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[deadlycairn]

You could also use a struct - although my understanding of them is somewhat limited, they apear to be a simpler form of a class. Of course, if you plan on going Object Oriented later, I suppose there's no point putting it off.

Oh, and Orange, you are the patron saint of newbie programmers everywhere. You are awesome, and WorldJem is awesome.

[timmeh]

Structures are really easy, and unless you need functions for the objects I'd just use them.

A basic structure that would store the variables you mentioned earlier:

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struct _tile
{
    int material;
    int temperature;
    int height;
    int visibility
};
You could create one like this:

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_tile my_tile = {0, 1, 2, 3};Which would make a tile called "my_tile" where material=0, temperature=1, height=2, visibility=3

You could also set it up like this, so you can add variables later.

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_tile my_tile;
my_tile.material=0;
my_tile.temperature=1;and so on and so forth.

[qwertyuiopas]

That is obviously a C++ example, right?

C would need a typedef or declare _tile my_tile as struct _tile my_tile.

[timmeh]

Yes.  Sorry, should have specified that.

[Outcast Orange]

Oh, and Orange, you are the patron saint of newbie programmers everywhere. You are awesome, and WorldJem is awesome.

Holy crap. I feel really good now!
Thank you Cairn!

I'm probably going with classes at this point, because I have some practice now.
I'm going to add the basic functions of my game into a new project, rewritten with better syntax and stuff.
The tile class thing sounds like it will make everything much more pretty.

I'll start straight away in the morning.

[SolarShado]

(Note: Java programer, take my advice with a grain of salt.)

If there's any performance hit from using objects instead of structs, go with structs fot the tiles. After all, what methods does a tile object need?

That's assuming you can mix structs and classes, and that it's not prohibitively confusing to do so. In java, everything is an object, but a c/c++ struct is basicly a class with no methods and all public fields, right?

[Outcast Orange]

Sorry, but I'm pretty sure I'm using classes. I've already half learned them.

I'm going to bed early so I can get up and start programming in the morning.
I'm not exactly sure what I'll be doing, but I'm currently just trying to get re-acquainted with my code.
Don't worry, nothing I programmed in is super hard to figure out.
I'll just need to do some basic rewriting.

I'm sure by tomorrow night I'll have something to show for it.

[Outcast Orange]

The water! It works! It is fast! It needs tweaked...

XD

You guys have got to see this soon.
But, no pointers involved.

[Boksi]

Ooh. Sounds like you found some innovative solution then? I'm all ears.

Well, actually, no. That would be weird.

[Alexhans]

I'm glad Orange... As with ToA... I'll have to check this out later...

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[Outcast Orange]

Innovative solution, not so much.
I shouldn't have assumed water was the culprit of frame rate loss.
It was actually something I added into the flow along with the water that was robbing frames.
An extra map-wide visibility check was doing the most damage. I made a more primitive version of it that works along with the water better.
Now it is fast.

[Outcast Orange]

So I don't need the pointers to maintain running speed,
but I still will need them for other stuff, including water.

I'm going to leave the game in it's currently playable state (with badly functional water included)
and go transform my tile system into a class-based thing.

This should greatly simplify the code, and probably optimize performance a bit.
Then, after I'm comfortable with that, I'll start picking at pointers again.

Jeez, dynamic physics are hard to handle.
It's taken me near a month so far.

Well, once I get this under my belt, I think things will go much faster.

[Outcast Orange]

I don't have anything to show for it, but I've been stressing over classing my game, and have made some major steps in the right direction.

I've also decided on a new name for the game.

From henceforth, it shall be referred to as "Cloudscream".
I hope the name sticks.

[Armok]

May I ask for the reason for that name?

[alfie275]

@Orange Just incase you didnt get my message: problem solved.