Question

My compiler says:

error C2660: 'UberMaterial::Initialize' : function does not take 2 arguments

When I write this:

#include "BaseMaterial.h"
#include "UberMaterial.h"

UberMaterial* m_pGameLevelMaterial;
m_pGameLevelMaterial->Initialize(m_pContentManager, m_pLevel->GetDevice());

The base class:

class BaseMaterial
{
public:
BaseMaterial(tstring shaderFilename);
virtual ~BaseMaterial(){}

void Initialize(ContentManager *pContentManager, ID3D10Device *pD3DDevice);
//[More Code...]

protected:
    virtual void Initialize(ContentManager *pContentManager) = 0;
//[More Code...]
};

The inherited class:

#include "BaseMaterial.h"
class UberMaterial:public BaseMaterial
{
//[More Code...]
protected:
    virtual void Initialize(ContentManager *pContentManager);
//[More Code...]
};

Can anyone tell me what the problem is?

If you need more code, just comment and I’ll post it. But the whole thing is rather large, so I didn’t include it at this point.

Answer 1

Yes, by default, an overload in a derived class will hide a different overload from a base class. You can re-expose the base-class overload with using:

class UberMaterial : public BaseMaterial
{
    ...

public:
    using BaseMaterial::Initialize;

    virtual void Initialize(ContentManager *pContentManager);
};