Thanks a bunch
DirectX SDK Help
Started by GameGuy, Dec 22 1999 06:38 PM
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#2 Anonymous Poster_Anonymous Poster_* Guests - Reputation:
Posted 19 December 1999 - 09:53 AM
Please Someone help me, I don't know how to install the directX 5 sdk to Visual C++ 6.0 and can't game program with directX without this info.
Thanks A Bunch
#3 Anonymous Poster_Anonymous Poster_* Guests - Reputation:
Posted 19 December 1999 - 10:33 AM
Geez!! Someone help me already! Its a dumb simple problem for you game programmers! Help a newbie out...
Thanks a bunch
#4 Members - Reputation: 144
Posted 19 December 1999 - 11:13 AM
You seem to be pretty impatient little man. As I always say... If you can't install the SDK then get out of the gaming business! (or something like that).
I will help you anyways. Click on setup.exe. Then read the documentation.
[This message has been edited by Gromit (edited December 19, 1999).]
#6 Anonymous Poster_Anonymous Poster_* Guests - Reputation:
Posted 19 December 1999 - 11:30 AM
The docs don't help much, I need to get it to work with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
#8 Anonymous Poster_Anonymous Poster_* Guests - Reputation:
Posted 19 December 1999 - 11:31 AM
Thanks A Bunch (forget the thing message I said before this)
#9 Anonymous Poster_Anonymous Poster_* Guests - Reputation:
Posted 19 December 1999 - 11:38 AM
How do you set the lib path? I lost my manual to Visual C++.
#11 Senior Staff - Reputation: 1354
Posted 19 December 1999 - 11:46 AM
In VC++ 6, go to Tools->Options, Directories Tab. You can set the various directories here, and change which type of directory (include, execution, library, source) with the pull down box titled "Show Directories for:". Just set the directories as needed. Ex: for the DX libs, c:\dxdirectory\lib or something like that.
Kevin
#12 Anonymous Poster_Anonymous Poster_* Guests - Reputation:
Posted 19 December 1999 - 11:53 AM
I am getting really frustrated. I set the right paths, installed the DirectX sdk and when I try to make a program, something wrong happens. It compiled fine, but when I tried to link it, I got a error message, it was
Prog10_1.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _DirectDrawCreate@12
Have you ever had this problem?
[This message has been edited by GameGuy (edited December 19, 1999).]
#16 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 21 December 1999 - 10:51 AM
All right already.
Add #define INITGUID above #include "stdafx.h" (if using MFC) and make sure you have dxguid.lib in the Object/library modules line in Project Settings->Link. I'm not sure what your programming, but if your not using MFC, stick #define INITGUID as the first line in your main.c or whatever. If this doesn't help, make sure your lib directory path is pointing to the location where the dx lib files are on your system as stated countless times in previous posts.
Add #define INITGUID above #include "stdafx.h" (if using MFC) and make sure you have dxguid.lib in the Object/library modules line in Project Settings->Link. I'm not sure what your programming, but if your not using MFC, stick #define INITGUID as the first line in your main.c or whatever. If this doesn't help, make sure your lib directory path is pointing to the location where the dx lib files are on your system as stated countless times in previous posts.
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--Shannon Schlomer, BLAZE Technologies, Inc.
#17 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 22 December 1999 - 06:38 PM
I shall express my thoughts in the form of a haiku...
You want to make games,
You can't even use VC,
Quit while you're ahead.
Or another:
If you want to code,
Learn how to use a linker,
It would help a lot.
NOTE: This is all in good humor, don't hate me. :]
