tried to call the load functions, no success this far

level.cc

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Level::Level(std::string filePath){
     this->filePath = filePath;
-    terrain = Terrain(filePath + "/terrain");
+    this->terrain = Terrain(filePath + "/terrain");
 }
 
 Level::Level() {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Level::~Level() {
 }
 
 void Level::load(Shader shader) {
-    terrain.load();
+    //this->terrain.load();
 
 
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void Level::render() {
     for(int i = 0; i<objects.size(); i++) {
         objects[i].render();
     }
-    terrain.render();
+    //this->terrain.render();
 }
 
 glm::vec3 Level::getAmbientLight() {

terrain.cc

@@ -12,18 +12,25 @@ Terrain::~Terrain() {
 
 
 void Terrain::load() {
-    std::ifstream terrain_png(this->filePath + "/heightmap.png");	//TODO: filepath organization
+    std::ifstream terrain_png(this->filePath + "/heightmap.png");			//TODO: filepath organization
     unsigned int rowNum, columnNum, heightmapValue;
 
-    terrain_png.seekg(16);						//skip part of the header
-    char temp[2];
-    terrain_png.read(temp, 4);						//read width
-    this->heightmapWidth = (temp[1]<<0) | (temp[0]<<8);			//convert from network to host byte order
-    terrain_png.read(temp, 4);						//read height
-    this->heightmapHeight = (temp[1]<<0) | (temp[0]<<8);		//convert from network to host byte order
+    terrain_png.seekg(16);					//skip part of the header
 
-    heightmap = new float*[this->heightmapHeight];			//initialize the heightmap
-    for(rowNum = 0; rowNum < this->heightmapHeight; rowNum++){		//read in the heightmap
+    terrain_png.read((char *)&this->heightmapWidth, 4);		//read width
+    terrain_png.read((char *)&this->heightmapHeight, 4);	//read height
+    this->heightmapWidth  = ntohl(this->heightmapWidth);	//convert from network to host byte order
+    this->heightmapHeight = ntohl(this->heightmapHeight);			
+/*  //alternate implementation that does NOT work at all
+    char temp[2];4???
+    terrain_png.read(temp, 4);					//read width
+    this->heightmapWidth = (temp[1]<<0) | (temp[0]<<8);		//convert from network to host byte order
+    terrain_png.read(temp, 4);					//read height
+    this->heightmapHeight = (temp[1]<<0) | (temp[0]<<8);	//convert from network to host byte order
+*/
+
+    heightmap = new float*[this->heightmapHeight];		//initialize the heightmap
+    for(rowNum = 0; rowNum < this->heightmapHeight; rowNum++){	//read in the heightmap
 	    heightmap[rowNum] = new float[this->heightmapWidth];
         for(columnNum = 0; columnNum < this->heightmapWidth; columnNum++){
             terrain_png.read((char *)&heightmapValue, 1);
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ void Terrain::makeTriangleMesh(){
     this->triangleMesh->bind();
     this->triangleMesh->setMode(GL_TRIANGLE_STRIP);
     this->triangleMesh->attachAllAttributes(arrayBuffer);
+    //TODO unbind?
 }
 
 void Terrain::render() {

terrain.hh

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include "texture.hh"
 #include <fstream>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <ACGL/OpenGL/Objects/VertexArrayObject.hh>
 
 class Terrain {
     public: