[SOLVED] Error Compiling With IrrPhysX- JP Stay Cool

[IrrNoob]

I couldn't get SPE to work with Irrlicht, so I decided to try IrrPhysX the PhysX wrapper. But I get this error when trying to compile the MeshExample:

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error LNK1181: cannot open input file '../../../../irrlicht-1.4.2/lib/win32-visualstudio/irrlicht.lib'

Well, I added

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#pragma comment(lib, "Irrlicht.lib")

but I still get the error. I have set up my compiler to locate Irrlicht 1.4.2/lib/win32... and to located the proper PhysX directories, but it still won't compile. My compiler is MSVC 2008, if anyone can take a sec to let me know the issue.

[rogerborg]

I have set up my compiler to locate Irrlicht 1.4.2/lib/win32

Your compiler thinks otherwise. I'd check those paths again.

[IrrNoob]

I'm not saying you're wrong Rogerborg, But I have the linker set to

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C:\lib\irrlicht-1.4.2\irrlicht-1.4.2\lib\Win32-visualstudio

which is where the irrlicht lib is located, I've checked and rechecked.

[Dark_Kilauea]

C:\lib\irrlicht-1.4.2\irrlicht-1.4.2\lib\Win32-visualstudio

Wait, you have two folders in a row called "irrlicht-1.4.2" ?

[IrrNoob]

yeah, its the way I extracted the compressed Irrlicht sdk file, it shouldn't effect the compilation though. This happens on none of my projects and their setup the same way.

[JP]

Don't you have to tell it the actual lib in that path too? That's how i always do it... Not sure where those pragma comments work, it's either just GCC or just MSVC...

[IrrNoob]

Yeah usually they do work on MSVC 2008, but I'll try it that way.

[rogerborg]

I'm not saying you're wrong Rogerborg,

Well, I'm not saying you're wrong either. I'm quoting your compiler.

I'm puzzled as to where this path is coming from: "../../../../irrlicht-1.4.2/lib/win32-visualstudio/irrlicht.lib". Since you were getting that before you added the pragma, I'd guess that you've actually got that path in your project options, e.g. under:

Properties -> Configuration Properties -> Linker -> Input -> Additional Dependencies.

[JP]

The /../../blahblah thing looks like what i put into the project to link to where my irrlicht installation is... so maybe it's not been changed at all or been changed in the wrong place...

[rogerborg]

You put a path into IrrPhysX?



I think we have a winner!

[IrrNoob]

lol, well, he put the paths of the project's additional dependencies into the "additional dependencies" path, so yes he did. Usually that field is left blank, but I see why he did it, because the MeshExample sample uses three or four .lib dependencies. I fixed it and its compiling properly now, thanks everyone.