Wrestling with the compiler to pass these shared_ptr's

include/Hardware_Caster.h

@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ public:
 	// Both will create the view matrix, view res buffer
 	void create_viewport(int width, int height, float v_fov, float h_fov) override;
 	
-	void assign_lights(std::vector<LightController::PackedData> *data) override;
+	void assign_lights(std::vector<char> *data) override;
-	void assign_lights();
 	void assign_map(Old_Map *map) override;
 	void assign_camera(Camera *camera) override;
 	void validate() override;

include/LightController.h

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "util.hpp"
 #include "Pub_Sub.h"
 #include "RayCaster.h"
+#include "LightHandle.h"
 
 class LightController : public VrEventSubscriber {
 public:
@@ -15,29 +16,21 @@ public:
 		PackedData(sf::Vector3f position, sf::Vector3f direction_cartesian, sf::Vector4f rgbi) :
 			position(position), direction_cartesian(direction_cartesian), rgbi(rgbi) {
 		}
-		PackedData();
+		PackedData() {};
 		sf::Vector3f position;
 		sf::Vector3f direction_cartesian;
 		sf::Vector4f rgbi;
 	};
 
-	// Data that enables "camera" style movement. I can't really use inheritance easily because
+//	LightController(std::shared_ptr<RayCaster> raycaster);
-	// of the data packing requirements
+	LightController();
-	struct Light {
-		Light();
-		int packed_index;
-		float friction_coefficient = 0.1f;
-		float default_impulse = 1.0f;
-		sf::Vector3f movement;
-	};
-
-	LightController(std::shared_ptr<RayCaster> raycaster);
 	~LightController();
 
+	//void create_light(LightController::PackedData light_data, std::string light_name);
+//	LightHandle get_light_handle(std::string light_name);
+
 	void set_position(sf::Vector3f position);
 
-	int add_static_impulse(sf::Vector3f impulse);
-	int add_relative_impulse(DIRECTION direction, float speed);
 
 	int update(double delta_time);
 
@@ -46,19 +39,19 @@ public:
 	void recieve_event(VrEventPublisher* p, std::unique_ptr<vr::Event> event) override;
 
 	void erase_light();
-	std::vector<LightController::PackedData>* get_lights();
+	//std::vector<LightController::PackedData>* get_lights();
 private:
 
 
-	// Need to allow N byte light class to be packed into 10 byte packets
+	//// Need to allow N byte light class to be packed into 10 byte packets
-	int packed_size = sizeof(PackedData);
+	//int packed_size = sizeof(PackedData);
-	
-	// Index that this light is in the packed data
-	int packed_index;
 
-	std::vector<PackedData> packed_data_array;
+	//std::vector<PackedData> packed_data_array;
-	std::unordered_map<std::string, Light> light_map;
+	//
-	std::shared_ptr<RayCaster> raycaster;
+	//
+	//std::unordered_map<std::string, LightHandle> light_map;
+	//
+	//std::shared_ptr<RayCaster> raycaster;
 
 
 };

include/LightHandle.h

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
+#include <util.hpp>
+#include "LightController.h"
+
+// 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
+//		- Preserve the existence of lights upon object destruction
+//			- No need to keep track of an object only used upon special use cases
+//		- Maintain an X*N byte array, X = size of packed data, N = Light number
+//			- 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
+
+
+class LightHandle {
+
+public:
+	LightHandle();
+	//LightHandle(LightController light_controller, std::string light_name);
+	~LightHandle();
+
+private:
+
+	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;
+};

include/RayCaster.h

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "Camera.h"
 #include "LightController.h"
 
-
 class RayCaster {
 public:
 
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ public:
 	virtual void assign_map(Old_Map *map) = 0;
 	virtual void assign_camera(Camera *camera) = 0;
 	virtual void create_viewport(int width, int height, float v_fov, float h_fov) = 0;
-	virtual void assign_lights(std::vector<LightController::PackedData> *data) = 0;
+	virtual void assign_lights(std::vector<char> *data) = 0;
 	virtual void validate() = 0;
 
 	// draw will abstract the gl sharing and software rendering
@@ -40,7 +39,8 @@ protected:
 
 	Old_Map * map = nullptr;
 	Camera *camera = nullptr;
-	std::vector<LightController::PackedData> *lights;
+//	std::vector<LightController::PackedData> *lights;
+	std::vector<char> *lights;
 	int light_count = 0;
 	sf::Uint8 *viewport_image = nullptr;
 	sf::Vector4f *viewport_matrix = nullptr;

include/Software_Caster.h

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public:
 	// Both will create the view matrix, view res buffer
 	void create_viewport(int width, int height, float v_fov, float h_fov) override;
 
-	void assign_lights(std::vector<LightController::PackedData> *data) override;
+	void assign_lights(std::vector<char> *data) override;
 	void assign_map(Old_Map *map) override;
 	void assign_camera(Camera *camera) override;
 	void validate() override;

src/Hardware_Caster.cpp

@@ -210,10 +210,10 @@ void Hardware_Caster::create_viewport(int width, int height, float v_fov, float
 //
 //}
 
