I've followed the Visual Studio setup. Intellisense is picking up the libraries but I have 15 unresolved externals (link errors) in the error list.
Just to go over what I've done...
* Downloaded the 32 bit sfml package for windows
* Copied the sfml files to G:\Tools\SFML-3.0.0\
* Set C++ Language Standard = Cpp17
* Set C++ / General / Additional Include Directories = G:\Tools\SFML-3.0.0\include
* Set Linker / General / Additional Library Directories = G:\Tools\SFML-3.0.0\lib
* Set Linker / Input / Additional Dependencies (Debug) = sfml-system-d.lib;sfml-graphics-d.lib;sfml-audio-d.lib;sfml-network-d.lib;sfml-window-d.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)
* Set Linker / Input / Additional Dependencies (Release) = sfml-system.lib;sfml-graphics.lib;sfml-audio.lib;sfml-network.lib;sfml-window.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)
* Copied sfml-audio-3.dll, sfml-audio-d-3.dll, etc to <soln>/x64/Debug
I get the following errors...
unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: bool __cdecl sf::WindowBase::isOpen(void)const " (__imp_?isOpen@WindowBase@sf@@QEBA_NXZ) referenced in function main
unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: class std::optional<class sf::Event> __cdecl sf::WindowBase::pollEvent(void)" (__imp_?pollEvent@WindowBase@sf@@QEAA?AV?$optional@VEvent@sf@@@std@@XZ) referenced in function main
unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: static struct sf::RenderStates const sf::RenderStates::Default" (__imp_?Default@RenderStates@sf@@2U12@B) referenced in function main
unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: virtual void __cdecl sf::Window::close(void)" (__imp_?close@Window@sf@@UEAAXXZ) referenced in function main
unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: virtual __cdecl sf::CircleShape::~CircleShape(void)" (__imp_??1CircleShape@sf@@UEAA@XZ) referenced in function main
etc
Just some extra info, if I change the build to target x86 I get squiggles under everything.
I've also tried the 64 bit sfml files to match up with the target architecture, but it's the same linker issue.
Regarding the tutorial page - it says nothing about the architecture, maybe the author assumes we should know if 32 bit applications can run on x64 - sound right to me. Another thing, at the end of the tutorial it says...
'don't forget to copy the SFML DLLs to same directory as your compiled executable' - why would we forget if we never even thought of it?! After all, didn't I just copy sfml to my dev drive and link to it. And at the start of the tutorial it says...
'You can then unpack the SFML archive wherever you like. Copying headers and libraries to your installation of Visual Studio is not recommended, it's better to keep libraries in their own separate location' - I guess they don't mean the dll's as well - though it doesn't say anything about that.
Release build works, but debug build doesn't.
