A cube is rendered with the new system!

ECS/Components/Mesh.h

@@ -10,14 +10,20 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 struct Mesh {
-    explicit Mesh(std::vector<float> vertices) : vertices(vertices), vertex_count(vertices.size() / 5) {
+    explicit Mesh(const std::vector<float> &_vertices) : vertex_count(_vertices.size()) {
+        // Copy the vertices into a local classic float array. Nothing was displayed without this, maybe
+        //  due to weird hidden type incompatibility or out of scope issues?
+        float vertices[vertex_count];
+        std::copy(_vertices.begin(), _vertices.end(), vertices);
+
         glGenVertexArrays(1, &VAO);
         glGenBuffers(1, &VBO);
 
+        // bind the Vertex Array Object first, then bind and set vertex buffer(s), and then configure vertex attributes(s).
         glBindVertexArray(VAO);
 
         glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, VBO);
-        glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(&vertices), &vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
+        glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(vertices), vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
 
         // position attribute
         glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 5 * sizeof(float), (void*)0);
@@ -37,9 +43,6 @@ private:
     unsigned int VBO;
     unsigned int VAO;
     unsigned int vertex_count;
-
-    /// Vertices in the format x, y, z, u, v
-    std::vector<float> vertices;
 };
 
 #endif //ECSGAME_MESH_H

Shaders/default-vertex.vs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #version 320 es
 layout (location = 0) in vec3 aPos;
-layout (location = 1) in vec3 uvPos;
+layout (location = 1) in vec2 uvPos;
 
 uniform mat4 model;
 uniform mat4 view;