how to make it possible for my ball to move in a line till it reaches the empty space

[ali hamza]

i am having problem while making this game similar to rapid roll it is a basic concept what i want is at the end of this code where an the logic of detecting the space by the ball to fall down when it reaches an empty space is written here is my code move the ball my pressing a and d the code is written in visual studio 10 c++ file.there is a lot of problem in the end where if statement is written that i==5 etc kindly help me correcting this.

#include<conio.h>
#include<time.h>
#include<windows.h>
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
 
void gotoxy (int x,int y){
    COORD coord; // coordinates
    coord.X = x; coord.Y = y; // X and Y coordinates
    SetConsoleCursorPosition(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), coord);} // moves to the coordinates
 
int main()
{
    srand(time(0));
    int i, now , max, min, score,h,count,n,roll1,x1,x,print,num;
    //int arr[4]={0};
    int arr[24]={0};
   num=0;
    count = 0;
    print=0;
        x1=0;
    h=3;
    n=0;
    score=0;
    min = 2;
    max = 22;
     i = now = 3;
     char search='w';
 
     now = (clock()/1000);
 
     while(now<=59 && search!=27){
            now = (clock()/1000);
 
 
            system("cls");
 
            cout<<"********************\n";
            cout<<"******BALL GAME*****\n";
            cout<<"********************\n";
 
 
            if (i==19)
                {
                    i=3;
                    score+=10;
 
            }
 
 
 
 
 
 
            if(i==3)
            {i=5;
                for(int num1=0;num1<6;num1++)
                {
                    for(int num3=0;num3<4;num3++)
                        {
                roll1=(rand()%2);
                arr[count]=roll1;
                count++;                
                if(count==24)
                    count=0;
                    }
                }
            }
 
                for(int num1=0;num1<6;num1++)
                {    
                    cout<<endl<<endl;
              x1=0;
            for(int num3=0;num3<4;num3++)
            {
 
                x1=x1+arr[print];
 
                if(arr[print]==0)
                {
                    cout<<"     ";
                        print++;
                }
                else if(arr[print]==1)
                {
                    cout<<"_____";
                        print++;
                }
                }if(print==24)
                    print=0;
                /*else if (x1>=3)
                {cout<<"    ";}*/
            }
 
 
            //Sleep(1000);
 
            gotoxy(h,i);
           cout<<"O";
 
            gotoxy(0,19);
            cout<<"_________________________";
 
            gotoxy(0,19);
            cout<<"\nScore:"<<score;
 
            gotoxy(16,20);
            cout<<"Esc(QUIT)";
 
            gotoxy(16,21);
            cout<<"Time:"<<(now)<<"secs";
 // Sleep(300);
 
//            Sleep(1080);    
 
            if(i==5||(i==7)||(i==9)||(i==11)||(i==13)||(i==15)||(i==17))
            {
 
if(arr[num]==1 && 0<h && h<=5)
 
        {    {
            Sleep(33);
 
            search=getch();
            if (search=='a' && h>1 )
            { h--;
            }
            else if(search=='d' &&h<21 )
                    { h++;
            }num++;}
            }
 
         else if (arr[num]==0 &&  0<=h && h<=5) 
                       { 
                Sleep(127);
                i++;
                num++;
            if(n==18)
                n=0;}
 
            if(arr[num]==1 && (5<=h<=10))
                {    {
            Sleep(3);
 
            search=getch();
            if (search=='a' && h>1 )
            { h--;
            }
            else if(search=='d' &&h<21 )
                    { h++;
            }num++;}
            }
 
         else if (arr[num]==0 ) 
                       { 
                Sleep(7);
                i++;
                num++;
            if(n==18)
                n=0;}
    }
 
 
            else if(i!=5)
                i++;
 
            }
 
return 0;
}

[weaknessforcats]

There is not a single comment describing what your algorithm is or what your game board looks like.

Usually, you clear the screen and display your game board, then move your token and redisplay the game board. If you do this in a loop you get images in succession as in the movies.

The game board is an array that is displayed.

The array is usually an array of structs where one member has a value for blank/not blank. So you sense a non-blank position by the value of the struct member and not by it's position in the array.

[donbock]

Do you want to have true-to-life motion?

• x- and y-axis motion is independent.
• y-axis motion is subject to acceleration due to gravity