Effects now use Constructor and Destructor to initialize or delete their data, instead of using start() and stop().

src/effect_animation.cpp

@@ -1,24 +1,21 @@
 #include "effect_animation.h"
 #include "functions.h"
 
-AnimationEffect::AnimationEffect(AnimationData* anim, CRGB* bg, int x, int y) {
-    this->animation_data = anim;
+AnimationEffect::AnimationEffect(const char* name, CRGB* bg, int x, int y) {
     this->bg_color = bg;
     this->xOffset = x;
     this->yOffset = y;
-}
 
-void AnimationEffect::start() {
-    this->animation = new Animation(this->animation_data);
+    this->animation = new Animation(name, window);
     this->animation->setBgColor(this->bg_color);
     this->animation->setOffsets(this->xOffset, this->yOffset);
 }
 
-void AnimationEffect::stop() {
+AnimationEffect::~AnimationEffect() {
     delete this->animation;
 }
 
 void AnimationEffect::loop() {
-    this->animation->drawFrame(this->window);
+    this->animation->drawFrame();
     this->animation->advance();
 }

src/effect_fire.cpp

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 #include "my_fastled.h"
 #include "functions.h"
 
-void FireEffect::start() {
+FireEffect::FireEffect() {
 	this->data = new uint8_t[this->window->width * this->window->height];
 	for (int i=0; i<(this->window->width * this->window->height); i++) this->data[i]=0;
 	for (int i=0; i<this->window->width; i++) this->data[i]=this->spark_temp();
 }
 
-void FireEffect::stop() {
+FireEffect::~FireEffect() {
 	delete [] this->data;
 }
 

src/effect_gol.cpp

@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
 
 GolEffect::GolEffect() {
 	this->window = new Window(0, 0, LED_WIDTH, LED_HEIGHT-6);
-}
-
-bool GolEffect::can_be_shown_with_clock() { return true; }
-
-void GolEffect::start() {
+	
 	_data = new uint8_t[this->window->count];
 	_old = new uint8_t[this->window->count];
 	for(uint16_t i=0; i<this->window->count; i++) {
@@ -16,6 +12,8 @@ void GolEffect::start() {
 	_initialize();
 }
 
+bool GolEffect::can_be_shown_with_clock() { return true; }
+
 void GolEffect::_initialize() {
 	for(uint16_t i=0; i<this->window->count; i++) {
 		_data[i] = random8() < EFFECT_GOL_START_PERCENTAGE ? 1 : 0;
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ void GolEffect::_initialize() {
 	_step = 0;
 }
 
-void GolEffect::stop() {
+GolEffect::~GolEffect() {
 	delete[] _data;
 	delete[] _old;
 }

src/effect_matrix.cpp

@@ -2,17 +2,14 @@
 #include "my_color_palettes.h"
 #include "functions.h"
 
-MatrixEffectColumn::MatrixEffectColumn() {
-}
-
-MatrixEffectColumn::MatrixEffectColumn(Window* win, int xPos) : MatrixEffectColumn() {
+MatrixEffectColumn::MatrixEffectColumn(Window* win, int xPos) {
     window = win;
     x = xPos;
-    start();
+    restart();
     y = random8(0, window->height);
 }
 
-void MatrixEffectColumn::start() {
+void MatrixEffectColumn::restart() {
     y=-1;
     length = random8(EFFECT_MATRIX_LENGTH_MIN, EFFECT_MATRIX_LENGTH_MAX);
     running = true;
@@ -35,7 +32,7 @@ void MatrixEffectColumn::loop() {
     if (!running) {
         if (random8() < 20) {
             // Start the column again.
-            start();
+            restart();
         }
     } else {
         if (millis() - last_move > speed) {
@@ -78,8 +75,8 @@ CRGB RandomMatrixEffectColumn::_getColor(uint8_t i) {
     return color;
 }
 
-void RandomMatrixEffectColumn::start() {
-    MatrixEffectColumn::start();
+void RandomMatrixEffectColumn::restart() {
+    MatrixEffectColumn::restart();
     _hue = random8();
 }
 
@@ -95,24 +92,23 @@ void RandomMatrixEffectColumn::start() {
 boolean MatrixEffect::can_be_shown_with_clock() { return true; };
 
 MatrixEffect::MatrixEffect() {
+	_columns = new MatrixEffectColumn* [window->width];
+	_init();
 }
 
-void MatrixEffect::start() {
-	_columns = new MatrixEffectColumn* [window->width];
+void MatrixEffect::_init() {
 	for (int i=0; i<window->width; i++) _columns[i] = new MatrixEffectColumn(window, i);
 }
 
-void RandomMatrixEffect::start() {
-	_columns = new MatrixEffectColumn* [window->width];
+void RandomMatrixEffect::_init() {
 	for (int i=0; i<window->width; i++) _columns[i] = new RandomMatrixEffectColumn(window, i);
 }
 
-void RainbowMatrixEffect::start() {
-	_columns = new MatrixEffectColumn* [window->width];
+void RainbowMatrixEffect::_init() {
 	for (int i=0; i<window->width; i++) _columns[i] = new RainbowMatrixEffectColumn(window, i);
 }
 
-void MatrixEffect::stop() {
+MatrixEffect::~MatrixEffect() {
     for (int i=0; i<window->width; i++) {
         delete _columns[i];
     }

src/effect_pixelclock.cpp

@@ -3,14 +3,11 @@
 
 PixelClockEffect::PixelClockEffect() {
 	window = new Window(0, 0, LED_WIDTH, LED_HEIGHT-6);
-}
-
-void PixelClockEffect::start() {
 	_color_seconds = new CRGB(0x00FF00);
 	_color_minutes = new CRGB(0xFFFF00);
 }
 
-void PixelClockEffect::stop() {
+PixelClockEffect::~PixelClockEffect() {
 	delete _color_seconds;
 	delete _color_minutes;
 }

src/pitrix.cpp

@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ void setup() {
     mqtt_setup();
     #endif
     LOGln("Core * Setup complete");
-
-    current_effect->start();
 }
 
 void loop() {