two options for display close http://www.allegro.cc/forums/view/617158 Allegro.cc Forum Thread matthew@allegro.cc (Matthew Leverton) Mon, 11 Dec 2017 06:08:40 +0000

Hi!
Can you tell why key_down doesn't close the window? It works a while but I probably I changed something and now it doesn't. I can't find my problem.

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1int main(int argc, char **argv) 2{ 3 ALLEGRO_DISPLAY *displaystart = NULL; 4 ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE *event_queue = NULL; 5 if (!al_init()) { 6 fprintf(stderr, "failed to initialize allegro!\n"); 7 return -1; 8 } 9 al_init_font_addon(); // initialize the font addon 10 al_init_ttf_addon();// initialize the ttf (True Type Font) addon 11 al_install_keyboard(); 12 13 displaystart = al_create_display(1024, 768); 14 if (!displaystart) { 15 fprintf(stderr, "failed to create displaystart!\n"); 16 return -1; 17 } 18 ALLEGRO_FONT *font = al_load_ttf_font("Artesana.ttf", 64, 0); 19 ALLEGRO_FONT *fonttytul = al_load_ttf_font("ARRIBAAR.TTF", 100, 0); 20 21 if (!font) { 22 fprintf(stderr, "Could not load 'Artesana.ttf'.\n"); 23 return -1; 24 } 25 if (!fonttytul) { 26 fprintf(stderr, "Could not load 'ARRIBAAR.TTF'.\n"); 27 return -1; 28 } 29 event_queue = al_create_event_queue(); 30 if (!event_queue) { 31 fprintf(stderr, "failed to create event_queue!\n"); 32 al_destroy_display(displaystart); 33 return -1; 34 } 35 36 al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_display_event_source(displaystart)); 37 al_clear_to_color(al_map_rgb(2, 147, 0)); 38 al_draw_text(fonttytul, al_map_rgb(223, 234, 18), 1024 / 2, 80, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE, "Indi w tarapatach!"); 39 al_draw_text(font, al_map_rgb(255, 255, 255), 1024 / 2, 250, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE, "Nowa gra"); 40 al_draw_text(font, al_map_rgb(255, 255, 255), 1024 / 2, 400, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE, "Wyjdz z gry"); 41 al_flip_display(); 42 while (1) 43 { 44 ALLEGRO_EVENT ev; 45 ALLEGRO_TIMEOUT timeout; 46 al_init_timeout(&timeout, 0.06); 47 48 bool get_event = al_wait_for_event_until(event_queue, &ev, &timeout); 49 50 51 if (get_event && ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_DISPLAY_CLOSE) { 52 break; 53 } 54 else if (get_event && ev.type == ALLEGRO_KEY_DOWN) { 55 break; 56 } 57 58 al_clear_to_color(al_map_rgb(2, 147, 0)); 59 al_draw_text(fonttytul, al_map_rgb(223, 234, 18), 1024 / 2, 80, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE, "Indi w tarapatach!"); 60 al_draw_text(font, al_map_rgb(255, 255, 255), 1024 / 2, 250, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE, "Nowa gra"); 61 al_draw_text(font, al_map_rgb(255, 255, 255), 1024 / 2, 400, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE, "Wyjdz z gry"); 62 al_flip_display(); 63 } 64 65 al_destroy_display(displaystart); 66 al_destroy_event_queue(event_queue); 67 return 0; 68}

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Bater55) Tue, 05 Dec 2017 01:24:17 +0000

You didn't register the keyboard event source with your event queue.

al_register_event_source(queue , al_get_keyboard_event_source());

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Edgar Reynaldo) Tue, 05 Dec 2017 03:52:57 +0000

I used to make that mistake ALL THE TIME.

If this was C++, I'd say we should overload that function and make one that takes a variable number of arguments so that it's obvious you're supposed to pipe sources to it.

ala

event_queue = al_create_event_queue(display_source, keyboard_source, mouse_source, fps_timer, ...);

Let the API structure itself give hints for what your supposed to do.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Chris Katko) Tue, 05 Dec 2017 08:53:38 +0000

Thanks. Also, I changed ALLEGRO_KEY_DOWN to ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_DOWN and now it works!
By the way - do you know how to display window after window? I mean, start menu, then click "1" and the game display is on.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Bater55) Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:36:13 +0000

Just start drawing something else... No need to have several separate "Windows" for each game state, unless you really need and intend to do that.

Game states are and should be independent of the state of the external application Window.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Rodolfo Lam) Mon, 11 Dec 2017 06:08:40 +0000