState(state, MENU); //THE FIRST STATE MY GAME WILL GO TO IS THE MENU STATE 92 93 94event_queue = al_create_event_queue(); 95timer = al_create_timer(1.0 / 60); 96 97al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_timer_event_source(timer)); 98al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_keyboard_event_source()); 99 100 101al_start_timer(timer); 102gameTime = al_current_time(); 103while(!done){ 104 105 ALLEGRO_EVENT ev; 106 al_wait_for_event(event_queue, &ev); 107 108 //INPUT FOR MY GAME IS HERE 109 if(ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_DOWN) 110{ 111 switch (ev.keyboard.keycode) 112 { 113 case ALLEGRO_KEY_ESCAPE: 114 keys[ESCAPE] = true; 115 break; 116 case ALLEGRO_KEY_SPACE: 117 keys[SPACE] = true; 118 break; 119 case ALLEGRO_KEY_C: 120 keys[C] = true; 121 break; 122 case ALLEGRO_KEY_F: 123 keys[F] = true; 124 break; 125 case ALLEGRO_KEY_UP: 126 keys[UP] = true; 127 break; 128 case ALLEGRO_KEY_DOWN: 129 keys[DOWN] = true; 130 break; 131 case ALLEGRO_KEY_LEFT: 132 keys[LEFT] = true; 133 break; 134 case ALLEGRO_KEY_RIGHT: 135 keys[RIGHT] = true; 136 break; 137 } 138 139 140} 141 142if (ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_UP) 143{ 144 switch(ev.keyboard.keycode) 145 { 146 case ALLEGRO_KEY_ESCAPE: 147 keys[ESCAPE] = false; 148 break; 149 case ALLEGRO_KEY_SPACE: 150 keys[SPACE] = false; 151 break; 152 case ALLEGRO_KEY_C: 153 keys[C] = false; 154 break; 155 case ALLEGRO_KEY_F: 156 keys[F] = false; 157 break; 158 case ALLEGRO_KEY_UP: 159 keys[UP] = false; 160 break; 161 case ALLEGRO_KEY_DOWN: 162 keys[DOWN] = false; 163 break; 164 case ALLEGRO_KEY_LEFT: 165 keys[LEFT] = false; 166 break; 167 case ALLEGRO_KEY_RIGHT: 168 keys[RIGHT] = false; 169 break; 170 } 171 172 173} 174 175else if (ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_TIMER) 176{ 177 render = true; 178 //UPDATE FPS 179 frames++; 180 if(al_current_time() - gameTime >= 1) 181 { 182 gameTime = al_current_time(); 183 gameFPS = frames; 184 frames = 0; 185 } 186 187if (state == MENU) //Game State Controls 188{ 189 if(keys[SPACE]) 190 ChangeState(state, PLAY); 191 else if(keys[ESCAPE]) 192 ChangeState(state, QUIT); 193} 194 195 196 197else if (state == PLAY) 198{ 199if(keys[ESCAPE]) 200 ChangeState(state, GAMEOVER); 201} 202 203else if(state == GAMEOVER) 204{ 205 if(keys[SPACE]) 206 ChangeState(state, MENU); 207} 208 209xOff += keys[RIGHT] * 10; 210xOff -= keys[LEFT] * 10; 211yOff += keys[DOWN] * 10; 212yOff -= keys[UP] * 10; 213 214if(xOff < 0) 215xOff = 0; 216if(yOff < 0) 217 yOff = 0; 218if(xOff > (mapwidth * mapblockwidth - WIDTH)) 219 xOff = mapwidth * mapblockwidth - WIDTH; 220if(yOff > (mapheight * mapblockheight - HEIGHT)) 221 yOff = mapheight * mapblockheight - HEIGHT; 222} 223 224 225//Here we render everything 226 227if(render && al_is_event_queue_empty(event_queue)) 228{ 229 230render = true; 231 232//BEGIN! 233 234 if (state == MENU) 235{ 236al_draw_bitmap(MenuImage, 0,0,0); 237al_set_sample_instance_playmode(instance1, ALLEGRO_PLAYMODE_LOOP); 238al_play_sample_instance(instance1); 239} 240 241else if(state == PLAY) 242{ 243 244 al_draw_bitmap(MenacerTank,200,100,0); 245 al_stop_sample_instance(instance1); 246 MapDrawBG(xOff,yOff,0,0, WIDTH, HEIGHT); 247 248 249} 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258else if(state == QUIT) 259{ 260 done = true; 261} 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272al_flip_display(); 273al_clear_to_color(al_map_rgb(0,0,0)); 274} 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284} 285 286//DESTROY PROJECT OBJECTS 287 288al_destroy_font(font10); 289al_destroy_bitmap(MenuImage); 290al_destroy_timer(timer); 291al_destroy_display(display); 292al_destroy_event_queue(event_queue); 293al_destroy_sample(MenuTheme); 294al_destroy_sample(LV1music); 295al_destroy_sample_instance(instance1); 296al_destroy_sample_instance(instance2); 297 298MapFreeMem(); 299 300return 0; 301} 302 303void ChangeState(int &state, int newState) 304{ 305 306 if (state == MENU) 307 { 308 std::cout << "Leaving the MENU state \n"; 309 } 310 else if (state == PLAY) 311{ 312 std::cout <<"Leaving the PLAY state \n"; 313} 314else if (state == GAMEOVER) 315{ 316 std::cout << "Leaving the GAMEOVER state \n"; 317} 318else if (state == QUIT) 319{ 320 std::cout << "Leaving the QUIT state \n"; 321} 322 323state = newState; 324 325 326 if (state == MENU) 327 { 328 std::cout << "Entering the MENU state \n"; 329 } 330 else if (state == PLAY) 331{ 332 std::cout <<"Entering the PLAY state \n"; 333} 334else if (state == GAMEOVER) 335{ 336 std::cout << "Entering the GAMEOVER state \n"; 337} 338else if (state == QUIT) 339{ 340 std::cout << "Entering the QUIT state \n"; 341} 342 343 344}

Eric Johnson
Member #14,841
January 2013
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Call the function to draw the map before drawing anything else, then draw the player.

else if(state == PLAY)
{

    MapDrawBG(xOff,yOff,0,0, WIDTH, HEIGHT); // Draw map first.
    al_draw_bitmap(MenacerTank,200,100,0);
    al_stop_sample_instance(instance1);


}

Every time you draw something, it goes above whatever was previously drawn. So think of it as going from the background to the foreground. If you were to draw bitmaps A, B, and then C, you would have A in the very back, followed by B, and then C in the very front.

PCwizard200
Member #16,127
December 2015

person said:

Eric Johnson:

Call the function to draw the map before drawing anything else, then draw the player.

else if(state == PLAY)
{

MapDrawBG(xOff,yOff,0,0, WIDTH, HEIGHT); // Draw map first.
al_draw_bitmap(MenacerTank,200,100,0);
al_stop_sample_instance(instance1);

}

Every time you draw something, it goes above whatever was previously drawn. So think of it as going from the background to the foreground. If you were to draw bitmaps A, B, and then C, you would have A in the very back, followed by B, and then C in the very front.

Thanks Eric Johnson I honestly did not know that you have to put images in a certain order according to how you want it to look. Ya learn something every day!;D

Eric Johnson
Member #14,841
January 2013
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You're welcome. I'm glad I could help. :)

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