Program crashes from Windows, not from IDE

[papiertig0r]

Hello,

so I was trying to program something in SFML 2.1 with Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express. I downloaded and linked the 32bit version correctly and it all works fine - from the IDE.

When I double click on the .exe in windows, the window opens (filled with white) and windows says: "The .exe has stopped working."

I don't get it, because all the .dlls are in place (I even tried both linking dynamically and statically) and it works just fine when started from the IDE

>_o many despairs, such helpless

main.cpp

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#include <SFML\Graphics.hpp>

#include "Map.h"

int main()
{
        sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(800,600), "Fo:E");

        sf::View view2(sf::Vector2f(400, 300), sf::Vector2f(800, 600));
       
       
    // create the tilemap from the level definition
        Map NewMap;

    if (!NewMap.load("graphics/hex.png", sf::Vector2u(128, 64), level, 16, 8)) return -1;
       

        //Game Loop
        while(window.isOpen()) {
                sf::Event Event;

                while(window.pollEvent(Event)) {
                        /* Do Keyboard Stuff*/
                }

                window.clear(sf::Color::Black);
                window.setView(view2);
                window.draw(NewMap);

                window.display();

        }
    return 0;
}

map.h

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#include <vector>
#include <SFML\Graphics.hpp>



class Map : public sf::Drawable, public sf::Transformable {

public:

    bool Map::load(const std::string& tileset, sf::Vector2u tileSize, const int* tiles, unsigned int width, unsigned int height);

private:

    virtual void Map::draw(sf::RenderTarget& target, sf::RenderStates states) const;

    sf::VertexArray m_vertices;
    sf::Texture m_tileset;
};

map.cpp is copied 1:1 from the SFML Tutorial for Designing your own Entitity with Vertex Shaders, Chapter Example Tile-Map (with two minor changes for supporting hexagonal tiles)
http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/2.1/graphics-vertex-array.php#example-tile-map

[Jesper Juhl]

Without a minimal (and complete) example of your code that exhibits the problem, how do you expect us to help you? By guessing and looking in our crystal balls?

[Nexus]

Indeed. Please read this thread carefully, in particular the post about minimal complete examples.

[papiertig0r]

ah silly me, I added the code in the Start post.

It is actually the SFML-Tutorial about vertices and views mashed together just for testing

[Jesper Juhl]

There's no way I'm going to read all of that now. That is certainly not a complete and minimal example of the problem (at least, I hope it is not).

[Nexus]

Read also the other posts in the thread I linked, such as "check basic stuff" and "give details". Seriously, read that thread carefully, it's annoying if we have to ask again and again just to see a meaningful problem description.

[papiertig0r]

the program works fine when started from the IDE so I just guessed it is not the code which is the problem - that's why I didn't add it in the first place.

I updated the code, it is much more minimal now.

[StormWingDelta]

In the Debug and Release directories where the .exe files are, are the sfml related files there too?  If not than there's your problem but if so than I got no clue.

[papiertig0r]

Can be closed.

the graphic in the release/graphics folder had the wrong size, whereas the graphic in the IDE had the right size.