using main() arguments to set the game dir

Assets/Scripts/defPaths.lua

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-PATH = "/home/dominykas/c++/Battleship/Assets/"

defConfigs.h

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace battleship{
 	namespace configData{
 		using namespace gameBase;
 
-  		const std::string DEFAULT_TEXTURE = GameManager::getSingleton()->getPath() + "Textures/defaultTexture.jpg";
+  		const std::string DEFAULT_TEXTURE = "Textures/defaultTexture.jpg";
   		const double camPanSpeed = .1, cellLength = 14, cellWidth = 14, cellDepth = 7;
 		const int maxNumGroups = 10;
 		const vb01::u32 IMPASS_NODE_VAL = 65535;
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ namespace battleship{
 		const static int maxConfBinds = 22;
 		const static int numScripts = 5;
 
-		const static std::string scriptPathBase = GameManager::getSingleton()->getPath() + "Scripts/";
+		const static std::string scriptPathBase = "Scripts/";
 		const static std::vector<std::string> scripts = std::vector<std::string>{
-			scriptPathBase + "options.lua",
-			scriptPathBase + "unitData.lua",
-			scriptPathBase + "vehicleData.lua",
-			scriptPathBase + "structureData.lua",
-			scriptPathBase + "player.lua"
+			"Scripts/options.lua",
+			"Scripts/unitData.lua",
+			"Scripts/vehicleData.lua",
+			"Scripts/structureData.lua",
+			"Scripts/player.lua"
 		};
 
   		const static Bind staticBinds[numAppStates][maxStaticBinds]{

gameManager.cpp

@@ -26,26 +26,26 @@ namespace battleship{
 		return gameManager;
 	}
 
-    GameManager::GameManager() {
-		LuaManager *luaManager = LuaManager::getSingleton();
-		string pathBase = "../Assets/Scripts/";
-		luaManager->buildScript(vector<string>{pathBase + "defPaths.lua"});
-		path = luaManager->getString("PATH");
-    }
+	void GameManager::start(string gameDir) {
+		path = gameDir + "Assets/";
 
-    GameManager::~GameManager() {}
-
-	void GameManager::start() {
 		LuaManager *luaManager = LuaManager::getSingleton();
-		luaManager->buildScript(vector<string>{path + "Scripts/main.lua"});
-		luaManager->buildScript(configData::scripts);
+		luaManager->executeCode("PATH = \"" + path + "\";");
+
+		vector<string> files = configData::scripts;
+		files.emplace(files.begin(), "Scripts/main.lua");
+
+		for(string &f : files)
+			f = path + f;
+
+		luaManager->buildScript(files);
 
 		string ind1 = "graphics", ind2 = "resolution";
 		width = luaManager->getIntFromTable(ind1, vector<Index>{Index(ind2), Index("x")});
 		height = luaManager->getIntFromTable(ind1, vector<Index>{Index(ind2), Index("y")});
 
 		Root *root = Root::getSingleton();
-		root->start(width, height, "../../vb01/", "Battleship");
+		root->start(width, height, path + "../external/vb01/", "Battleship");
 
 		stateManager = new StateManager();
     	inputManager = new InputManager(stateManager, root->getWindow());

gameManager.h

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace battleship{
     class GameManager {
     public:
 		static GameManager* getSingleton();
-		void start();
+		void start(std::string);
         void update();
         inline int getWidth(){return width;}
         inline int getHeight(){return height;}
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ namespace battleship{
         inline bool isServerSide(){return serverSide;}
 		inline gameBase::StateManager* getStateManager(){return stateManager;}
     private:
-        GameManager();
-        ~GameManager();
+        GameManager(){}
+        ~GameManager(){}
 
 		gameBase::StateManager *stateManager = nullptr;
 		gameBase::InputManager *inputManager = nullptr;

main.cpp

@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@
 
 #include <assetManager.h>
 
+#include <string>
+
 using namespace battleship;
 using namespace vb01;
+using namespace std;
 
-int main() {
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     GameManager *gm = GameManager::getSingleton();
-	gm->start();
+
+	string gamePath = string(argv[0]);
+	gamePath = gamePath.substr(0, gamePath.find_last_of("/") + 1) + "../";
+	gm->start(gamePath);
     gm->getStateManager()->attachAppState(new GuiAppState());
 
 	AssetManager::getSingleton()->load(gm->getPath() + "Fonts/batang.ttf");