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General discussions / SFML 2.2 Visual Studio 2013 / 2015 Binaries + Template

« on: February 07, 2015, 06:03:52 am »

SFML 2.2 Visual Studio 2013 / 2015 Binaries + Template

After the success of my last post, I thought I would share again. It was time to rebuild after upgrading to Windows 10 and Visual Studio 2015, plus I needed to upgrade to SFML 2.2.

Links
VS 2013
VS 2015

I had to rebuild both jpeg and freetype before I could build SFML for VS 2015. Everything is working fine on my end but please let me know if something goes awry. I compiled using cmake-gui and nmake.

Instructions

• Download the zip archive and extract it. Inside the folder there will be a folder named SFML, a batch file named install_template.bat and another archive named SFML-TEMPLATE.zip.
• Copy the folder SFML to C:\SFML. If you want to use a different directory the template will not work.
• If you would like to use the Visual Studio template you can run install_template.bat. If you do not trust or simply do not want to use the batch file you can manually copy SFML-TEMPLATE.zip to "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio (2013 / 2015)\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual C++ Project".

I hope I was able to help! 

P.S. Special thanks to LanceJZ for showing me how to automatically include the dll files.

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Graphics / Unable to build SFML 2.2 graphics from source

« on: February 05, 2015, 04:35:41 am »

I keep trying to build SFML 2.2 from source and all the modules build except for graphics. I am running Windows 10 / VS2015. I tried building with nmake and from VS itself. I keep getting the following error:

freetype.lib(bdf.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _sprintf referenced in function __bdf_parse_properties
jpeg.lib(jerror.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _sprintf
jpeg.lib(jerror.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _fprintf referenced in function _output_message
jpeg.lib(jerror.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol ___iob_func referenced in function _output_message
jpeg.lib(jmemmgr.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _sscanf referenced in function _jinit_memory_mgr

C:\Users\Robert\Desktop\build\lib\Debug\sfml-graphics-d-2.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals

Also I am trying to build the dynamic libraries, not static.

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Network / Receiving enum via sf::Packet

« on: November 28, 2013, 05:37:08 am »

I have my packets set up so that the first thing I send in them is a header. My headers are stored in an enum, like so:

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enum networkHeaders {PlayerMove, ClientDisconnect, Test};
I can send the packet just fine, like so:

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outgoingPacket << header
But I cannot receive the packet, like so:

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incomingPacket >> header
Also this is my header variable:

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networkHeaders header;
I would appreciate some help here, I tried searching the forums. Enums and networking are new concepts to me but I'm eager to learn. Thanks in advance.

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General discussions / SFML 2.1 Visual Studio 2013 Binaries + Template

« on: November 13, 2013, 04:04:23 am »

SFML 2.1 Visual Studio 2013 Binaries + Template

I just compiled the binaries on my machine and I figured I would share them.

Link: (Binaries) http://www.mediafire.com/download/utc43i4zaptur3e/SFML.zip
(Template) http://www.mediafire.com/download/1r3818e8k7sgn0u/SFML-template.zip

I compiled using CMake and then NMake. Everything works fine on my end, if you run into errors let me know.

Instructions:

• Download the files
• Extract SFML.zip to C:\SFML\
• Copy SFML-template.zip to C:\Users\%user%\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Templates\ProjectTemplates\
• Create a new SFML project
• Copy "sfml-audio-d-2.dll", "sfml-graphics-d-2.dll", "sfml-network-d-2.dll", "sfml-system-d-2.dll", "sfml-window-d-2.dll" to C:\Users\%user%\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\%project%\Debug\
• Copy "sfml-audio-2.dll", "sfml-graphics-2.dll", "sfml-network-2.dll", "sfml-system-2.dll", "sfml-window-2.dll" to C:\Users\%user%\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\%project%\Release\

Again, let me know if you run into any issues. I hope I was able to help! By the way, I'm running VS Express 2013 for Desktop if it matters.

Edit: If anyone knows how to automatically copy the .dll files as part of the template, please instruct me on how to do so.