How can I render a rectangle using SDL2 and SDL_RenderFillRect? - c++

Question

I have been trying to make a pong clone as a first c++ "big" project, and I am encountering several problems.
First of all, this is my code so far:
game.hpp:
#pragma once
#include <SDL2/SDL.h>
#include <SDL2/SDL_ttf.h>
#include <iostream>
class Game
{
public:
Game();
~Game();
// GAME VARIABLES
const int WIDTH=720, HEIGHT=720, FONT_SIZE=32;
int running, lastTime;
int frameCount, timerFPS, lastFrame, fps;
// GAME TOOLS
SDL_Window *window;
SDL_Renderer *renderer;
TTF_Font *font;
SDL_Color color;
// GAME OBJECTS:
SDL_Rect rPaddle, lPaddle, Ball, scoreBoard;
// GAME FUNCTIONS:
void initRects(); // AFTER YOU HAVE A WORKING VERSION, TRY TO MOVE TO CONSTRUCTOR
void render();
void run();
};
game.cpp:
#include "game.hpp"
Game::Game()
{
running = 1;
if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING)<0)
std::cerr << "SDL FAILED: SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING: " << SDL_GetError() << std::endl;
if(SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer(WIDTH, HEIGHT, 0, &window, &renderer)<0)
std::cerr << "SDL FAILED: SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer: " << SDL_GetError() << std::endl;
TTF_Init();
font = TTF_OpenFont("PreschoolBits.ttf", FONT_SIZE);
color.r=color.g=color.b=255;
}
Game::~Game()
{
TTF_CloseFont(font);
SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
SDL_DestroyRenderer(renderer);
SDL_Quit();
}
void Game::initRects()
{
lPaddle.x=32; lPaddle.h=HEIGHT/5;
lPaddle.y=(HEIGHT/2)-(lPaddle.h/2);
lPaddle.w=12;
rPaddle=lPaddle;
rPaddle.x=WIDTH-rPaddle.w-32;
Ball.w=Ball.h=16;
}
void Game::render()
{
SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer, 0, 0, 0, 255);
SDL_RenderClear(renderer);
frameCount++;
timerFPS=SDL_GetTicks()-lastFrame;
if(timerFPS<(1000/60))
SDL_Delay(timerFPS<((1000/60)-timerFPS));
SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer, color.r, color.g, color.b, 0);
SDL_RenderFillRect(renderer, &lPaddle);
SDL_RenderFillRect(renderer, &rPaddle);
SDL_RenderFillRect(renderer, &Ball);
SDL_RenderPresent(renderer);
}
void Game::run()
{
initRects();
while(running)
{
lastFrame=SDL_GetTicks();
if(lastFrame>=(lastTime+1000))
{
lastTime=lastFrame;
fps=frameCount;
frameCount=0;
}
render();
SDL_Delay(2000);
running=0;
}
}
pong.cpp:
#include "game.hpp"
int main()
{
Game game;
game.run();
return 0;
}
Now, when I try to render the render the rectangles, they don't show up. So I tried to remove them and just render colors on screen.
Both before and after the SDL_RenderClear I wrote:
SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer, 255, 0, 0, 255);
But the window still showed up black, no matter what I tried.
What could I be doing wrong?

Answer 1

To make a filled Rect you must create a rect object:SDL_Rect MyRectName, Set its values to whatever you want:MyRectName.(w,h,x,y) = MyValue, and then to render, run SDL_RenderFillRect(MyRenderer, MyRectName);.