The data files are now installed with the game

Makefile.am

@@ -5,11 +5,22 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 --install
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = Game
 
+dist_pkgdata_DATA = \
+			  data/shaders/vertex.glsl \
+			  data/shaders/fragment.glsl \
+			  data/container.jpg
+
 Game_SOURCES = \
 			   src/main.cpp \
 			   src/Error.h \
 			   src/Error.cpp \
 			   src/ShaderLoader.h \
 			   src/ShaderLoader.cpp
+
+
 Game_CPPFLAGS = @sdl2_CFLAGS@ @glew_CFLAGS@ @opengl_CFLAGS@ @glm_CFLAGS@ @sdl2_image_CFLAGS@
+
 Game_LDFLAGS = @sdl2_LIBS@ @glew_LIBS@ @opengl_LIBS@ @glm_LIBS@ @sdl2_image_LIBS@
+
+#AM_CPPFLAGS = -DDATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\"
+Game_CPPFLAGS += -DDATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\"

configure.ac

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 AC_INIT([Game], [0.0.1], [wytau@sdf.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cpp])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+
+# This is actually defined in Makefile.am
+# But this stops intellisense like software from complaining
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DATAPATH], ["$pkgdatadir"],"DData Directory Path")
+
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 

src/main.cpp

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   // Create event handling struct
   SDL_Event input;
 
-  ShaderLoader shader("src/vertex.glsl", "src/fragment.glsl");
+  ShaderLoader shader(DATADIR "/vertex.glsl", DATADIR "/fragment.glsl");
 
   float vertices[] = {
       // positions        // texture Co-ords
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
 
   // Load texture image
-  SDL_Surface *image = IMG_Load("src/container.jpg");
+  SDL_Surface *image = IMG_Load(DATADIR "/container.jpg");
   if (image == nullptr) {
     error.crash("SDL2_image was unable to load a texture", IMG_GetError());
   }
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, image->pixels);
   glGenerateMipmap(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
 
-  error.log(std::to_string(image->h));
-
   // remove image surface now it's no longer needed to create texture
   SDL_FreeSurface(image);
   image = nullptr;