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[hetra]

Hello all,

I've decided to use the Irrlicht Engine for my indie game and have just started today.

However, while following the first tutorial, I ran into some linker issues. It can't find irrlicht.dll to run the application. It compiles completely and no errors or warnings.

I have linked to irrlicht.lib and irrlicht.h in Visual C++ 2010 Express.

For Library Dirrectories I have set it to C:\SDK's\irrlicht\1.7.2\irrlicht-1.7.2\lib\Win32-visualstudio (where irrlicht.lib is contained) and for Include Directories I have C:\SDK's\irrlicht\1.7.2\irrlicht-1.7.2\include (where irrlicht.h is and all of the other header files).

I hope I've been clear enough so inform me if I haven't in your opinion.

Thanks,

[Alexander]

I believe Microsoft uses .lib for static linking, not dynamic linking and your project probably is set to link dynamically. If you set that up correctly, for static linking it is said to place this before your inclusion of irrlicht.h:

#define _IRR_STATIC_LIB_

[hetra]

I tried that, it still can't find it. Have I done it correctly?

#define _IRR_STATIC_LIB_

#include <irrlicht.h>

//#include <d3d9.h>

//Namespace for Irrlicht Engine.

using namespace irr;

using namespace core;

using namespace scene;

using namespace video;

using namespace io;

using namespace gui;

//Kill console window upon startup.

#ifdef _IRR_WINDOWS_

#pragma comment(lib, "Irrlicht.lib")

#pragma comment(lib, "d3d9.lib") 

#pragma comment(linker, "/subsystem:windows /ENTRY:mainCRTStartup")

#endif

[Alexander]

Ah, it claims that it required the DLL anyway, I am not so familiar with MSVC so I am not sure why it will not just compile statically.

You may have to follow the instructions to get the DLL, and place it in the current working directory or system32.

[hetra]

It compiles and runs! Thank you for pointing that out. I just moved Irrlicht.dll into system32 directory.

[Flying Dutchman]

When redistributing your game you'll have to provide that dll for end user, keep that in mind.

[hetra]

Yes I realised that. But where would I put it on their computer? In the same place?

[Alexander]

Hunter100 said:

Yes I realised that. But where would I put it on their computer? In the same place?

It could be in the working directory as well, I am sure there are some simple ways to include it with your package, I've no experience with that game library though.