macOS button, start a new game

[cobolguy]

Newbie, just learning xcode, cocoa (25 years Cobol programming).
Wrote a small game, cannot figure out how, when game is won, to click a button and start a new game?

Also, I have a 'Quit' button that goes to code that does "exit(0)" - Is this the easiest way to exit (besides red button at top)?

Thanks, I know the answer must be something very basic.

 

[chown33]

Post code.

 

[cobolguy]

code for 'quit' button

#import "stopgame.h"


@implementation stopgame
-(IBAction)stopgame:(id)sender
{
	 exit(0);
	
}
@end

 

[Catfish_Man]

[NSApp terminate:nil]; is a slightly less forceful way to say quit. As for a new game... that's not really a Cocoa thing. You just need to set all your game's data structures back to their initial state (perhaps by instantiating new ones).

 

[robvas]

What's your game control loop look like?

It should be something like

main()
{
loadgraphics()
init_game()
startgame()
while (game_over ==0)
{
drawgraphics()
movecharacters()
getinput()
etc()
}
// game is over now

// get input and either quit, or start back over at init_game
}

 

[cobolguy]

'Play Again' code

Thanks to everyone who replied to this question;

I found the following website:
http://13bold.com/tutorials/relaunching-your-application/

and used the code in it and my 'Play Again' button works.

Also, I changed the 'Quit' key as recommended.
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The 'back and forth' concept, still working on it; will post the code - (question: how does one get the code in the correct format for this site, the rectangle thing?

Thanks for helping