Game Launches to a blank white screen instead of loadingscreen - c++

Question

Trying to create a game but i've run into my first hurdle. The game launches into a blank white screen instead of showing the Red screen and i cant proceed into the loading screen and the menu. I've checked that I'm using display for each of my screens but can't figure out where i'm going wrong. I also get no errors. Below is my code
game.cpp
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "Game.h"
#include "LoadScreen.h"
#include "MainMenu.h"
void Game::Start (void)
{
Game game;
if(_gameState != Unlaunched)
return;
game._mainWindow.create(sf::VideoMode(1024,768,32),"Code Matrix");
_gameState = Game::LogoScreen;
while (!Exists())
{
GameLoop();
}
game._mainWindow.close();
}
bool Game::Exists()
{
if(_gameState == Game::Exiting)
return true;
else
return false;
}
void Game::GameLoop()
{
Game game;
sf::Event currentEvent;
while (game._mainWindow.pollEvent(currentEvent))
{
switch (_gameState)
{
case Game::MenuWindow:
{
ShowMenu();
break;
}
case Game::LogoScreen:
{
ShowLogoScreen();
break;
}
case Game::Playing:
{
sf::Event currentEvent;
while (game._mainWindow.pollEvent(currentEvent))
{
game._mainWindow.clear(sf::Color(255,0,0));
game._mainWindow.display();
if(currentEvent.type == sf::Event::Closed)
_gameState = Game::Exiting;
if(currentEvent.type == sf::Event::KeyPressed)
{
if(currentEvent.key.code == sf::Keyboard::Escape) ShowMenu();
}
}
break;
}
}
}
}
void Game::ShowLogoScreen()
{
Game game;
LoadScreen loadScreen;
loadScreen.Show(game._mainWindow);
_gameState = Game::MenuWindow;
}
void Game::ShowMenu()
{
Game game;
MainMenu mainMenu;
MainMenu::MenuOption option = mainMenu.show(game._mainWindow);
switch(option)
{
case MainMenu::Exit:
_gameState = Game::Exiting;
break;
case MainMenu::Play:
_gameState = Game::Playing;
break;
}
}
Game::GameState Game::_gameState = Unlaunched;
LoadScreen.cpp
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "LoadScreen.h"
void LoadScreen::Show(sf::RenderWindow & renderWindow)
{
sf::Texture image;
if (image.loadFromFile("images/LoadingScreen.png") !=true)
{
return;
}
sf::Sprite sprite (image);
renderWindow.draw(sprite);
renderWindow.display();
sf::Event event;
while (true)
{
while (renderWindow.pollEvent(event))
{
if(event.type == sf::Event::EventType::KeyPressed
||event.type == sf::Event::EventType::MouseButtonPressed
|| event.type == sf::Event::EventType::Closed)
{
return;
}
}
}
}
MainMenu.cpp
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "MainMenu.h"
MainMenu::MenuOption MainMenu::show(sf::RenderWindow& window)
{
//Load menu image from file
sf::Texture image;
image.loadFromFile("images/MainMenu.png");
sf::Sprite sprite(image);
//Setup clickable regions
//Play menu item coordinates
MenuItem playButton;
playButton.rect.top= 319;
playButton.rect.height = 626;
playButton.rect.left = 189;
playButton.rect.width = 329;
playButton.action = Play;
//Options menu item coordinates
MenuItem optionButton;
optionButton.rect.left = 356;
optionButton.rect.height = 596;
optionButton.rect.top = 287;
optionButton.rect.width = 483;
optionButton.action = Options;
//Exit menu item coordinates
MenuItem exitButton;
exitButton.rect.left = 554;
exitButton.rect.height = 580;
exitButton.rect.top = 318;
exitButton.rect.width = 687;
exitButton.action = Exit;
_menuItems.push_back(playButton);
_menuItems.push_back(exitButton);
window.draw(sprite);
window.display();
return GetMenuAction(window);
}
MainMenu::MenuOption MainMenu::HandleClick(int x, int y)
{
std::list<MenuItem>::iterator it;
for ( it = _menuItems.begin(); it != _menuItems.end(); it++)
{
sf::Rect<int> menuItemRect = (*it).rect;
if( menuItemRect.height > y
&& menuItemRect.top < y
&& menuItemRect.left < x
&& menuItemRect.width > x)
{
return (*it).action;
}
}
return null;
}
MainMenu::MenuOption MainMenu::GetMenuAction(sf::RenderWindow& window)
{
sf::Event menuEvent;
while(true)
{
while(window.pollEvent(menuEvent))
{
if(menuEvent.type == sf::Event::MouseButtonPressed)
{
return HandleClick(menuEvent.mouseButton.x,menuEvent.mouseButton.y);
}
if(menuEvent.type == sf::Event::Closed)
{
return Exit;
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

void Game::ShowLogoScreen()
{
Game game; // <- this creates a NEW game. You want to use your already created game.
LoadScreen loadScreen;
loadScreen.Show(game._mainWindow);
_gameState = Game::MenuWindow;
}
You create a new game local to the logo screen. That one probably does not even own a window. You should reference your existing game variable.