Have a basic template for the gui up, but obviously not using it right. The ImGui does pop up when I hit space, but fails a second time claiming I need to run render again. Needs more research.

sfmltest.cpp

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ using namespace ImGui;
 constexpr int FPS=30;
 constexpr int X_DIM = 1920 / 2;
 constexpr int Y_DIM = 1080 / 2;
-bool window_active_out = true;
+bool window_active_out = false;
 
 void ImGui_setup(sf::RenderWindow &window) {
   bool res = SFML::Init(window);
@@ -30,33 +30,24 @@ void ImGui_update(sf::RenderWindow &window, sf::Clock &deltaClock, sf::Time &tic
   SetNextWindowPos(ImVec2(0, size.y / 2));
   SetNextWindowSize(ImVec2(size.x, size.y / 2));
 
-  Begin("Turing's Tarpit", &window_active_out);
+  Begin("Build Status", &window_active_out);
 
-  // HP | Hits Taken | Round | Streak
-  Text("HP X"); SameLine();
-  Text("Hits Taken X"); SameLine();
-  Text("Round X"); SameLine();
-  Text("Streak X");
-  // HP BAR
-  float hp = 50.0f;
-  SliderFloat("HP", &hp, 0.0f, 100.0f);
-  // Build Log
   TextColored(ImVec4(1,1,0,1), "Build Log");
   BeginChild("Scrolling");
     for(int n = 0; n < 50; n++) {
       TextWrapped("%04d: Some Text", n);
     }
   EndChild();
-
-  // image placeholder
-
   End();
 }
 
-void Window_update(sf::RenderWindow &window, sf::Sprite &player) {
+void Window_update(sf::RenderWindow &window, sf::Sprite &background) {
     window.clear();
-    window.draw(player);
+    window.draw(background);
-    SFML::Render(window);
+    if(window_active_out) {
+      fmt::println(">>>> RENDER");
+      SFML::Render(window);
+    }
     window.display();
 }
 
@@ -65,7 +56,10 @@ void Handle_events(sf::RenderWindow &window) {
 
   // is this a main event loop
   while (window.pollEvent(event)) {
-    SFML::ProcessEvent(window, event);
+    if(window_active_out) {
+      fmt::println(">>> EVENTS");
+      SFML::ProcessEvent(window, event);
+    }
 
     switch(event.type) {
 
@@ -76,6 +70,9 @@ void Handle_events(sf::RenderWindow &window) {
       case sf::Event::KeyPressed:
         if(sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Escape)) {
           window.close();
+        } else if(sf::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(sf::Keyboard::Space)) {
+          fmt::println(">>> SET TRUE");
+          window_active_out = true;
         }
         break;
       default:
@@ -85,17 +82,19 @@ void Handle_events(sf::RenderWindow &window) {
   }
 }
 
-sf::Time Update_entities(sf::RenderWindow &window, sf::Sprite &player, sf::Clock &clock, sf::Clock &deltaClock, sf::Time &tick) {
+sf::Time Update_entities(sf::RenderWindow &window, sf::Sprite &background, sf::Clock &clock, sf::Clock &deltaClock, sf::Time &tick) {
   sf::Vector2u winSize = window.getSize();
   float timeStep = 1.0f / FPS;
   sf::Time since = clock.getElapsedTime();
   sf::Time nextTick = since - tick > sf::seconds(1) ? since : tick;
 
-  player.setPosition(winSize.x/2, 0);
+  background.setPosition(0, 0);
-  player.setScale({2.0f, 2.0f});
 
-  ImGui_update(window, deltaClock, tick);
+  if(window_active_out) {
-  Window_update(window, player);
+    fmt::println("<<< UPDATE");
+    ImGui_update(window, deltaClock, tick);
+  }
+  Window_update(window, background);
 
   return nextTick;
 }
@@ -118,19 +117,21 @@ int main() {
   sf::Clock clock;
   sf::Time tick = clock.getElapsedTime();
   sf::Texture texture;
-  sf::Sprite player;
+  sf::Sprite background;
 
   // fake image here
-  if(!texture.loadFromFile("./assets/sprite.png")) {
+  if(!texture.loadFromFile("./assets/turing_tarpit_main_screen.png")) {
     fmt::println("Error loading sprite!");
   }
   texture.setSmooth(true);
-  player.setTexture(texture);
+  background.setTexture(texture);
 
-  while (window.isOpen() && window_active_out) {
+  while (window.isOpen()) {
+    fmt::println(">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WINDOW LOOP");
     Handle_events(window);
     // preparing for refactoring this into a class or struct for everything
-    tick = Update_entities(window, player, clock, deltaClock, tick);
+    tick = Update_entities(window, background, clock, deltaClock, tick);
+    fmt::println("<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< EXIT WINDOW LOOP");
   }
 
   SFML::Shutdown();