WHY did this C++ code FAIL?

The Cherno · Intermediate ·⚡ Algorithms & Data Structures ·2y ago

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Debugs a C++ code failure using Hazel game engine and Brilliant for explanation

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3 3D Game Programming - Episode 3 - Arrays
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4 3D Game Programming - Episode 4 - Drawing Pixels!
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6 3D Game Programming - Episode 5 - Playing with Pixels!
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7 3D Game Programming - Episode 6 - Performance Boosting
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8 3D Game Programming - Episode 7 - FPS Counter
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9 3D Game Programming - Episode 8 - Alpha Support and More
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10 3D Game Programming - Episode 9 - Beginning 3D
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11 3D Game Programming - Episode 10 - Floors and Animation
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12 3D Game Programming - Episode 11 - Rotation
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13 3D Game Programming - Episode 12 - User Input
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14 3D Game Programming - Episode 13 - Render Distance Limiter!
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15 3D Game Programming - Episode 14 - Basic Mouse Movement
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16 3D Game Programming - Episode 15 - Textures + More!
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17 3D Game Programming - Episode 16 - Walking, Crouching, Sprinting + More
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18 3D Game Programming - Episode 16.5 - Exporting Runnable Jars
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20 3D Game Programming - Episode 17.5 - Creating an Applet
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21 3D Game Programming - Episode 18 - The Beginning of Walls
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22 3D Game Programming - Episode 18.1 - A Few More Things
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23 Episode 18.5 - Creating an EXE File in Java
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24 3D Game Programming - Episode 19 - Rendering Walls
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25 3D Game Programming - Episode 20 - Continuing Walls, Fixing Bugs, and Managing Crashes
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26 3D Game Programming - Episode 21 - Texturing Walls, Fixing Clipping, and Fixing the Mouse
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27 3D Game Programming - Episode 22 - Random Level Generator + Properly Fixing Clipping
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28 3D Game Programming - Episode 23 - Graphical User Interface (GUI) Launcher
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29 3D Game Programming - Episode 24 - Making Our Launcher Work
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30 3D Game Programming - Episode 25 - Writing and Reading Files
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31 3D Game Programming - Episode 26 - Custom Resolutions
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32 3D Game Programming - Episode 27 - Decorating the Launcher
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33 3D Game Programming - Episode 28 - Continuing our Custom Launcher!
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34 3D Game Programming - Episode 29 - Launching The Game
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35 3D Game Programming - Episode 30 - Colour Processing In-Depth
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36 3D Game Programming - Episode 31 - Sprites!
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37 3D Game Programming - Episode 32 - Sprite Mapping
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38 3D Game Programming - Episode 33 - High Resolution Rendering
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39 3D Game Programming - Episode 34 - Entities
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40 Genesis - My Game for Ludum Dare 24
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41 Vlog + Ludum Dare Results
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42 Game Programming - Episode 1 - Resolution
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43 Game Programming - Episode 2 - Threads
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44 Game Programming - Episode 3 - Game Loop
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45 Game Programming - Episode 4 - Window
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46 Episode 5 - Buffer Strategy
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47 Game Programming - Episode 6 - Graphics Initialized
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48 Game Programming - Episode 7 - Buffered Image and Rasters
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49 Game Programming - Episode 8 - The Screen Class
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50 Game Programming - Episode 9 - Rendering Pixels
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51 Game Programming - Episode 10 - Clearing the Screen
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52 Game Programming - Episode 11 - "Out of Bounds, Baby!"
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53 Game Programming - Episode 12 - Negative Bounds
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54 Game Programming - Episode 13 - Timer
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55 Game Programming - Episode 14 - FPS Counter
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56 Episode 15 - Tiles
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57 Game Programming - Episode 16 - The Map
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58 The Walls 2 - Minecraft PvP Survival Map
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59 Game Programming - Episode 17 - Key Input
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60 Game Programming - Episode 18 - Controlling The Map
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Chapters (19)

Hello
1:29 ALWAYS stack allocate if you can
4:20 The cat is back
4:36 API design considerations
7:27 return 0 in the main function
8:31 Organization and code conventions
11:22 Variable intialization
14:44 Deep class hierarchies
18:12 Managing states
20:58 defines
25:32 Avoid copying causing unnessary heap allocations
26:38 More on #define
28:50 Consistent code style
30:33 Compilation warnings
31:13 Logging and release builds
32:30 struct vs class
33:16 Cleaner code
35:21 Final thoughts and conclusion
36:48 Use std::weak_ptr
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