if and while statement help please

[cameronx9]

I am trying to get a menu screen before my code runs, this is a snippet of what I have, can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? When I run it my program runs a frozen white screen.


//global
bool startMenu;

case WM_CREATE:
startMenu = true;



if(startMenu == false)
{
GAME CODE HERE //works fine without menu code...
}
else
{
while(startMenu == true)
{
background1->Draw(hdc);
if(_kbhit())
{
startMenu = false;
}
}
}

[doompickle]

First of all, I'm a beginner so i'm just taking a chance at guessing this...
Anyway, you should try changing

if(startMenu == false)
{

to

if (startMenu == "start") // Change start to what you want the user to type to begin the game
{

Like I said, I am a beginner at C++, but I think this may work

[cameronx9]

Well I dont think that will help, I am trying to get the if statement to skip the game code and run a start menu and wait for any key to be pressed, then loop back to the game code when any key is pressed.

[htirwin]

if(startMenu == false)
    //GAME CODE 
else 
    while(startMenu == true){
        background1->Draw(hdc);
        if(_kbhit())
            startMenu = false;
    }

maybe try this?

while (EXIT == false) {
    if(startMenu == false)
        //GAME CODE 
    else 
        while(startMenu == true){
           while (!_kbhit()) 
                background1->Draw(hdc);
           startMenu = false;
        }
}
return 0;

or,

while (EXIT == false) {
    if(startMenu == false)
        //GAME CODE 
    else 
        background1->Draw(hdc);
    while (!_kbhit()); 
    startMenu = false;
}
return 0;