Hey there, im kinda new to the forums so cut me some slack :D.
I have been coding in other languages (Python, Lua, to name a few) for about 3 years now, and i read a university grade book on Win32 Console apps. I decided to read the tutorial at www.directxtutorial.com and see if i could get a bit of know how on the subject of Direct X, and game design.
I downloaded MSVS Express 2008 (was using 2005, maybe that could be a problem?) and the DirectX SDK. All of the other examples (the Win32 ones from that site) have been working, however, when i try the FIRST DirectX one, it fails on the 3rd line
#include <windows.h>
#include <windowsx.h>
#include <d3d10.h>
#include <d3dx10.h>
#pragma comment (lib, "d3d10.lib")
#pragma comment (lib, "d3dx10.lib")
ID3D10Device* device;
ID3D10RenderTargetView* rtv;
IDXGISwapChain* swapchain;
void initD3D(HWND hWnd);
void render_frame(void);
void cleanD3D(void);
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
HWND hWnd;
WNDCLASSEX wc;
ZeroMemory(&wc, sizeof(WNDCLASSEX));
wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
wc.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
wc.lpfnWndProc = WindowProc;
wc.hInstance = hInstance;
wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)COLOR_WINDOW;
wc.lpszClassName = L"WindowClass";
RegisterClassEx(&wc);
hWnd = CreateWindowEx(NULL,
L"WindowClass",
L"Our First Direct3D Program",
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
300, 300,
800, 600,
NULL,
NULL,
hInstance,
NULL);
ShowWindow(hWnd, nCmdShow);
initD3D(hWnd);
MSG msg;
while(TRUE)
{
if(PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
{
TranslateMessage(&msg);
DispatchMessage(&msg);
if(msg.message == WM_QUIT)
break;
}
render_frame();
}
cleanD3D();
return msg.wParam;
}
LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch(message)
{
case WM_DESTROY:
{
PostQuitMessage(0);
return 0;
} break;
}
return DefWindowProc (hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}
void initD3D(HWND hWnd)
{
DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC scd;
ZeroMemory(&scd, sizeof(DXGI_SWAP_CHAIN_DESC));
scd.BufferCount = 1;
scd.BufferDesc.Format = DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM;
scd.BufferUsage = DXGI_USAGE_RENDER_TARGET_OUTPUT;
scd.OutputWindow = hWnd;
scd.SampleDesc.Count = 1;
scd.SampleDesc.Quality = 0;
scd.Windowed = TRUE;
D3D10CreateDeviceAndSwapChain(NULL,
D3D10_DRIVER_TYPE_HARDWARE,
NULL,
0,
D3D10_SDK_VERSION,
&scd,
&swapchain,
&device);
ID3D10Texture2D* pBackBuffer;
swapchain->GetBuffer(0, __uuidof(ID3D10Texture2D), (LPVOID*)&pBackBuffer);
device->CreateRenderTargetView(pBackBuffer, NULL, &rtv);
pBackBuffer->Release();
device->OMSetRenderTargets(1, &rtv, NULL);
D3D10_VIEWPORT viewport;
ZeroMemory(&viewport, sizeof(D3D10_VIEWPORT));
viewport.TopLeftX = 0;
viewport.TopLeftY = 0;
viewport.Width = 800;
viewport.Height = 600;
device->RSSetViewports(1, &viewport);
}
void render_frame(void)
{
device->ClearRenderTargetView(rtv, D3DXCOLOR(0.0f, 0.2f, 0.4f, 1.0f));
swapchain->Present(0, 0);
}
void cleanD3D(void)
{
swapchain->Release();
rtv->Release();
device->Release();
}
It did have comments, but i took them out because its may have been part of the 'payed tutorial' and id rather not get in trouble. When i try and compile, i get this error
1>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'd3dx10.lib'
I did include the Library folder, and the Header folder from the DirectX SDK, but maybe i did it wrong? I am so confused right now. And yes i did a search, but got nothing out of it :(
