SFML 2.0 Font Load Bug?

[MetalCoder]

Hello,

I am having trouble whenver I try to load a font. When I goto load the font, the program shows a bunch of text in the console window, then crashes. However when I compile it without a font, it builds and runs normally.

game.h

        Font GameFont;

game.cpp

        if(!GameFont.loadFromFile("sansation.ttf"))
        {
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }

Not sure what the problem. Sorry if I posted in the wrong section. I'm using SFML 2.0, Visual Studio 2012 Express. Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate. Nvidia Graphics card 8600M GT. It says the program exits with a code of 0x1

[Raphman]

is that font file in the same directory as your sln?

[eXpl0it3r]

the program shows a bunch of text in the console window

Don't you think, that this "bunch" of text could be useful/important?

You should never use exit(), since this will exit the application uncleanly, which might lead to crashes.

I'd guess that the font doesn't get loaded properly.

[MetalCoder]

It says failed to load font "sansation.ttf" (failed to create the font face). I have the font in the .exe directory of the project. Do I need the full path for it to find the font file?

[Raphman]

Well, when I load my font files, I do use a relative path from the .exe. you could try doing "./sansation.ttf".

[eXpl0it3r]

I have the font in the .exe directory of the project.

The exe will search for the TTF in the working directory, which in VS is by default where the project file is located. So put your font next to your project file and it should get loaded.

[Raphman]

Or you could set the working directory to your .exe directory, but yeah, doing what eXpl0it3er said is a better solution.

Also I meant project, not sln. I do that all the time ><;

[MetalCoder]

Thanks for the help. I moved it into the Project folder, and now it works.