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Help => General => Topic started by: Crowley723 on February 14, 2019, 08:03:57 am

Title: [SOLVED]Getting LNK2001 Error
Post by: Crowley723 on February 14, 2019, 08:03:57 am

When Attempting to build and run the test program:

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#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>

int main()
{
   sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(200, 200), "SFML works!");
   sf::CircleShape shape(100.f);
   shape.setFillColor(sf::Color::Green);

   while (window.isOpen())
   {
      sf::Event event;
      while (window.pollEvent(event))
      {
         if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
            window.close();
      }

      window.clear();
      window.draw(shape);
      window.display();
   }

   return 0;
}

I get this Error:

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1>------ Build started: Project: Attempting To Make a Game, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1>Source.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class sf::RenderStates const sf::RenderStates::Default" (?Default@RenderStates@sf@@2V12@B)
1>Source.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "public: static class sf::Color const sf::Color::Green" (?Green@Color@sf@@2V12@B)
1>C:\Users\littl\source\repos\Attempting To Make a Game\Debug\Attempting To Make a Game.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 2 unresolved externals
1>Done building project "Attempting To Make a Game.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

If I could get some help that would really be useful.

My computer specs if that helps :

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Windows 10 Pro
AMD BLACK FX-6350@4.27GHz
Asus M5A99
16GB DDR3 Patriot RAM
GTX 1070 6GB
EVGA 650+ Gold
Samsung 1TB 7200RPM
Samsung EVO 250GB Sata3
WD 250GB

I believe I am using version SFML 2.5.1 x64 on VS2017-V15.8.9
Let me know if there is anything else I can grab that would help more.

Title: Re: Getting LNK2001 Error
Post by: eXpl0it3r on February 14, 2019, 08:35:56 am

Sounds like you defined SFML_STATIC but are linking SFML dynamically.

Title: Re: Getting LNK2001 Error
Post by: Crowley723 on February 14, 2019, 08:39:25 am

Okay, so I removed the SFML_STATIC; now im getting an error about sfml-window-2.dll was not found. How would  I go about fixing that? just declare it with the others?

Title: Re: Getting LNK2001 Error
Post by: eXpl0it3r on February 14, 2019, 08:42:15 am

You copy the DLL next to your executable, as described in the official tutorial (https://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.5/start-vc.php). ;)

Title: Re: Getting LNK2001 Error
Post by: Crowley723 on February 14, 2019, 08:51:26 am

Whoops! I may have missed that small snippet. Thanks for the help!