RenderWindow draws white sprites

[YellowShadow]

How come when I'm drawing sprites on my RenderWindow they come up as white? I'm on Windows, and SFML 1.5.

Any ideas?

Here is some loading and drawing code:

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void Board::LoadContent()
{
sf::Image boardImage;
boardImage.LoadFromFile("data/board.png");
boardTexture = sf::Sprite(boardImage);
tileSize = boardTexture.GetSize().x / BOARDSIZE;

sf::Image pieceSetImage;
pieceSetImage.LoadFromFile("data/jewels.png");
pieceSet.SetImage(pieceSetImage);
}

void Board::Draw()
{
renderWindow.Draw(boardTexture);
renderWindow.Draw(pieceSet);
}

If anyone could help me that would be great

[Laurent]

The images are local to the LoadContent function, thus they are destroyed when it exits, and your sprites point images that no longer exist.

[Nexus]

The solution is to make the images member variables of your class Board. Furthermore, you should check loading errors and forward them to the caller, for instance by letting LoadContent() return a bool.

[YellowShadow]

How do I make member variables in a class?

[Nexus]

How do I make member variables in a class?

You should really learn the C++ basics before you begin to use a high-level framework like SFML. Classes and object-oriented programming is one of the things you must know at C++.

Don't get me wrong, but you'll continuously run into trouble if you are lacking essential knowledge. Especially C++ is a language which isn't easy at all, and which offers a lot of pitfalls for people not used to it. It's really worth the time to learn some theory before developping games.

[YellowShadow]

Yea, I'm gonna pick up a book or something and learn C++.

[Nexus]

I can recommend the C++ Primer. Or Thinking in C++, which is also available as free e-book.

[YellowShadow]

Thanks! I'll check those out