invalid conversion from const uint8_t*

[neuroflux]

Errors, errors, errors.

All I wanted to do was migrate my Gameduino2 project onto a new pc. Now I'm getting a bunch of errors in Arduino Software v1.6.4 as so:


Arduino: 1.6.4 (Windows 7), Board: "Arduino Uno"




In file included from pipboy.ino:5:0:

pipboy.ino: In function 'void setup()':

assets.h:215: error: invalid conversion from 'const uint8_t* {aka const unsigned char*}' to 'const char*' [-fpermissive]

#define LOAD_ASSETS()  GD.copy(__assets, sizeof(__assets))

                                                         ^

pipboy.ino:15:3: note: in expansion of macro 'LOAD_ASSETS'

In file included from pipboy.ino:3:0:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\Gameduino2/GD2.h:329:8: error:   initializing argument 1 of 'void GDClass::copy(const char*, int)' [-fpermissive]

  void copy(const  char *src, int count);

       ^

invalid conversion from 'const uint8_t* {aka const unsigned char*}' to 'const char*' [-fpermissive]




It's been driving me insane. I cannot get any of my assets to show - they worked before on the old Arduino platform I had set up. This one is the same but no dice.

[jamesbowman]

Hmm, checking the current library from this page:

excamera.com/sphinx/gameduino2/code.html

It has a different, fixed, version of line 329:


void copy(const PROGMEM uint8_t *src, int count);


So I think you must be compiling with an outdated GD2 library. Installing the one from the link above should fix this.

[neuroflux]

That worked a treat, thanks very much. I guess I must of overwritten the one I downloaded with the one backed up in my dropbox!
As a side note, do you know whether I can get a CRT TV style boot effect with the Gameduino2? 

Kind of like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MH6JZdGZcI