breakout game scoring

[pbivens]

I am also working on a breakout game and am almost done except for the scoring. Here is the code I am working on.

	{
	glRasterPos2f(4.0f,2.0f);
	glutBitmapCharacter(GLUT_BITMAP_TIMES_ROMAN_24,c);
	glutBitmapCharacter(GLUT_BITMAP_TIMES_ROMAN_24,48);
	glutBitmapCharacter(GLUT_BITMAP_TIMES_ROMAN_24,48);
	}
 
	if(bricks[2][3]==true)
	{
	glRasterPos2f(4.0f,2.0f);
	glutBitmapCharacter(GLUT_BITMAP_TIMES_ROMAN_24,50);
	glutBitmapCharacter(GLUT_BITMAP_TIMES_ROMAN_24,48);
	glutBitmapCharacter(GLUT_BITMAP_TIMES_ROMAN_24,48);
	}

I want when the ball hits a brick to score 100 points.

[Poppit]

Just tell it to add the score if the ball is within the hitbox of the brick.

if(ball.getHitBox() == brick.getHitBox()){
          brick.break();
          score.add(100)
}

Something like that

[pbivens]

can you elaborate on the score.add(100) piece of code

[Poppit]

Well you need a class to keep track of the players score, so it would probably be something like this

public class Score{
 
/**
* Holds the players score
*/
int score;
 
/**
* Get the players score
* @return score
*/
public int getScore(){
return score;
}
 
/**
* Used for reference 
*/
public Score(){
}
 
/**
* This is for if you want to keep track of the players score in between levels. Otherwise use Score() to construct
*/
public Score(int a){
this.score = a;
}
 
public void add(int b){
this.score += b;
}
 
}

[pbivens]

thanks for the code, I have stubbed it out and I am learning how it works.

[Poppit]

No problem, hope you can figure it out. PM if you need any more help or once its done post it on the forums or send it to me.

[pbivens]

well I have adjusted poppit's code. I am still confused about what the "this" keyword does. here is my code.

#include <iostream>
 
using namespace std;
 
class Score
{
int score;
 
public: 
 
int getScore()
{
return score;
}
 
Score()
{
 
}
 
Score(int a)
{
this->score = a;
}
 
void add(int b)
{
this->score += b;
}
 
};
 
int main()
{
	Score score;
	score.getScore();
	score.add(100);
 
	system("pause");
	return 0;
}

[Poppit]

I'm sorry, I confused you. this is used for java, which I thought you were programming in. You can get rid of it.

[pbivens]

actually I am using c++

[pbivens]

is there anyway to erase a glutBitmapCharacter character?