.:: Bots United ::. - View Single Post

botman · **Re: C++ overriding methods using virtual -** 22-06-2004

In your original post, you said...

" gBotGlobals.m_CurrentHandledCvar is a "CBotCvar*" variable."

Which means you are declaring pointers to the base class and then trying to call virtual functions from the derived class (which won't happen without you doing some run-time dynamic casting on the pointer).

Why didn't you just make 'm_CurrentHandledCvar' a pointer to 'CBotMenuCommand' instead of a pointer to the base class?

	(#13)
botman Super Moderator Status: Offline Posts: 280 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Plano, TX	Re: C++ overriding methods using virtual - 22-06-2004 In your original post, you said... " gBotGlobals.m_CurrentHandledCvar is a "CBotCvar*" variable." Which means you are declaring pointers to the base class and then trying to call virtual functions from the derived class (which won't happen without you doing some run-time dynamic casting on the pointer). Why didn't you just make 'm_CurrentHandledCvar' a pointer to 'CBotMenuCommand' instead of a pointer to the base class?