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    copied!<p>Okay... I've been wrestling this error for at least an hour now. I have my StaticSprite class inherit from my Component class. However, when I try to instantiate a StaticSprite instance, I get error c2016.</p> <p>Here's my relevant code, I'll post more if need be. Thanks in advance.</p> <h3>StaticSprite.h</h3> <pre><code>#ifndef STATICSPRITE_H_ #define STATICSPRITE_H_ #include "Component.h" #include &lt;SFML/Graphics.hpp&gt; #include &lt;string&gt; namespace GE { class Entity; class Component; class StaticSprite : public Component { private: sf::Image image; public: sf::Sprite Sprite; StaticSprite(); StaticSprite(std::string filename); }; } #endif </code></pre> <h3>Component.h</h3> <pre><code>#ifndef COMPONENT_H_ #define COMPONENT_H_ #include "Entity.h" #include "ComponentType.h" #include &lt;iostream&gt; namespace GE { class Entity; class Component { protected: Entity* myEntity; TYPE type; public: Component(); virtual ~Component() {} Entity* getEntity(); }; } #endif </code></pre> <h3>main.cpp</h3> <pre><code>int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { Entity Player; //The first arg is just a number, and the second is the //actual component to add to the Entity's component array Player.addComponent(StaticSprite, new StaticSprite()); //error //application loop } </code></pre> <h3>Entity.cpp</h3> <pre><code>//TYPE is just an enumerated type void Entity::addComponent(TYPE type, void* component) { Components[type] = component; } </code></pre> <h3>ComponentType.h</h3> <pre><code>#ifndef COMPONENTTYPE_H_ #define COMPONENTTYPE_H_ namespace GE { enum TYPE{Base = 0, StaticSprite, DynamicSprite, Physics, Collision, Input, Particle, Audio, Scriptable, MaxType}; } #endif </code></pre>
 

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