Running Irrlicht

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In this ReadMe we will go over how to run Irrlicht in Visual Studio.

Start the following playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTNloEvRsfw

Pour yourself a fine brew, get comfy, and lets get started!

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First thing is first, you will need to download Irrlicht from the following SDK 1.8.5 and unzip it, or clone the repository to your machine: https://irrlicht.sourceforge.io/?page_id=10

Next, we will install Visual Studio 2022, this IDE is best for large projects in C++: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/features/cplusplus/

Once installed you can open the Irrlicht folder in Visual Studio.

You can ignore CMakeList.txt popup when first opening the project by selecting "Do not enable".

This is the complete Irrlicht source project.

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Now Create a new project by navigating to the Irrlicht folder on your machine:

C:\Users<username>\Documents\GameDev\irrlicht-1.8.5\irrlicht-1.8.5\examples\01.HelloWorld\HelloWorld_vc12.vcxproj

Right click on "HelloWorld_vc12.vcxproj" and open it in Visual Studio 2022. This is the Hello World example file we will run to make sure that irrlicht is working on your machine.

Once the file is open in Visual Studio it should look like this:

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For running the project select "Build" and then "Build 01.HelloWorld" from the top options.

After the project successfully builds, then go to the "Debug" option and select "Start Without Debugging"

If you encounter an error in the Debug mentioning Windows 7 follow these steps:

• Right click the root directory go to properties and change the Platform Toolset to Visual Studio 2022 (v143)

After the changes restart Visual Studio and build and start the project and you should see the following arcane sprite!

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