TickingTexture.h

#pragma once

#include "TextureUVCoordinateSet.h"

class TickingTexture {

public:
  // this is the complete struct
  // void** vtable;
  // this seems like it determines the area of the atlas to be animated
  TextureUVCoordinateSet atlasTemplate;
  
  int framecount; // number of frames in the animation
  unsigned char *pixels; // All pixels in the image, 4 uchars for each (RGBA)
  int pixelCount;
  
  // disassembled this constructor for street cred
  TickingTexture(TextureUVCoordinateSet &texture, int size) {
    // I'm calling it 'size' for now - it's passed as 1 for WaterTexture and LavaTexture, 2 for WaterSideTexture, and 36 for FireTexture
    // seems like the number of frames or something similar, but the fire image has 32 frames and not 36.
    this->framecount = size;
    // 1024 could be the size in bytes of one 16x16 image, as 16*16*4 (for RGBA) = 1024
    // but why is the size parameter squared?
    pixelCount = size * size * 1024;
    // arraySize *bytes* are allocated
    pixels = new char[pixelCount];
    // and cleared
    memset(pixels, 0, pixelCount);
  }
  
  virtual ~TickingTexture();
  virtual void tick() = 0;
  virtual void bindTextures(Textures* textures);
  

};