Added default font and exception throwing to replace some nullptr returns

config/engine.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 [display]
 target_fps = 61
-show_fps = true
 window_width = 800
 window_height = 600
 window_title = "Roguelike Algorithm Visualizer"
+
+[overlay]
+show_fps = true
+
+[font]
+default_font_name = "Consolas-Regular"
+default_font_size = 12

src/engine/engine.cpp

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ void Engine::start_loop() {
     if(renderer == nullptr) {
         throw MissingRendererException();
     }
-    auto render_params = RendererParams{this->config.window_title, this->config.window_width, this->config.window_height};
+    auto render_params = RendererParams{this->config.window_title, this->config.window_width, this->config.window_height, this->config.default_font};
     renderer->initialize(render_params);
     renderer->flush();
     auto game_params = GameInitArgs{this->config.target_fps, this->config.window_width, this->config.window_height};
@@ -47,12 +47,14 @@ Engine::Engine(std::unique_ptr<Game> game, std::unique_ptr<Renderer> renderer,
     this->input_processor = std::move(input_processor);
     EngineConfig new_config = EngineConfig();
     load_config("engine.toml", [&new_config](const toml::table& table) {
-        new_config.show_fps = table["display"]["show_fps"].value_or<bool>(DEFAULT_SHOW_FPS);
+        new_config.show_fps = table["overlay"]["show_fps"].value_or<bool>(DEFAULT_SHOW_FPS);
         new_config.window_width = table["display"]["window_width"].value_or(DEFAULT_WINDOW_WIDTH);
         new_config.window_height = table["display"]["window_height"].value_or(DEFAULT_WINDOW_HEIGHT);
         new_config.target_fps = table["display"]["target_fps"].value_or(DEFAULT_TARGET_FPS);
         new_config.window_title = table["display"]["window_title"].value_or(DEFAULT_WINDOW_TITLE);
-
+        auto default_font_path = fmt::format("fonts/{}.ttf", table["font"]["default_font_name"].value_or(DEFAULT_FONT_NAME));
+        auto default_font_size = table["font"]["default_font_size"].value_or(DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE);
+        new_config.default_font = TextRenderDetails{default_font_path, default_font_size, COLOR_WHITE};
     });
     this->config = new_config;
 }
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ Engine::render_fps(std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock> end,
     std::chrono::duration<double> dur = end - lastframe;
     if(this->config.show_fps) {
         //printf("fps: %f\n", frames/dur.count());
-        this->renderer->draw_text(DEFAULT_FONT, fmt::format("{:.2f}", frames/dur.count()), 0, 0);
+        this->renderer->draw_text(std::nullopt, fmt::format("{:.2f}", frames/dur.count()), 0, 0);
     }
     return end;
 }

src/engine/engine.hpp

@@ -22,12 +22,8 @@
 #define DEFAULT_WINDOW_HEIGHT 600
 #define DEFAULT_WINDOW_TITLE "RLEngine"
 #define DEFAULT_SHOW_FPS false
-
-static const TextRenderDetails DEFAULT_FONT = TextRenderDetails(
-        "fonts/Consolas-Regular.ttf",
-        12,
-        COLOR_WHITE
-        );
+#define DEFAULT_FONT_NAME "Consolas-Regular"
+#define DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE 12
 
 struct EngineConfig {
     unsigned int target_fps;

src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct RendererParams {
     std::string title;
     int width;
     int height;
+    TextRenderDetails default_font;
 };
 
 class Renderer {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public:
     virtual void initialize(RendererParams params)=0;
     virtual void flush() = 0;
     virtual void draw_point(int x, int y, Color color) = 0;
-    virtual void draw_text(TextRenderDetails details, std::string text,int x, int y)=0;
+    virtual void draw_text(std::optional<TextRenderDetails> details, std::string text,int x, int y)=0;
     virtual void draw_sprite(Sprite sprite, int x, int y)=0;
 };
 

src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlfontmanager.cpp

@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<TTF_Font> SdlFontManager::load_resource(SdlFontArgs args) {
     std::string path = get_resource_path(args.font_path);
     TTF_Font *font = TTF_OpenFont(path.c_str(), args.size);
     if(font == nullptr) {
-        printf("Could not load font: %s\n", TTF_GetError());
-        return nullptr;
+        throw MissingFontException(path, TTF_GetError());
     }
     return std::shared_ptr<TTF_Font>(font, TTF_CloseFont);
 }

src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlfontmanager.hpp

@@ -25,4 +25,21 @@ class SdlFontManager : public ResourceManager<std::shared_ptr<TTF_Font>, std::st
 };
 
