Creating an 2-dimensional array of a struct results in crash

Question

I am trying to generate a two-dimensional array of a struct, but this results in the program not launching. The window freezes and the program quits after a few

Answer 1

Based on update note:

The first thing you can do is easily optimize your struct for space by using unsigned char for each attribute, using a fixed-point representation for your existing float (for example 0.23 would be stored as the integer 23).

Then store the structs on the heap with vector instead of an array:

    struct absCell {
        unsigned char material;
        unsigned char health;
    };
    std::vector > cells_;

Then set up the constructor:

Field() : cells_(maxX - minX + 1, std::vector(maxY - minY + 1)) {}