Errors when I compile any tutorial.

[TBleader]

When I run it gives me an error stating that I do not have the irrlicht.dll on my computer. I have the code that talks about the .lib. Please help.

[grumpymonkey]

that means you dont have irrlicht.dll -.-

try putting a copy of it in C:\Windows\system or in the directory of your program when you debug

[Luben]

try putting a copy of it in C:\Windows\system

This is bad! Never put stuff that dont belong there in the system folders. It'll just lead to hard-to-find bugs and generall wierdness in the end.

or in the directory of your program when you debug

This is a much better suggestion. In fact, keep the dll there even when you'r not debugging, and it'll work then too!

[TBleader]

Another problem I am now facing is, when I have anything load from the media folder (EG: "driver->getTexture("../../media/terrain-texture.jpg"));") it never loads it. Why is this? I put a copy of media in both debug and the man project folder. I tried adding the files to the solution. Nothing worked.

[Virion]

driver->getTexture("../../media/terrain-texture.jpg"));

try remove the ../../ since you put the whole media folder together with your app.

[TBleader]

It still cannot open the files.

[XFactor]

Put it into your bin directory or use an absolute path.

[Luben]

What does the directory structure of your project look like? And in what directory does your program execute?
example:

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main
  |-source
  |-gameroot [executes here]
  |-media
  |-??

[TBleader]

What does the directory structure of your project look like? And in what directory does your program execute?
example:

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main
  |-source
  |-gameroot [executes here]
  |-media
  |-??

It's

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Test (project name)
 |-Header Files
 |-media
 |-Resource Files (empty)
 |-Source Files
   -mainroot (Where the main code is)

Also I get the error

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Unhandled exception at 0x00a480f8 in Test.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000000.

when I run this code, I am assuming it has to due with not being able to find the files, but I cannot rule this out. I am only using the code from the tutorials.

[Scarabol]

Hi,

did you solved the Irrlicht.dll Error?
If not try this:
I always copy the .dll in my Projektname\Projektname\(place dll here) folder. Thats typical structure VC++ creates for my projects.

About Access violation, pls tell us the line and what code is in this line, and which tutorial do you exactly use?

MfG
Scarabol

[TBleader]

The line of code is

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		void setMaterialFlag(video::E_MATERIAL_FLAG flag, bool newvalue)
		{
//This Line			for (u32 i=0; i<getMaterialCount(); ++i)
				getMaterial(i).setFlag(flag, newvalue);
		}

And it is in the ISceneNode header file. The tutorial is the terrain rendering one. Also I fixed the .dll error by placing a copy in the debug folder.

[Scarabol]

Please check if this pointer is zero.

If yes pls post the previous line which calls setMaterialFlag.

Maybe you have an invalid Material?

Does console say anything like "Could not load..."

MfG
Scarabol

[Brainsaw]

For the scenery loading problem: depending on which IDE you use (I use Code::Blocks) the execution path of your executable might be set wrong. The Irrlicht template of Code::Blocks sets the initial execution directory (i.e. the "." directory for the executed program) to the Irrlicht folder you have chosen so that the example from the template can load all scenery. You could check the working directory with the "getWorkingDirectory" method of IFileSystem and print it to stdout so you know where you are.