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From: "Peter Wright" <dafrog@dapad.co.uk>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.beginners
Subject: Re: Enemies in a Space Invaders Clone
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:32:06 +0000
Organization: Genesis Computer Software Ltd
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Sounds like you are on the right track to me.  Good luck with your game. 

Peter Wright. 


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In article <368512F2.4AC179EE@yahoo.com>, Ed Fear <gookaloo@yahoo.com>
wrote:


>Hey,
>
>I woz just wondering what you guys would do when faced with the fact
>that you need 20 enemies on the screen at a time?  I was thinking of
>doing something like this
>
>typedef struct {
>GsSPRITE sprite;
>int dead;
>} enemy
>
>enemy Enemies[20];    // as a global
>
>
>And then whenever I get to the main loop and I have to enter the sprites
>into the OT, do this:
>
>for (i = 0; i < MAX_SPRITES, i++)
>{
>  if (Enemies[i].dead = 0)
>   GsSortFastSprite(&Enemies[i].sprite, WorldOT[activeBuff], 0);
> }
>
>so that when the enemy is shot, dead is set to 1 and it is not drawn.
>
>Does this seem the most sensible idea?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Ed :)
>