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General / Re: SFML Install/1st App

« on: August 28, 2014, 05:52:13 pm »

Version 2.1 for mingw. I have codeblocks 13.12 MinGW. Though I don't know how to rebuild SFML with my compiler :/.

Does that mean you downloaded the "GCC 4.7 MinGW (DW2)" version and not the "GCC 4.7 TDM (SJLJ)" one?

codeblocks-13.12mingw-setup.exe <-- That is the exact file name of the binary I downloaded from codeblocks.org.

You can try this nightly build:
http://nightlybuilds.ch/files/download/93/SFML-TDM-471r2-32.7z
It should correspond to the default (non-4.8.1) version of GCC installed with Code::Blocks.

If that doesn't work, you can try this one (4.8.1):
http://nightlybuilds.ch/files/download/92/SFML-TDM-481r3-32.7z

If the second one also doesn't work, just learn to build SFML yourself. It isn't that hard .

It seems that your 1st suggestion for a nightly build here has worked and resolved my issue.  As far as recompiling SFML with cmake via the tutorial.  I tried on my own just to attempt.  I didn't quite understand the part where it states:

On Windows, if you want to use gcc (MinGW), you can temporarily add the MinGW\bin directory to the PATH and then run cmake from the command shell:
> set PATH=%PATH%;your_mingw_folder\bin
> cmake

I did try moving past that step even after opening my cmd prompt and typing in those commands.  It inevitably gave me an error as I wasn't fully aware of how or what I was supposed to be doing.  I understand the tutorial to people who have done the proper research is probably sound to them.  However a beginner such as myself is easily lost.  My advice on that is maybe a little more descriptive terms. 

This coming from a 'beginner' who has written a few command line apps in code blocks for C++.  An idea of how beginner I am.  I am currently working on Exceptions in the tutorial on C++ via CPlusPlus.com

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General / Re: SFML Install/1st App

« on: August 28, 2014, 04:21:22 am »

Version 2.1 for mingw. I have codeblocks 13.12 MinGW. Though I don't know how to rebuild SFML with my compiler :/. 

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General / SFML Install/1st App

« on: August 28, 2014, 02:20:45 am »

Okay so after many trials and tribulations of installing and uninstalling.  I finally came to an error of missing graphics-2.dll from my computer.  Easily solved by copying the sfml dll files to the exe directory of my app.  I know my code is correct because it is the code copied from the sfml 2.1 tutorial for setting up sfml.  The error I get now isn't in the forums anywhere from what I see.  Mind you this is my first sfml attempt at getting an actual on screen work in progress via the tutorial.  Anyway, onward to the error which is attached.