VC++ Compile Error, version of DirectX SDK too new?

[cm3rt]

Okay so when trying to compile the VC++ Irrlicht 9.0 project, I get the following errors.

1>c:\users\joe\desktop\irrlicht-1.4.2\irrlicht-1.4.2\source\irrlicht\CD3D8Driver.h(25) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'd3d8.h': No such file or directory



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1>c:\users\joe\desktop\irrlicht-1.4.2\irrlicht-1.4.2\source\irrlicht\CD3D9ShaderMaterialRenderer.h(13) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'd3dx9shader.h': No such file or directory

I know that I should have a directory for these missing files where the DirectX SDK is; and I do. The problem is, I have a file named 'd3d9.h', which is obviously an updated version of 'd3d8.h'. I also have the file named 'd3d10shader.h' which has to be an updated version of 'd3dx9shader.h'. Looking in the directory, a lot of the files are version 10 or 9, unlike what the source asks for. I do not have the files anywhere else that I can find.

What can I do to successfully compile Irrlicht?

[vitek]

Yeah, it sounds like you have the DX10 SDK, and you probably want the DX9 SDK. Microsoft hosts many versions of the SDK, so you have to be sure to get the right one. I believe that this one should work.

Travis

[rogerborg]

1>c:\users\joe\desktop\irrlicht-1.4.2\irrlicht-1.4.2\source\irrlicht\CD3D8Driver.h(25) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'd3d8.h': No such file or directory

In addition, the D3D8 driver should be compiled out of 1.4.2 by default.

In your SDK include directory, there's a file called IrrCompileConfig.h. Unless you actually want support for the D3D8 driver[1] this line should be commented out:

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//#define _IRR_COMPILE_WITH_DIRECT3D_8_

[1] And if you want D3D8 support, you'll have to get an even older version of the DXSDK, since Microsoft have deliberately removed support for D3D8. Issues with this should be directed to Steve Ballmer:

[vitek]

I believe that the DX 9.0c SDK (linked above) includes the DX8 headers, so you can build with DX8 if you want.

Travis

[rogerborg]

I believe that the DX 9.0c SDK (linked above) includes the DX8 headers, so you can build with DX8 if you want.

August 2005 doesn't have the headers.

Summer 2004 is the most recent DXSDK that I can find that has them.

Amusingly enough, Googling for those headers seems to throw up a lot of Irrlicht hits. I guess Irrlicht is one of the few D3D8 holdouts.