Hello. I'm using SDL and i got a problem. I have textures that i need to store somewhere. Now its 3 but later i think ill get something like 200-300 textures. I can't create variable for each texture so i tried to store them in an array but i got some strange error so I'm looking for alternative way to store images. I made a class of "block" and each block had his own picture. Can be more then one class with the same picture so i need to load the pictures first and then give each block an address of necessary picture. Suggestions?

Using an array is going in the right direction, but it is probably not sufficient. Look up std::vector and std::map (assuming C++).

Ok thanks i'll check. Any more suggestions?

I use MFC in my game engine (strange but true) and get good results with my CTextureMgr class. Right now it's basically a wrapper around a CMap of strings to CTextureObjects, but it also supports some garbage collection and other more advanced stuff.

I actually use a three-level hierarchy in my resource IDs, such as "t-engine.effects.def_particle". (If this sounds a bit like Unreal, you're right - that's what gave me the idea.) The first part ("t-engine") is the package name, the second ("effects") is the category, and "def_particle" is the name of this texture.

To use a texture with my class, I just do this:
g_pEngine->m_textures["t-engine.effects.def_particle"].Bind();

I have similar resource managers for 3DS models and OpenAL audio buffers, and will be creating one for shaders very soon.