Visual Studio 2008 Project Setup
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After a successful Delta3D-buildwith Visual Studio 2008 you are ready to create a new project!
Note: you may wish to use the Delta3D Visual Studio Project Wizards, to automate the process of creating a new project.
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1. Create an empty project
2. General Properties
Right click the project in the solution explorer and go to the Properties (Property Pages)
In the General-section you can define the Output Directory and Intermediate Directory.
- Output Directory: location where the binaries will be placed
- Intermediate Directory: location where .obj and other files are placed that are needed for compiling/building. (I always place this directory to a different location to keep the output directory clean.)
If you edit this values with the help of the <Edit>... -dialog (in dropdown-menu) you can take advantage of the many path- and name-makros that VisualStudio provides.
3. C/C++ Properties
Important: To enter these pages you have to add an C/C++-file to your project first!
Set the Additional Include Directories:
- Add "$(DELTA_INC)".
- If you have OSG located outside the Delta3D-Root add sth. like "$(OSG_ROOT)\include" or where ever your OSG-includes are placed.
( $(NAME) is replaced with the value of the related environment-variable )
Now, every time you use "include <XXX>" (with brakets instead of quotes) the compiler searches the Additional Include Directories automatically and you don't have to add the full paths. E.g. you can use "#include <dtCore/Globals.h>" instead of "#include "C:\Programs\Delta3D\include\dtCore\globals.h" ".
Set Preprocessor Definitions:
- Add "WIN32" to Release and Debug configuration
- Add "_DEBUG" to Debug configuration (e.g. use "#ifdef(_DEBUG) ... #endif" in code to distinguish a Debug-build)
4. Linker Properties
Set Additional Library Directories:
- Add "$(DELTA_LIB)".
- If you have OSG located outside the Delta3D-Root add sth. like "$(OSG_ROOT)\lib" or where ever your OSG-libraries are placed.
Again, be sure that there are no quotes around those environment-entries.
Set Additional Dependencies:
- Add the Delta3D and OSG libraries your are using.
- "dtCored.lib dtUtild.lib dtABCd.lib dtGamed.lib dtDALd.lib dtActorsd.lib osgd.lib osgDBd.lib" is always a good start ;-)
Note: If you distributing your application on a PC without Delta3D installed, you have to copy the related dll for each lib in your Output Directory
5. Copy Configurations
Copy all values (expect "_DEBUG" in Preprocessor Definitions) to the Relase-configuration and everything should be fine
