Updated the SFML support stuff to use the Config that can be oriented at a BASE_DIR to find stuff relative to the config file.

src/guecs/sfml/config.cpp

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 using nlohmann::json;
 using fmt::format;
 
+std::filesystem::path Config::BASE_DIR{"."};
+
 Config::Config(const std::string src_path) : $src_path(src_path) {
-  std::ifstream infile($src_path);
+  std::ifstream infile(Config::path_to($src_path));
   $config = json::parse(infile);
 }
 
@@ -33,3 +35,12 @@ std::vector<std::string> Config::keys() {
 
   return the_fucking_keys;
 }
+
+
+void Config::set_base_dir(const char *optarg) {
+  Config::BASE_DIR.assign(optarg);
+}
+
+std::filesystem::path Config::path_to(const std::string& path) {
+  return Config::BASE_DIR / path;
+}

src/guecs/sfml/shaders.cpp

@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ namespace shaders {
   }
 
   bool load_shader(std::string name, nlohmann::json& settings) {
-    std::string file_name = settings["file_name"];
+    auto file_name = settings["file_name"];
+    auto file_path = Config::path_to(file_name);
     auto ptr = std::make_shared<sf::Shader>();
-    bool good = ptr->loadFromFile(file_name, sf::Shader::Type::Fragment);
+    bool good = ptr->loadFromFile(file_path, sf::Shader::Type::Fragment);
 
     if(good) {
       configure_shader_defaults(ptr);

src/guecs/sfml/sound.cpp

@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ namespace sound {
       Config assets("assets/config.json");
 
       for(auto& el : assets["sounds"].items()) {
-        load(el.key(), el.value());
+        load(el.key(), Config::path_to(el.value()));
       }
       initialized = true;
     }
   }
 
-  void load(const std::string& name, const std::string& sound_path) {
+  void load(const std::string& name, const std::filesystem::path& sound_path) {
     assert(fs::exists(sound_path) && "sound file does not exist");
 
     // create the buffer and keep in the buffer map

src/guecs/sfml/textures.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ namespace textures {
     Config assets("assets/config.json");
 
     for(auto& [name, settings] : assets["sprites"].items()) {
-      auto texture = make_shared<sf::Texture>(settings["path"]);
+      auto file_name = settings["path"];
+      auto file_path = Config::path_to(file_name);
+      auto texture = make_shared<sf::Texture>(file_path);
 
       texture->setSmooth(assets["graphics"]["smooth_textures"]);
       auto sprite = make_shared<sf::Sprite>(*texture);
@@ -51,7 +53,8 @@ namespace textures {
 
   sf::Image load_image(const std::string& filename) {
     sf::Image texture;
-    bool good = texture.loadFromFile(filename);
+    auto file_path = Config::path_to(filename);
+    bool good = texture.loadFromFile(file_path);
     assert(good && "failed to load image file");
     return texture;
   }