Compile error, need help........

Snoopy · Post by **Snoopy** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 4:52 am

i am kind of a noob

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but when ever i try to compile the Hallo world program i get this error

1>main.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_?createDevice@irr@@YAPAVIrrlichtDevice@1@W4E_DRIVER_TYPE@video@1@ABV?$dimension2d@H@core@1@I_N22PAVIEventReceiver@1@PB_W@Z referenced in function _main
1>Debug\irrlicht23.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

it has something to do with this line

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IrrlichtDevice *device = createDevice(EDT_SOFTWARE, dimension2d<s32>(640, 480), 16, false, false, false, 0);

i am new to c++, i use Visual studio c++ 2005 express beta,

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 5:41 am

did you download the MS developer's sdk?

I'm not sure of it, but the last time I tried the 2005 express beta I had to add the dev sdk's "include" and "lib" folders for the program to compile properly.

Snoopy · Post by **Snoopy** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 7:45 am

i haven't download the MS developer's sdk,

but what is the best free compiler//

luckymutt · Post by **luckymutt** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 12:40 pm

the express beta is a bitch to get going. There's a recent thread around here on it.

A decent, free, easy to set up compiler would be Bloodshed's Dev-C++
http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html
grab the first one that includes the Mingw/GCC 3.4.2

In the Irrlicht example folders, there are dev-c++ project files included so if you just open one of those everything should be set up for you.
When it comes time to make your own app, there are a few threads about that tell you how to set up all of your paths.

Once you make an executable with this, you need to use the Irrlicht.dll found in the \irrlicht-0.10.0\bin\Win32-gcc folder.

-m

EDIT::
http://www.3dcentral.net/tutorial/irr-devcpp/

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:44 pm

If you download the SDK then you should give MSVC toolkit 2003(free)+Codeblocks a try.

you won't get into all the trouble of trying to get DevC++ to compile DX.

tut here:
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... 0834#40834

luckymutt · Post by **luckymutt** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 3:31 pm

I just checked out that thread and i think I'll give it a shot.
Just because of the DX issue.
Not to mention that Code::Blocks will allow you to do multiple projects (if that ever becomes an issue for you)
I've really been grooving on Dev-C++, but it sounds like its time to move up.

Snoopy · Post by **Snoopy** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:56 pm

thanks heaps for the help,

i will download MSVC toolkit 2003 + Codeblocks,