Hi folks, Just wanted to touch base on some updates that have been made today.
I integrated the Resource Manager into Rabbit Runner. This consisted of a number of revisions, but the state it's in now is that it acquires all surfaces through the RM, and upon switching levels, releases them. This cuts down on our memory footprint because we're only loading 1 level at a time instead of every level. This required a refactoring of Rabbit Runner. Previously, we held an std::vector<Level*> of every level, and loaded every level at start-up. Now, we simply have a single Level* which we use throughout the game. Once a level is cleared, the pointer is deleted, freeing all surfaces it holds via the RM, and then the next level is loaded, acquiring all surfaces it holds via the RM. This is a much more efficient and streamline design. Along with that, the RM now throws an exception when it cannot load an image. The reason for this is that the game cannot reasonably function without every image that it needs. So, in the event that it can't load an image, an exception is thrown reporting the offending image, and the program exits. This will allow us to debug crashes easier, and especially if we receive word from our client partner that a crash occurred once we're gone. In the past, she'd just say "It says 'segfault'", but now we'll know why, and which file caused the segfault. This also encapsulates all of the pointer-checking for our SDL_Surfaces within the RM so we don't really have to worry about checking pointers anywhere else in the code. Please run through the game a number of times and report any issues you find. Currently, we only have 1 level, and I've tested it and it works, but I'm sure there is some issue lurking around somewhere. Zach J. Elko Ball State University Unified Technology Support Certified Hardware & Software Technician
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