Working on lights, I'm conceeding and just using a fixed array. I think it will be faster in the long run, as I won't have to rebind the lights when I add/remove one. Also wrestling with really lame compiler erros with these templated pointers

include/LightHandle.h

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <util.hpp>
 #include <memory>
 
+
 // We need to be able to :
 //		- Allow lights to exist outside the context of a LightController
 //			- i.e we can have a prototype light or similar
@@ -12,21 +13,37 @@
 //			- But still allow classes of size Y bytes
 //			- Preserve X packed bytes in an array which are pointed to by an array of shared pointers
 
+struct LightPrototype;
+class LightController;
+struct PackedData;
 
 class LightHandle {
 
 public:
-	LightHandle();
-	//LightHandle(LightController light_controller, std::string light_name);
+
+	friend class LightController;
+
 	~LightHandle();
 
+	void set_friction(float friction);
+	void set_impulse(float impulse);
+	void set_movement(sf::Vector3f movement);
+	void add_movement(sf::Vector3f movement);
+
+	void set_position(sf::Vector3f position);
+	void set_direction(sf::Vector3f direction);
+	void set_rgbi(sf::Vector4f rgbi);
+
 private:
 
+	LightHandle(LightController *const light_controller, unsigned int light_id, LightPrototype light_prototype, std::unique_ptr<PackedData> data_reference);
+
+	LightController *const light_controller_ref;
+	unsigned int light_id;
+
 	float friction_coefficient = 0.1f;
 	float default_impulse = 1.0f;
 	sf::Vector3f movement;
 
-	std::shared_ptr<sf::Vector3f> position;
-	std::shared_ptr<sf::Vector3f> direction_cartesian;
-	std::shared_ptr<sf::Vector4f> rgbi;
+	std::unique_ptr<PackedData> data_reference;
 };