Hi all,
I am trying to create a timer to control the display update etc.
Find below my code but it never calls anything under the event.type
SDL_TIMER_EVENT. If I place the draw code directly under the
switch(event.type) then it runs my display code (when moving the mouse) so I
know that the display does work, but I am confused to why the
SDL_TIMER_EVENT is never called. Have I forgotton something simple when
setting up the timer??
Any help would be appreciated.
I appologise for the poor coding etc, I am still learning 
/*
Main Game State Controller
*/
#include “string.h”
// The SDL include files
#include “SDL.h”
#include “SDL_image.h”
#include “SDL_mixer.h”
// Lua Headers
extern “C” {
#include “lua.h”
#include “lauxlib.h”
#include “lualib.h”
}
//Lua Luna Wrapper
#include “luna.h”
#include “engine.hpp”
#include “general.hpp”
#include “kyra.h”
extern CEngine engine;
#define SDL_TIMER_EVENT ( SDL_USEREVENT + 0 )
const int TIMER_INTERVAL = 80;
int timerInterval = TIMER_INTERVAL;
Uint32 TimerCallback(Uint32 interval)
{
SDL_Event event;
event.type = SDL_TIMER_EVENT;
SDL_PeepEvents( &event, 1, SDL_ADDEVENT, 0 );
return TIMER_INTERVAL;
}
/*
Initialise splash
*/
void initialiseSplashKyra()
{
…code
}
/*
Draw Function.
Draws all things to screen.
*/
void splashKyraDraw()
{
…code
}
/*
Key input handler.
*/
void splashKyraKeyInputHandler(SDL_KeyboardEvent event)
{
…code
}
/*
Main loop function.
*/
void mainSplashKyra()
{
if(engine.getDebug())
{
fprintf(stdout, "KYRA SPLASH\n");
}
if ( engine.splashKyraInitialised == 0 )
initialiseSplashKyra();
Uint32 dt,td,td2,sdlgt;
SDL_Event event;
timerInterval = 80;
SDL_SetTimer( timerInterval, TimerCallback );
U32 start = SDL_GetTicks();
while( SDL_WaitEvent(&event) && engine.running == STATE_SPLASH_KYRA )
{
SDL_Event nextEvent;
if ( SDL_PeepEvents( &nextEvent, 1, SDL_PEEKEVENT,
SDL_ALLEVENTS )
&& nextEvent.type == SDL_TIMER_EVENT )
{
if(engine.getDebug())
{
fprintf(stdout, “tock %i\n”,
engine.getFrameRate());
}
continue;
}
if ( event.type == SDL_QUIT )
break;
switch(event.type)
{
case SDL_KEYDOWN:
{
splashKyraKeyInputHandler(event.key);
}
break;
case SDL_TIMER_EVENT:
{
splashKyraDraw();
engine.incFrameRate();
}
break;
}
}
engine.splashKyraInitialised = 0;
delete engine.splash_kyra;
delete engine.splashKyraVault;
}
If required I can post all actual file if it’ll help
Regards Matthew