ENTITY* Array.. is that possible?

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ENTITY* Array.. is that possible? #333321 07/15/10 19:06 07/15/10 19:06
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 138 Germany T Toryno OP Member
Toryno OP Member T Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 138 Germany	Hi, I'm trying to use an array of entity pointer. this is the declaration of it: Code: ENTITY* next1[50]; But this line makes a crash everytime: Code: while(next1[j].connected[i] != 0) { } So my first question: Is it possible to use such an array? If yes, is there something special with such an array? Thanks for reading, thinking, answering

Re: ENTITY* Array.. is that possible? [Re: Toryno] #333322 07/15/10 19:13 07/15/10 19:13
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,043 Germany Lukas Programmer
Lukas Programmer Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,043 Germany	Yes it is possible. There is one thing you might call special is that you have to create the entities in your arrays before using their pointers. And if "connected" is a define for a certain skill, then remove the [i]. Kubetris LBGUI

Re: ENTITY* Array.. is that possible? [Re: Toryno] #333324 07/15/10 19:15 07/15/10 19:15
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,032 Budapest Aku_Aku Serious User
Aku_Aku Serious User Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,032 Budapest	Of course that array should work. Perhaps your skill isn't defined well... Should post relevant parts of your code. Last edited by Aku_Aku; 07/15/10 19:15.

Re: ENTITY* Array.. is that possible? [Re: Lukas] #333325 07/15/10 19:23 07/15/10 19:23
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Toryno OP Member T Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 138 Germany	Oh yes there is a define Code: #define connected skill in the manual stands "skill70" can also be written so "skill[70]", so that won't be the problem. I use this in other functions too and they work fine. Could it be that the line at the end of this post is the problem? ent_tmp is a pointer to an entity, too. Is this a misstake? Code: next1[0] = ent_tmp; Last edited by Toryno; 07/15/10 19:47. Thanks for reading, thinking, answering

Re: ENTITY* Array.. is that possible? [Re: Toryno] #333328 07/15/10 19:30 07/15/10 19:30
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,043 Germany Lukas Programmer
Lukas Programmer Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,043 Germany	Alright, if that's how you define connect, then the [i] is justified. But be aware that skill70 is skill[69], not skill[70] (because it begins with skill[0] ). If ent_tmp points to a valid entitiy it should work. To be totally sure, you should make all ENTITY* pointers be NULL when they don't point to an entity. Then you can alway check if(entitiy) to see if it's valid. Kubetris LBGUI

Re: ENTITY* Array.. is that possible? [Re: Toryno] #333329 07/15/10 19:30 07/15/10 19:30
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MasterQ32 Expert Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,568 Germany, BW, Stuttgart	look at your code! Code: #define connect skill ... while(next1[j].connected[i] != 0) { } it should be: Code: #define connect skill ... while(next1[j].connect[i] != 0) { } or Code: #define connected skill ... while(next1[j].connected[i] != 0) { } Visit my site: www.masterq32.de

Re: ENTITY* Array.. is that possible? [Re: MasterQ32] #333332 07/15/10 19:43 07/15/10 19:43
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Toryno OP Member T Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 138 Germany	@Lukas: Now I make the whole array NULL and now it works. Know I will make it with EVERY variable, pointer, array or what ever. Thank you =D @Richi007: I just wrote "#define connected skill" in the editor, only a typing mistake while i posted this post. I will change it if someone read this post later Last edited by Toryno; 07/15/10 19:47. Thanks for reading, thinking, answering

Re: ENTITY* Array.. is that possible? [Re: Toryno] #333367 07/15/10 22:21 07/15/10 22:21
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 138 Germany T Toryno OP Member
Toryno OP Member T Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 138 Germany	I have another mysterious crash. Directly after the declaration of the array the lines work fine but later, when the array has changed always, I want to clear it with this lines but it crashes. Code: ENTITY* next1[50]; for(i = 0; i < 49; i++) { next1[i] = NULL; // no problem here } ... next1[0] = an_entity // example ... for(i = 0; i < 49; i++) { next1[i] = NULL; // here it crashes } Last edited by Toryno; 07/15/10 23:03. Thanks for reading, thinking, answering

Re: ENTITY* Array.. is that possible? [Re: Toryno] #333375 07/15/10 23:07 07/15/10 23:07
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,043 Germany Lukas Programmer
Lukas Programmer Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2,043 Germany	First of all, use i<50 instead of i<49. If the line you have pointed out is really the line where it crashes, the only thing I could imagine is that you may have changed next1 itself, like next1 = NULL; // without []-brackets Kubetris LBGUI

Re: ENTITY* Array.. is that possible? [Re: Lukas] #333380 07/16/10 00:03 07/16/10 00:03
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 138 Germany T Toryno OP Member
Toryno OP Member T Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 138 Germany	I don't know why, but after I changed some other things in my code, now this crash is away. Mysteroius! ^^ Sorry for steeling your time Thanks for reading, thinking, answering