-void Hardware_Caster::assign_lights(std::vector<LightController::PackedData> *data) {
+void Hardware_Caster::assign_lights(std::vector<char> *data) {
 
 	// Get a pointer to the packed light data
-	this->lights = data;
+//	this->lights = data;
 
 	light_count = static_cast<int>(lights->size());
 
@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ void Hardware_Caster::assign_lights(std::vector<LightController::PackedData> *da
 
 	create_buffer("light_count", sizeof(int), &light_count);
 
-	
-
 }
 
 void Hardware_Caster::draw(sf::RenderWindow* window) {

src/LightController.cpp

@@ -1,60 +1,36 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "LightController.h"
-#include "Pub_Sub.h"
 
-LightController::LightController(std::shared_ptr<RayCaster> raycaster) : 
+//LightController::LightController(std::shared_ptr<RayCaster> raycaster) {
-	raycaster(raycaster) {
+//	//:raycaster(raycaster) {
-	
+//	
-	
+//	
-	
+//	
-	//packed_index = packed_data.size() / packed_size;
+//	//packed_index = packed_data.size() / packed_size;
-}
+//}
 
 LightController::~LightController() {
 }
 
+//void LightController::create_light(LightController::PackedData light_data, std::string light_name) {
+//	
+//	//if (light_map.count(light_name) == 1) {
+//	//	// light already exists, TODO: error out
+//	//	return;
+//	//}
+//
+//	
+//}
+
+//LightHandle LightController::get_light_handle(std::string light_name) {
+
+//}
+
 void LightController::set_position(sf::Vector3f position) {
 
 }
 
-int LightController::add_static_impulse(sf::Vector3f impulse) {
-	return 1;
-}
 
-int LightController::add_relative_impulse(DIRECTION impulse_direction, float speed) {
-
-	// No sense in doing fancy dot products, adding Pi's will suffice
-	// Always add PI/2 to X initially to avoid negative case
-	sf::Vector2f dir;
-
-	switch (impulse_direction) {
-
-	case DIRECTION::FORWARD:
-		dir = sf::Vector2f(packed_data_array.at(packed_index).direction_cartesian.y, packed_data_array.at(packed_index).direction_cartesian.x);
-		break;
-	case DIRECTION::REARWARD:
-		dir = sf::Vector2f(packed_data_array.at(packed_index).direction_cartesian.y, packed_data_array.at(packed_index).direction_cartesian.x + PI_F);
-		break;
-	case DIRECTION::LEFT:
-		dir = sf::Vector2f(packed_data_array.at(packed_index).direction_cartesian.y + PI_F + PI_F / 2, PI_F / 2);
-		break;
-	case DIRECTION::RIGHT:
-		dir = sf::Vector2f(packed_data_array.at(packed_index).direction_cartesian.y + PI_F / 2, PI_F / 2);
-		break;
-	case DIRECTION::UP:
-		dir = sf::Vector2f(packed_data_array.at(packed_index).direction_cartesian.y, packed_data_array.at(packed_index).direction_cartesian.x + PI_F / 2);
-		break;
-	case DIRECTION::DOWN:
-		dir = sf::Vector2f(packed_data_array.at(packed_index).direction_cartesian.y + PI_F, (packed_data_array.at(packed_index).direction_cartesian.x * -1) + PI_F / 2);
-		break;
-
-	}
-
-	//movement += SphereToCart(dir);
-	//movement *= speed;
-
-	return 1;
-}
 
 
 int LightController::update(double delta_time) {
@@ -99,9 +75,9 @@ void LightController::erase_light() {
 	//packed_data.emplace_back(PackedData(position, direction, rgbi));
 }
 
-std::vector<LightController::PackedData>* LightController::get_lights() {
+//std::vector<LightController::PackedData>* LightController::get_lights() {
-	return &packed_data;
+//	return &packed_data_array;
-}
+//}
 
 void LightController::look_at_center() {
 

src/LightHandle.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#include "LightHandle.h"
+
+
+LightHandle::LightHandle() {
+
+	// init an empty light
+	LightController::PackedData data;
+	data.direction_cartesian = sf::Vector3f(0, 0, 0);
+	data.position = sf::Vector3f(0, 0, 0);
+	data.rgbi = sf::Vector4f(0, 0, 0, 0);
+	
+	//light_controller.create_light(data, light_name);
+}
+
+LightHandle::~LightHandle() {
+
+}
+

src/Software_Caster.cpp

@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ void Software_Caster::create_viewport(int width, int height, float v_fov, float
 
 }
 
-void Software_Caster::assign_lights(std::vector<LightController::PackedData> *data) {
+void Software_Caster::assign_lights(std::vector<char> *data) {
 
-	this->lights = data;
+//	this->lights = data;
 
 	int light_count = static_cast<int>(data->size());
 }

src/main.cpp

@@ -130,10 +130,11 @@ int main() {
 */
 
 	// Light for the currently non functional Bling Phong shader
-	LightController l(raycaster);
+	std::shared_ptr<RayCaster> asdf;
+	//LightController l(asdf);
 
 	// *links* the lights to the GPU
-	raycaster->assign_lights();
+	//raycaster->assign_lights();
 
 
 	// Load in the spritesheet texture