Need help with basic movement (without key or mouse)

SDL Development
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Hello guys, i’m new here, and i trying learn SDL2 for make my own games.
Long short history. I have two years code on pygame, is fun but is not power enough. On python i have, maybe, three years on experience… Not much, but i trying my best to learn.
I never code on c/c++. On the past three month’s i trying figure out how c++ works, and how sdl2 too.
I’m on basic’s. I have some class’s, for the player and etc.

My question is,
I have this code: (is just a test)

And move the player on the x axis, when the destination rect X make the screen boundaries, i want the player move back, and when make 0 move forward.
The problem is, when the player make 640 he stuck. Won’t move back at all. I look on Aaron’s tutorial’s, on Lazy Foo’, on reddit, google. I search for bounce ball, but i can’t figure out how make this simple movement.

PS: If needed, the player inherits from base_sprite, all my code is on github.

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Have a movement/speed variable that is added to x. First movement.x could be positive (like 1), and your objects moves to right. When it’s far enough, change your movement.x to negative (like -1), and now the object should move “backwards”.

3

What your doing is
Move the x position 1 pixel to the right
If the x position is greater then 640, move the x position back 1 pixel
repeat.

As soon as it gets to the edge of the screen it will stay still because all your doing is moving it forward 1 pixel and back 1 pixel each update.

Here is a quick fix to get the intended behaviour

int _xvel = 1;
void Player::update() {
   _dstRect.x += _xvel;
   if (_dstRect.x > 640) {
       _xvel = -1;
   } else if (_dstRect.x < 0) {
       _xvel = 1;
   }
}
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Oh, thank a lot.
Now i see my mistake.
The object/player must have a velocity and the velocity must be initialize outside of update.

Again, thanks for have time to help me! =]

5

“and the velocity must be initialize outside of update.”

Not necessarily, you could do this

void Player::update() {
   int32_t_xvel = 1;
   if (_dstRect.x > 640) {
       _xvel = -1;
   } 
   _dstRect.x += _xvel;
}

I am just using this example to help you understand fully,
I would recommend you use the _xvel and _yvel in the sprite base class.

No worries, it happens to the best of us.
Good luck with the game development, looking forward to see what you create :slight_smile:

Keep us posted

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Thanks again! Sorry for the delay.
Yeah, my history is quite crazy… I start using javascript, p5.js is the library, but i never like java or js, not work for me.
When i discovery python i like it, is friendly and etc, but is not too power for this kind of thing. Is a lot of fun code on python, is easy, you don’t need to worry about “low staff” like memory management and etc.

And i keep back and forward with c/c++. I tried to learn a long time ago, but for study alone and my 14 years old me, i simply gave up.
My child’s dream is to make games, and now i realize if I’m being serious i have to make my own tool, api/engine and work with my own creation. I know godot, rpg maker, coco2d are good tools but i want to make my own you know.

Sorry for the text.
Again, thanks a lot making time for help me.

7

Maybe you should give Go a try (https://golang.org/). It fills a niche
between the very low level of C++ where you have to be concerned about
memory management and the high level of scripting or virtual machine
languages like Python and Java.

MSB

8

If you ever need help with cpp just message. I will be more then happy to help you create your game.

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9

Oh that’s nice. Thank you.
Can you pass me your discord?

I will not bother you much hahaha!