C SFML passing texture to constructor results in Segmentation fault: 11-CodePudding

I'm trying to pass an sf::Texture& to a class constructor. I have no compiler warnings, but the program crashes immediately with Segmentation fault: 11.

Class::Class(sf::Texture& pTexture) {

  sprite.setTexture(pTexture);
}

class = make_unique<Class>(texture);

I am able to pass other data types.

Edit: Here is a summarized version of the code that I'm using.

//Declaration
class Banner {

public:

  Banner();
  Banner(sf::Texture& pTexture);
  Banner(const Banner&);
  ~Banner();

private:

  sf::Sprite bannerSprite;

};

//Definition
Banner::Banner(sf::Texture& pTexture)
{
  bannerSprite.setTexture(pTexture);
}

//Declaration in class MainMenu
std::unique_ptr<Banner> _titleBanner;

//Calling the constructor
MainMenu::MainMenu ( Resources& pResources) : _resources(pResources) {

_titleBanner = std::make_unique<Banner>(_resources.texture("ButtonBG"));
  
}

CodePudding user response：

Had you tried run program in release mode, SFML usualy crash in debug mode.

CodePudding user response：

The issue was trying to use the _resources.texture(...) before it had been loaded. Therefore, when MainMenu tried to pass _resources.texture(...) to bannerSprite, the texture wasn't there, hence the SegFault.

The classes Resources and MainMenu are both initialized in the same constructor. However, I was calling _resources.load() after initialization. I moved Resources::load() into the Resources constructor and it works!