Maybe the title is a bit confusing. What I have is a struct typedef called sMap. I make a pointer of that datatype:

sMap *prgMap;

So later on I can create an array when I read my data. I have a seperate function outside the class where I define it (In my file loading class), so I have to pass the value to it, like so:

int LoadMap(sMap *prgMap){...}

So inside that function I read the size that I need to allocate from the file, then proceed to do as such:

prgMap = new sMap[(Header.size)];

Now my program compiles just fine, yet when I run it, I get a run-time crash. My debugger somehow isn't... well, debugging anymore. Any time I debug something I get a message about how there is no code here, do you want to view the disassembly? And it just worked the other day properly. That's a seperate issue, maybe someone could help me on that too. At any rate, I'm wondering that maybe this method isn't being allocated properly due to me passing a pointer to a function and the function not allocating that original pointer the appropriate value? Thanks in advanced! P.S. I'm switching over from a vector<> system to save overhead and whatnot, so it worked perfectly before this.

I have it as a typedef since I use it throughout my program. Can you call a globally defined struct anywhere in the program to use for objects? This I've never heard of, hence why I globally used a typedef.

I've always heard that vectors had to deal with a lot more processing to handle the elements of the vector. I guess using the [] member operator would work just as well for the vector as it does arrays. I'm not a professional, just trying to speed up my game engine any way possible. Thank you.

Thank you, Zahlman, I hadn't realized that. I learn something new every day. :)