Bad news first. All versions of the DirectX DevPak will remain offline. As we figured out the EULA refers to the redist runtime. But there is still the fact that changes within the SDK are not legal to distribute. For this case we are not going to gently caress with Microsoft, since I cannot afford problems now getting close to finish with our game engine.
So what? Is it legal to use Dev-cpp version of the irrlicht dll? And how to compile it without a devpak anyway?
In fact I like OGL more than DX anyway, but how to compile Irrlicht with MinGW without DX headers? (that's the n00b question i should be asking in the first place.) I tried this, but seems that I did something wrong. (will try to posyt more on a weekend.)
Nemesis wrote:No! I've become familiar with Dev C++ and now... But one thing... Can I compile my Direct X projects with Microsoft Visual C++ ( Please tell me yes !)
Of course, as long as you have the directX SDK installed (dx 9.0c, summer release is the one to go for).
Yes the DirectX Devpack is become illegal... But why?
What's I try to tell is if MS Visual C++ is's also free,why Dev C++ don't is allowed to compile with DirectX? Mah.Boh.Uff.Mhhh.
Microsoft's EULA has been like that for DX for a long time. I'm pretty sure it isn't something they just changed recently. It just so happens that someone took noticed of it and brought it to light.
Trident wrote:In fact I like OGL more than DX anyway, but how to compile Irrlicht with MinGW without DX headers? (that's the n00b question i should be asking in the first place.) I tried this, but seems that I did something wrong. (will try to posyt more on a weekend.)
Look in the IrrCompileConfig.h file and try commenting out
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