Please help with sprites

[Aquacalvin]

Hello everyone! I have made a few really simple games like a pong clone with SFML, but I am ready for something more exciting. I have been trying to use sprites (as in pictures not sf::circleShape etc.). I follow the proper code and even put the image in the right folder, but when I run the code something weird happens. The console window quickly displays all kinds of ASCII images, and the SFML window does nothing. Suddenly, the windows close and a window comes up. It says something about errors with the memory address. I am lost and really want to continue with SFML. Please help me!

[zsbzsb]

Sounds like the standard problem of incorrect linking. Make sure you are using the same compiler that SFML was compiled with and that you aren't mixing debug/release builds. 

[Aquacalvin]

I am running the program in debug mode. Do I need to run it in Release mode? Also, I did not compile SFML with cMake (or something like it).

[Nexus]

Please use the forum search, this problem appears roughly every week. The problem is always the same: people don't recompile SFML for their compiler, they mix different compiler versions or Release/Debug mode.

If you follow the CMake tutorial carefully and make sure you don't mix configurations, then everything will work fine.