C++ - typeid(), used on derived class doesn't return correct type

Question

Maybe I\'m misunderstanding how inheritance works here, but here\'s my problem:

I have a class Option, and a class RoomOption that derives from it. I have another cl

Answer 1

First of all yor getting the typeid of the shared_ptr.

Then you should use dynamic_cast instead of typeid. E.g:

if (dynamic_cast(player->getRoom()->getOption(0).get()) != 0){
    cout << "Its a RoomOption!" << endl;
}