Rather than what you have below - just try BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SPLIT_FREE(creaturesImage); By default - pointers to primitive types aren't serializable. I'm not sure why you used the BOOST_CLASS_IMP.. below but it would seem to me in appropriate in your case. If you do this you will be able to do; const creaturesImage *pci; ... ar << pci; ... creaturesImage *new_pci; ar >> new_pci assert(*pci == *new_pci); In fact, given the size of your application, making a little program like the above to test your serialization code separately, is probably a good idea anyway. Good Luck Robert Ramey Bryan Donlan wrote:
Hi all,
BOOST_SERIALIZATION_SPLIT_FREE(creaturesImage *); BOOST_CLASS_IMPLEMENTATION(creaturesImage *, boost::serialization::primitive_type);