Irrlicht Engine

Actually, the resource idea above can still be used. You can put binary file into a resource file without issues, which will result in it being embedded in your application.

Also, there are a few tools out there, that allow you to pack data after your EOF marker in your executable.

Its a two part process. First you either have to specify /clr switch, or go to your projects properties page->Configuration Properties->General->Use Managed Extensions. Secondly, for any managed C++ classes or variables you declare, you specify __gc. For example. __gc class MyClass { public int myIn...

Just a quick blurb in regards to whomever is doing the .NET port/support programming ( sorry, new here so I dont know the names yet ). If you are working with Visual Studios 2k3 or .net, you might seriously want to check out the Visual Studio 2005 beta release currently available. .NET support for C...

Well, your mostly right. Im not sure which Visual Studios version you are running, however in all versions of them from 6 up that I can recall, you dont actually have to manually edit the compiler switches. The /MD switch in 6 is actually set by going to Project Settings -> C++, select Code Generati...

As to why globals are bad... Well, for one, they are global. This runs into a whole potential slew of redefinition errors, etc... No gaurantee of state. Its hard to gaurantee when a global is initialized, so either you have potentially uninit'ed variables, or you have to put a ton of "just in c...