Some help with basic design

[Jonathan Sternberg]

I'm just trying to get the basic layout to my game ready and then I'm going to work on other stuff. I'm trying to create a working world map first. First of all, I just want to get this main class working and I'm not sure why it isn't doing what I want it to.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.util.*;
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/**
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public class MainGUI extends JFrame {

private static Container contentPane;
public static ArrayList items = new ArrayList();
/**
 * @throws java.awt.HeadlessException
 */
public MainGUI() throws HeadlessException {
super();
contentPane = getContentPane();

setSize(800,600);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
WorldMapGUI gui = new WorldMapGUI();
contentPane.add(gui);
/*try
{
Skin theSkinToUse = SkinLookAndFeel.loadThemePack("C:\\Ram\\Sarvesh\\10th Grade\\Programming 3\\RPG\\lib\\themes\\aquathemepack.zip");
SkinLookAndFeel.setSkin(theSkinToUse);
 
      UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new SkinLookAndFeel());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.println("Could not load the desired look and feel!");
}*/

makeMenu();
 
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
}

public class QuitAction extends AbstractAction {
public QuitAction(String text, Integer mnemonic) {
super(text);
putValue(MNEMONIC_KEY, mnemonic);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if(JOptionPane.showConfirmDialog(null,"Are you sure"+
" that you want to quit?",null,JOptionPane.YES_NO_OPTION)==0) {
System.exit(0);
}
}
}
 
/* (non-Javadoc)
 * @see java.awt.event.ActionListener#actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent)
 */

public void makeMenu()
{
JMenuBar menu = new JMenuBar();
JMenu fileMenu = new JMenu("File");
JMenuItem newGame = new JMenuItem("New Game");
JMenuItem openSaveFile = new JMenuItem("Open a Saved File...");
JMenuItem quit = new JMenuItem(new QuitAction("Quit",
new Integer(KeyEvent.VK_Q)));

fileMenu.add(newGame);
fileMenu.add(openSaveFile);
fileMenu.addSeparator();
fileMenu.add(quit);

menu.add(fileMenu);

setJMenuBar(menu);
 
}

/*public void addGUI(JFrame frame) {
contentPane.add(frame);
}*/
 
public static void main(String[] args) {
MainGUI test = new MainGUI();
//test.addGUI(new WorldMapGUI());
test.setVisible(true);
}
}

When I press Q it should quit but it doesn't work. I looked at Java Sun and I couldn't find out why it wouldn't work.

Also how would I program a sprite to move around and go through an animation when he's walking? I know how to make it move around, just not how to have an animation. I was thinking of creating a new action like QuitAction that would move the character and change the animation but I'm not sure how I'd program that.

[Jean-Sebastien Abella]

I'm not sure if the mnemomic will work every where or just when the user clicks in the menu.

But what you really need is a KeyListener Class, just add this at the end of your MainGUI constructor
addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter()
{
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.keyReleased(e);
System.exit(0);
}
}
);

have fun!

[Jean-Sebastien Abella]

For the animation you could use an animated GIF