irrlicht crashing on Dev C++

darkone · Post by **darkone** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:07 am

Hi

I am using irrlich on Dev C++ and I am getting some trouble.

I already runned some examples working, but it crashed twice here.

the 1st crash happen when i try to use DirectX 8 or 9. I put video::EDT_DIRECTX9 (or

in createDevice but it crashes. it works great with EDT_SOFTWARE or EDT_OPENGL.

the 2nd crash is happening when i try to run the 4th tutorial (http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/tut004.html). It is happening when i try to use (creating is ok) the IAnimatedMeshSceneNode object.

The problem in the tutorial 4 is happening in these lines:

anms->addAnimator(anim);
anim->drop();
anms->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_LIGHTING, false);
anms->setFrameLoop(320, 360);
anms->setAnimationSpeed(30);
anms->setRotation(core::vector3df(0,180.0f,0));
anms->setMaterialTexture(0, driver->getTexture("../../media/sydney.BMP"));

anms is the IAnimatedMeshSceneNode object. then i coment these lines the program work fine.

I am not getting any debug messages then it crashes.

Here are the versions im using:

- Dev C++ 4.9.9.2
- Windows XP
- irrlicht 0.12.0
- DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

Please help!!!

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:54 am

Why that part of tutorial 4 is crashing, I don't know.
I do know however, that the GCC version of the dll doesn't have directX.
A search of the faqs and tooltips forum will get you to a thread where recompiling the dll with directX is.

darkone · Post by **darkone** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:40 am

I found out that my model file sydney was defective. Strangely in gave no warning and just crashed the program. Now its working fine.

Thanks for the help.

zip · Post by **zip** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:16 pm

I have a very similar problem, any of the examples I compile myself will immediately exit if I choose DirectX, but they run on software.
Do I need to get the DirectX SDK to work with Irrlicht then?

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:02 pm

Only if you are using Dev-Cpp. You would have to recompile the dll for dX to work.
If you are using a windows compiler, "visual studio, and such" then you don't need to recompile.

zip · Post by **zip** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:43 pm

Would anyone care to release a directX enabled DLL for us Dev++ users?

zip · Post by **zip** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:43 am

Anyone? 170+ mb Direct X SDK on dialup = Pain.
Incidentally, /why/ does the Win32 GCC DLL in the irrlicht SDK not have Direct X?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:51 pm

Yeah man, why? Let us discuss the responsibilities of DevCpp and Irrlicht developpers until we are going to vomit. I really don't know why nobody has mercy. Maybe there is some money involved? I always have trouble with DevCpp and DX in Irrlicht. I wonder which one is the right DevPak. The huge one is out of reach for 56k users, so please something smaller.