Configure Dev-C++ for irrlicht-1.6

Bluelight · Post by **Bluelight** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:45 pm

Ok.. I wanna make a game in OpenGL to run crossplatform..
I'm totally n00b when it comes to coding and I'm doing the tutorial found here: http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/tut_devcpp.html

I have downloaded irrlicht-1.6, but it don't have any lib files for Dev-C++..

Is it possible to do exactly the same coding with MS Visual C++ Express as in Dev-C++?

I don't want a lot of MS stuff mixed in my programs.. So if that happens with MS Visual C++ Express, then please tell me how I can compile the lib files I need for Dev-C++..

bitplane · Post by **bitplane** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:47 pm

Dev-C++ hasn't been under active development for a while now, most people use CodeBlocks for Win32-gcc stuff nowadays. We still have a Dev-C++ project file though, just find it in the source/Irrlicht directory, double click on it and press the run button!

Bluelight · Post by **Bluelight** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:04 pm

Ok.. Then they need to make new tutorials.. The Dev-C++ one is absolutely out of date..

I will need help on how to configure CodeBlocks for irrlicht-1.6 so I can run the other tutorials..

bitplane · Post by **bitplane** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:08 pm

There's no configuration involved, you just double click the project files. We should probably delete the tutorials.

Bluelight · Post by **Bluelight** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:35 pm

Cool!

But don't I have to point to the irrlicht-1.6 directory or something?
And now I have another problem..

Why can't I compile this (I get errors):
http://infernusweb.net/hosting/BlueLight/Test.c

It's a simple C program.. It worked in Dev-C++..

Edit: I changed void to int, but I still get errors..
http://irrlichtirc.g0dsoft.com/pastebin/1759

bitplane · Post by **bitplane** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:32 pm

For the void* to char* conversion, you don't cast to char*.
getch was never ANSI C, it's a compiler extension and isn't available everywhere.