Development Platfrom

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:29 am

Hi all,

I am still working on achieving correct development platform for both engine modification and game development.

I have some "little" modifications which have to be implemented for my "game" development process.

Also i have a simple game project which will use irrlicht.

I am in the phase of "Setting up Development Platform". I am using Dev-C++ for my game development and engine modification.

But while recompiling irrlicht with Dev-C++, it seems that there is a problem with Dx9 and Dx8 compability. After solving this problem with several configuration and linking options, now my test project requires additional dll's (Dx Dll's) even if i choose opengl. Is it possible to solve this problem with another compiler like MSVC6 ?

Does anybody have a compiler or development platfrom recommendations ?

Thanks

genesisrage · Post by **genesisrage** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:59 am

yes there is a problem with DevC and DX... MSVC will work perfectly with no additional dll's other than irrlicht.dll (and the audiere.dll if you use sound)

i use CodeBlocks IDE with the MSVC 2003 Toolkit (technically can only be used for debug and testing purposes according to the license, but thats all im doing right now)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:27 am

genesisrage wrote:yes there is a problem with DevC and DX... MSVC will work perfectly with no additional dll's other than irrlicht.dll (and the audiere.dll if you use sound)

i use CodeBlocks IDE with the MSVC 2003 Toolkit (technically can only be used for debug and testing purposes according to the license, but thats all im doing right now)

Thank you for your reply ...

You are recommending MSVC for both engine modification and game development right ?

Or can i use MSVC and Dev-C++ together, one for engine modification and the other for game development ?

Now, i can compile engine and create irrlicht.dll.
I can compile my game with that new irrlicht.dll.
But i need additional dll's to execute my test project ...

From what i understand;

I can still compile irrlicht with Dev-C++.
But for preventing additional dll's to be added to my project, i have to use MSVC for game development ...

Thanks

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:33 am

Is it legal to distribute "d3dx81ab.dll" and "d3dx92ab.dll" files with project ?

Because after recompiling engine my project need these dll's ...

I am using Dev-C++ ...

Thanks