Is the command system("cls") usefull in the top level game loop?

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#1

Hi All,

I’ve coded the main game loop in a way that whenever a new game starts, the console is cleaned first.
Please have a look to my code.
Do you think that the system(“cls”) command should be avoided?

Thanks

#2

Should be fine for now though it wouldn’t work on Linux or macOS (they would need system("clear") iirc). Also I wouldn’t use system for much else

#3

What do you think about putting the clearing of the screen in PrintIntro()? Would that keep the abstraction levels cleaner, you think?

PS: Before there was a cls, another way to do that was to basically cout a string of 24 or so ‘\n’ codes. That should work well enough on all of PC, mac, and Linux :wink:.

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