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I know some C, C++, Java, and IDL, but I am completely new to Direct3D and graphics in general. I picked up this book, Beginning Game Programming by Jonathan Harbour, which teaches game programming via C++ and Direct3D. I'm on the 5th Chapter,... |
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Posted October 6, 2005 10:32:48 PM
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thanks again, Harryu.
It's getting late here, so I need to head off to bed, but I'll give this a go in the morning and see if I can get it working.
It's really great that there's people like you out there willing to help out newbie programmers... |
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Posted October 6, 2005 11:35:47 PM
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help linking direct 3d library
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sorry, i suppose it's a bit difficult to read since the tabs didn't all translate over |
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Posted October 6, 2005 11:18:17 PM
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i still get the problem. If it helps, here's my entire code:
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//Beginning Game Programming
//Chapter 5
//d3d_windowed program
//header files to include
#include <windows.h>
#include <d3d9.h>
#include <time.h>
//... |
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Posted October 6, 2005 11:17:38 PM
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help linking direct 3d library
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hmm.. well I added d3dx9.lib to the project settings, and moved EVERY .lib file from the Microsoft DirectX library folder to the Visual C++ folder, and now I'm getting a slightly different error:
Quote:--------------------Configuration: winmain -... |
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Posted October 6, 2005 11:02:47 PM
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help linking direct 3d library
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:( I hate to be a pest, but after all the errors were cleaned up it compiled just fine. When I ran it, however, there were linking problems:
Quote:--------------------Configuration: winmain - Win32 Debug--------------------
Linking...
winmain.o... |
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Posted October 6, 2005 10:51:10 PM
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help linking direct 3d library
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ah, ok, so the Microsoft DirectX SDK has a folder called "Include." I copied all the files from there to the "Include" folder in the MS Visual C++ directory, and all worked (except the compile errors, but that's a different story!)
So thanks for t... |
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Posted October 6, 2005 10:46:40 PM
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help linking direct 3d library
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i will give that a try and let you know.
thanks |
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Posted October 6, 2005 10:40:47 PM
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