Visual Studio 2012 and SFML 2.0

[Tegramon]

Hello

I am new to the windows platform. My quick question is, how do you install the SFML for the VS2012 running on windows 8?

[eXpl0it3r]

I am new to the windows platform. My quick question is, how do you install the SFML for the VS2012 running on windows 8?

The same way as it's explained in the official tutorials for Visual Studio.

Also note that you'll have to build SFML on your own with VS 2012 (or use my nightly builds).

[Tegramon]

The tutorial for building SFML is not really that complete. Any ideas?

[eXpl0it3r]

The tutorial for building SFML is not really that complete. Any ideas?

Why shouldn't it be complete?
What is missing in your opinion?

[Laurent]

The tutorial for building SFML is not really that complete. Any ideas?

Saying so without any detail won't help to improve the tutorials, or at least to tell you what you need...

[Tegramon]

Ok, well, my question is this.
Depending on which versino I decide to use.
Which would be more stable? I saw there are A LOT of tutorials for 1.6.
If I decide to build 1.6, where do I find the sources?
Also ... I need to have CMAKE installed right?

[eXpl0it3r]

Depending on which version I decide to use.
Which would be more stable?

Use SFML 2, because it's more stable and it's maintained. SFML 1.6 hasn't been touched for over 2 years, has many bugs (e.g. the very very bad ATI bug) and lacks a lot of nice features (VertexArray, RenderTexture, ...).

I saw there are A LOT of tutorials for 1.6.

Yes, SFML 2 doesn't have all the tutorials, but it's mostly quite easy to port the 1.6 ones to 2.0.

If I decide to build 1.6, where do I find the sources?
Also ... I need to have CMAKE installed right?

You'd find the source on GitHub in the branch sfml1 and no you wouldn't need CMake, since SFML 1.6 doesn't build with CMake. You'd need to convert the provided VS project file to VS2012 and hope that it works...

[Tegramon]

Ok, so if I decide to use SFML 2.0 (which I used on the mac for a simple pong game) do I need CMAKE? I installed it and trying to follow the steps in the tutorial using CMAKE GUI.

[Laurent]

There's a precompiled RC (release candidate) for SFML 2.0, so you don't need to compile it yourself.

[eXpl0it3r]

Ok, so if I decide to use SFML 2.0 (which I used on the mac for a simple pong game) do I need CMAKE? I installed it and trying to follow the steps in the tutorial using CMAKE GUI.

There's a precompiled RC (release candidate) for SFML 2.0, so you don't need to compile it yourself.

Wait if you're using VS 2012 then you have build it on your own with CMake (yes it's CMake not CMAKE).
Which is what we've been telling you all a long...

[Laurent]

Wait if you're using VS 2012 then you have build it on your own with CMake

Sorry, I didn't notice we were talking about VS2012

[timo777]

I am new to the windows platform. My quick question is, how do you install the SFML for the VS2012 running on windows 8?

The same way as it's explained in the official tutorials for Visual Studio.

Also note that you'll have to build SFML on your own with VS 2012 (or use my nightly builds).

Thank you for your nice nightly builds.

[eXpl0it3r]

Thank you for your nice nightly builds.

You're welcome!