running demos and weird irrlicht.dll errors

thcrazyg · Post by **thcrazyg** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 10:59 pm

Just downloaded irrlicht and wanted to run some of the demos. . . .

I get a strange error message that goes like this:

Entry Point Not Found
?createDevice@irr@@YAPAVIrrlichtDevice@1@W4EDriverType@video@1@ABV?$dimension2d@H@core@1@I_N2PAVIE ventReceiver@1@@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library Irrlicht.dll

..help please!

DarkWhoppy · Post by **DarkWhoppy** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 12:00 am

Do ya have the Irrlicht.DLL in your /Windows/System folder or in the folder of the EXE?

corban · Post by **corban** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 12:13 am

i think if the dll is not found, windows reports that, but i'm not sure. to me it seems you do not have directx 8. either get directx 8 or search for DT_DIRECTX8 in the demofiles (cpp) and replace that with DT_OPENGL or DT_SOFTWARE and compile them.

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corban

DarkWhoppy · Post by **DarkWhoppy** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 2:23 am

Maybe you need that dxd3d8.DLL or somethin... (the DirectX8 DLL for Dev-C++) I'm not positive...

Robomaniac · Post by **Robomaniac** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 2:27 am

make sure you have the right Irrlicht.dll for the version in your system32 folder. I had this same error and i just needed to update the dll.

--The Robomaniac

[dx/x]=HUNT3R · Post by **[dx/x]=HUNT3R** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:58 am

also make sure you are using the correct irrlicht.dll for your compiler, VC6 and dev C++ have different .dll's

thecrazyg · Post by **thecrazyg** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 5:02 am

...well i have DX9..
im trying to run the pre-compiled demos. . the quake3 map one in particular..
irrlicht.dll is in the same directory and i know this isn't the problem because if i remove it from the directory it says 'couldn't find blablablablabla"
I downloaded irrlicht 4.1 precompiled and all so how do i know if i have the correct version of irrlicht.dll?

niko · Post by **niko** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 7:50 am

Well, you really use the wrong .dll. Maybe you are using VisualStudio and taking the Dev-Cpp .dll, or other way round.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Nov 29, 2003 4:40 pm

i had the same problem in the beginning.

choose the right dll according to your environment and it will mork probably