cannot open file "Irrlicht.lib"

[clusterawk]

why?i haven't yet install dxsdk
is that the problem?
thx

[Spintz]

what compiler are using?

you need to setup your library paths for your project

[clusterawk]

>spintz
i'm using vc++ 6
i have set up the path of 'lib' and 'include' by doing this:

tools > options > directories tab

i still get the error msg :

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Compiling Irrlicht with Visual Studio 6.0, support for DX9 is disabled.
Linking...
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file "Irrlicht.lib"
Error executing link.exe.

imo,because of the inexsistence of dxsdk?

[funxer]

A successful .vcproj looks like this within Notepad:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<VisualStudioProject
ProjectType="Visual C++"
Version="7.10"
Name="Test01"
SccProjectName=""
SccLocalPath="">
<Platforms>
<Platform
Name="Win32"/>
</Platforms>
<Configurations>
<Configuration
Name="Debug|Win32"
OutputDirectory=".\Debug"
IntermediateDirectory=".\Debug"
ConfigurationType="1"
UseOfMFC="0"
ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
CharacterSet="2">
<Tool
Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
Optimization="0"
AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\include"
PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
RuntimeLibrary="5"
UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\Debug/Test01.pch"
AssemblerListingLocation=".\Debug/"
ObjectFile=".\Debug/"
ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\Debug/"
WarningLevel="3"
SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
DebugInformationFormat="4"
CompileAs="0"/>
<Tool
Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCLinkerTool"
OutputFile="..\bin\Test01.exe"
LinkIncremental="1"
SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\lib\Win32-visualstudio"
GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
ProgramDatabaseFile=".\Debug/Test01.pdb"
SubSystem="1"
TargetMachine="1"/>
<Tool
Name="VCMIDLTool"
TypeLibraryName=".\Debug/Test01.tlb"
HeaderFileName=""/>
<Tool
Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
Culture="3079"/>
<Tool
Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
</Configuration>
<Configuration
Name="Release|Win32"
OutputDirectory=".\Release"
IntermediateDirectory=".\Release"
ConfigurationType="1"
UseOfMFC="0"
ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="FALSE"
CharacterSet="2">
<Tool
Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
Optimization="2"
InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\include"
PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
StringPooling="TRUE"
RuntimeLibrary="4"
EnableFunctionLevelLinking="TRUE"
UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
PrecompiledHeaderFile=".\Release/Test01.pch"
AssemblerListingLocation=".\Release/"
ObjectFile=".\Release/"
ProgramDataBaseFileName=".\Release/"
WarningLevel="3"
SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
CompileAs="0"/>
<Tool
Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCLinkerTool"
OutputFile="..\..\bin\Win32-VisualStudio\Test01.exe"
LinkIncremental="1"
SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\lib\Win32-visualstudio"
ProgramDatabaseFile=".\Release/Test01.pdb"
SubSystem="1"
TargetMachine="1"/>
<Tool
Name="VCMIDLTool"
TypeLibraryName=".\Release/Test01.tlb"
HeaderFileName=""/>
<Tool
Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
Culture="3079"/>
<Tool
Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
<Tool
Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
</Configuration>
</Configurations>
<References>
</References>
<Files>
<File
RelativePath=".\Test01.cpp">
</File>
</Files>
<Globals>
</Globals>
</VisualStudioProject>

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Notice these lines:
AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\include"

OutputFile="..\..\bin\Win32-VisualStudio\Test01.exe"


AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\..\lib\Win32-visualstudio"
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The Output file/ .exe needs to be in the same folder as Irrlicht.dll

[NatX]

I just got this one myself, If you pulled Irrlicht from SVN you did not get the .lib file. You need to dl the SDK from the project page or compile Irrlicht. I would recomend dl'ing the SDK.