Mmm you need the DxError lib(what CLB said),
so it is
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pragma comment(lib, "DxErr9.lib")
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or
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pragma comment(lib, "DxErr.lib")
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or both

I cant say it for sure because i never used it.

Hope it will fix the remaining errors : )

Hey Jeffrey, I tried adding:

#pragma comment(lib, "DxErr9.lib")

This gives a popup during compilation saying:

"Debugging information for 'Building 9 - Project 1.exe' cannot be found or does not match...

...do you want to continue debugging?"

Choosing yes, starts the game.

I have a folder for XAnimator, the stuff we are using for animation, which contains it's own custom library. Is it the linking of the stuff here causing the problem?

I think this can help you out.

WOOO! Thanks to all you lovely people, our game now runs in release mode!

Mhagain, I have set up the libraries like you have said already, but that didn't work and I don't know why, so looks like it's staying with the #pragmas for now.

As an attempt for me to learn a bit more about the compiler options and whatnot, here are some things which are the same in debug and release. should they be?

• All of the VC++ options
• Linker > Additional library directories

in the C/C++ option list, under output files the following are different:

• ASM list location --> Debug: .\debug/ --> Release: $(IntDir)
• object file name --> Debug: .\debug/ --> Release:$(IntDir)
• Program database file name --> Debug: .\debug/ --> Release:$(IntDir)vc$(PlatformToolsetVersion).pdb

Would just like to thank everyone who contributed and spent their time trying to help a novice like myself