don't copy the model list. It can be very big - using pointer now,

garbage is not from the texture or object changes

MshViewer/Header/Object.h

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
 
-	std::vector<Modl*> vModls;
+	std::vector<Modl*>* vModls;
 	std::fstream fsMesh;
 	std::vector<std::string> vTextures;
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ private:
 	
 
 public:
-	std::vector<Modl*> getModels() const;
+	std::vector<Modl*>* getModels() const;
 	std::vector<std::string> getTextureList() const;
 
 };

MshViewer/Header/OpenGLController.h

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ private:
 // ========================================
 
 	// data
-	std::vector<Modl*> vModels;
+	std::vector<Modl*>* vModels = NULL;
 	std::vector<textureData*> vTextures;
 
 // transformation =========================

MshViewer/Source/Object.cpp

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 Object::Object(const char* path)
 {
+	vModls = new std::vector<Modl*>;
+
 	// open file
 	fsMesh.open(path, std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
 
@@ -65,9 +67,6 @@ Object::~Object()
 {
 	// clear texture list
 	vTextures.clear();
-
-	// clear Model list (don't delete the elements)
-	vModls.clear();
 }
 
 
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ void Object::analyseMsh2Chunks(std::list<ChunkHeader*>& chunkList)
 			}
 
 			// save Model data
-			vModls.push_back(tempModl);
+			vModls->push_back(tempModl);
 
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -593,7 +592,7 @@ void Object::readUV(Segment* dataDestination, std::streampos position)
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // public getter
 
-std::vector<Modl*> Object::getModels() const
+std::vector<Modl*>* Object::getModels() const
 {
 	return vModls;
 }

MshViewer/Source/OpenGlController.cpp

@@ -109,10 +109,12 @@ void OpenGLController::processInit()
 
 void OpenGLController::deleteVectors()
 {
-	while (!vModels.empty())
+	if (vModels != NULL)
 	{
-		Modl* cursor = vModels.back();
-		vModels.pop_back();
+		while (!vModels->empty())
+		{
+			Modl* cursor = vModels->back();
+			vModels->pop_back();
 
 			while (!cursor->segmLst.empty())
 			{
@@ -135,11 +137,14 @@ void OpenGLController::deleteVectors()
 
 			delete cursor;
 		}
+		delete vModels;
+	}
 
 	while (!vTextures.empty())
 	{
 		textureData* cursor = vTextures.back();
 		vTextures.pop_back();
+		cursor->data->clear();
 		delete cursor->data;
 		delete cursor;
 	}
@@ -207,16 +212,16 @@ glm::mat4 OpenGLController::getModelMatrix(unsigned int index)
 {
 	glm::mat4 tempParentMatrix = glm::mat4(1.0f);
 
-	for (unsigned int loop = 0; loop < vModels.size(); loop++)
+	for (unsigned int loop = 0; loop < vModels->size(); loop++)
 	{
-		if (!strcmp(vModels[index]->parent.c_str(), vModels[loop]->name.c_str()))
+		if (!strcmp(vModels->at(index)->parent.c_str(), vModels->at(loop)->name.c_str()))
 		{
 			tempParentMatrix = getModelMatrix(loop);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return tempParentMatrix * vModels[index]->m4x4Translation;
+	return tempParentMatrix * vModels->at(index)->m4x4Translation;
 }
 
 glm::mat4 OpenGLController::getMVPMatrix(unsigned int index)
@@ -311,16 +316,16 @@ void OpenGLController::updateScene()
 
 	int instanceOffset(0);
 
-	for (unsigned int modelIndex = 0; modelIndex < vModels.size(); modelIndex++)
+	for (unsigned int modelIndex = 0; modelIndex < vModels->size(); modelIndex++)
 	{
 		// skip null, bones, shadowMesh, hidden things (don't increase textrue index!!)
-		if (vModels[modelIndex]->type == null ||
-			vModels[modelIndex]->type == bone ||
-			vModels[modelIndex]->type == shadowMesh ||
-			vModels[modelIndex]->renderFlags == 1)
+		if (vModels->at(modelIndex)->type == null ||
+			vModels->at(modelIndex)->type == bone ||
+			vModels->at(modelIndex)->type == shadowMesh ||
+			vModels->at(modelIndex)->renderFlags == 1)
 			continue;
 
-		for (auto& segIt : vModels[modelIndex]->segmLst)
+		for (auto& segIt : vModels->at(modelIndex)->segmLst)
 		{
 			// give texture to the shader
 			std::uint32_t tempTexIndex = segIt->textureIndex >= vTextures.size() ? vTextures.size() - 1 : segIt->textureIndex;
@@ -382,7 +387,7 @@ void OpenGLController::loadMsh(const char * path)
 	// collect vertex data of all models
 	std::vector<Vertex> tempBufferData;
 
-	for (auto& modIt : vModels)		// for every model chunk
+	for (auto& modIt : *vModels)		// for every model chunk
 	{
 		for (auto& segIt : modIt->segmLst)		// for every cluster
 		{