Why my compiles irrlicht.dll is biger???

katoun · Post by **katoun** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:56 pm

Hi,
I have compiled irrlicht0.9 myself with Visual C++ 2003 and my irrlicht.dll is 2.5MB where the one from the SDK is only 1.3MB .
An other problem all the examples compiled with the new dll work half slower.
How could I solv that problem?
Help please.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:47 pm

Your not by any chance compiling in bebug mode, if so change it to release. Although I'm not sure how to go about that using VC++2003.

If it's not that then I can't think of anything, well not off the top of my head.

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 4:35 am

The size of your dll depends on 3 things:

1.If you're compiling on debug or release mode (like Chris said)
2.Which code optimizations you're using. There are optimizations specific for filesize or perhaps you're including optimizations you might not need making your dll (and exes) bigger
3. How much modified your Irrlicht version is. The heavier the mods, the heavier the dll. Try compiling original Irrlicht in release mode and compare it to your modded version.

katoun · Post by **katoun** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 8:44 am

10X for your information, but

how do I compile in release mode in VC++ 2003?

bal · Post by **bal** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 10:14 am

Build -> Configuration Manager -> Change the combobox to Release instead of Debug.

katoun · Post by **katoun** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:34 am

10X all for your help.
I looked for the option and foud it.
It works great now.

I workin in VC++ for over 2 years and I didn't now that. It's killing me...
Anyway 10X angain.