 
+
+
+class MissingFontException : public std::exception {
+private:
+    std::string msg;
+
+public:
+    [[nodiscard]] const char *what() const _GLIBCXX_TXN_SAFE_DYN _GLIBCXX_NOTHROW override {
+        return msg.c_str();
+    }
+
+    explicit MissingFontException(const std::string& missing_font, std::string reason) {
+        msg = fmt::format("Unable to load font [{}] because: {}", missing_font, reason);
+    }
+};
+
+
 #endif //RLA_IIPP_SDLFONTMANAGER_HPP

src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp

@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ void SdlRenderer::draw_point(int x, int y, Color color) {
     SDL_RenderDrawPoint(this->renderer.get(), x, y);
 }
 
-void SdlRenderer::draw_text(TextRenderDetails details, std::string text, int x, int y) {
-    std::shared_ptr<TTF_Font> font = this->font_manager->fetch_resource(SdlFontArgs(details.size, details.font_path));
-    std::shared_ptr<SDL_Texture> texture = this->texture_manager->load_text_as_texture(text, font, details.color);
+void SdlRenderer::draw_text(std::optional<TextRenderDetails> details, std::string text, int x, int y) {
+    TextRenderDetails unpacked_details = details.value_or(this->renderer_params.default_font);
+    std::shared_ptr<TTF_Font> font = this->font_manager->fetch_resource(SdlFontArgs(unpacked_details.size, unpacked_details.font_path));
+    std::shared_ptr<SDL_Texture> texture = this->texture_manager->load_text_as_texture(text, font, unpacked_details.color);
     render_texture(x, y, texture, nullptr);
 }
 

src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct SDL_WindowDeleter {
 class SdlRenderer : public Renderer {
 public:
     ~SdlRenderer();
-    void draw_text(TextRenderDetails details, std::string text, int x, int y) override;
+    void draw_text(std::optional<TextRenderDetails> details, std::string text, int x, int y) override;
     void initialize(RendererParams params) override;
     void flush() override;
     void draw_point(int x, int y, Color color) override;
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ private:
     std::shared_ptr<SDL_Renderer> renderer = nullptr;
     std::unique_ptr<SdlTextureManager> texture_manager = nullptr;
     std::unique_ptr<SdlFontManager> font_manager = nullptr;
-
     void render_texture(int x, int y, const std::shared_ptr<SDL_Texture>& texture, SDL_Rect *src);
 };
 

src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.cpp

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<SDL_Texture> SdlTextureManager::load_resource(TextureManagerFetc
     std::string full_path = get_resource_path(args.path);
     SDL_Surface* surface = load_surface(full_path);
     if(surface == nullptr) {
-        return nullptr;
+        throw MissingTextureException(full_path, SDL_GetError());
     }
     if(args.color_key.has_value()) {
         Color color_key = args.color_key.value();
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ std::shared_ptr<SDL_Texture> SdlTextureManager::load_resource(TextureManagerFetc
     }
     SDL_Texture* texture = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(renderer.get(), surface);
     SDL_FreeSurface(surface);
+    if(texture == nullptr) {
+        throw MissingTextureException(full_path, SDL_GetError());
+    }
     return std::shared_ptr<SDL_Texture>(texture, SDL_DestroyTexture);
 }
 
@@ -39,9 +42,12 @@ std::string SdlTextureManager::get_key(TextureManagerFetchArgs args) {
 std::shared_ptr<SDL_Texture> SdlTextureManager::load_text_as_texture(const std::string& text, const std::shared_ptr<TTF_Font>& font, Color color) {
     SDL_Surface *surface = TTF_RenderText_Solid(font.get(), text.c_str(), {color.r, color.g, color.b});
     if(surface == nullptr) {
-        return nullptr;
+        throw MissingTextureException("font", SDL_GetError());
     }
     SDL_Texture *texture = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(this->renderer.get(), surface);
     SDL_FreeSurface(surface);
+    if(texture == nullptr) {
+        throw MissingTextureException("font", SDL_GetError());
+    }
     return std::shared_ptr<SDL_Texture>(texture, SDL_DestroyTexture);
 }

src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdltexturemanager.hpp

@@ -34,5 +34,18 @@ private:
     static SDL_Surface* load_surface(const std::string& path);
 };
 
+class MissingTextureException: public std::exception {
+private:
+    std::string msg;
+public:
+    [[nodiscard]] const char *what() const _GLIBCXX_TXN_SAFE_DYN _GLIBCXX_NOTHROW override {
+        return msg.c_str();
+    }
+
+    MissingTextureException(const std::string& path, const std::string& error) {
+        msg = fmt::format("Failed ot load texture at path [{}] because: {}", path, error);
+    }
+};
+
 
 #endif //RLA_IIPP_SDLTEXTUREMANAGER_HPP