DieHard Wolfers

[AlumiuN]

That looks like you're not linking it with SDL_mixer. Make sure that it's listed as one of the libraries in Project > Build Options > Linker Settings (make sure you select the base project on the left panel of that dialog, not "default" or any other options).

[steve_t]

Hi, AlumiuN, thanks for replying, I noticed that you were right, the path was leading to nowhere in the Build options>Linker, but I get the same thing after I link it properly (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9hcLtBSBwGpWEplUkY0SW80RFE), I also linked everything as in tutorial in the Build Options>search directories>linker&compiler

[AlumiuN]

Try just putting it in as "SDL_mixer" (without the quotation marks) rather than the full path.

[steve_t]

Nope, same thing, same errors as before

[AlumiuN]

Hmm, odd. Can you show me what the search directories for the linker look like?

[Barry]

Try using this version of the code.

https://github.com/AlumiuN/Wolf4SDL

When I was setting it up, I believe I originally downloaded it from that sourceforge site and had all kinds of weird things happening.

[steve_t]

Hi again, I have tried that version, same errors, here is a screenshot of the linker in build options>search directories.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9hcLtBSBwGpMldWMDc0THUyeDA

[AlumiuN]

Try changing those paths to absolute ones (i.e. C:\Program Files etc.) rather than relative ones.

[Falcon*93]

Pretty sure I followed the instructions but Codeblocks says SDL.H is missing.

||=== Build: default in Wolf4SDL (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler) ===|
C:\Falcon93 Studios\Wolf4SDL\wolf4sdl-master\wl_def.h|21|fatal error: SDL.h: No such file or directory|
||=== Build failed: 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 0 second(s)) ===|


This compiler just declared war.

[AlumiuN]

That means that the search directory in the project settings is wrong. Go into Project > Build Options, then look for the "Search directories" tab (if it has nothing in it, change the selection on the left-hand side to the top-most entry). Then change the entry to wherever you put the SDL files.

[Falcon*93]

AlumiuN wrote:

change the selection on the left-hand side to the top-most entry). Then change the entry to wherever you put the SDL files.

Not quite sure what you mean specifically.

Do you mean the Include and Lib directories that I was supposed to copy files into. I did that like in the instructions.

Also I'm not even sure which files I was supposed to download.
My OS is 64 bit so I downloaded what I thought was the SDL & SDL mixer Dev with MinGW.

Could I get some clarity on which files I need. Those links have a ton of files on them.

The ones I downloaded do not seem to be the ones described.

[AlumiuN]

It sounds like you downloaded the right files; what you need from inside those is the "include" and "lib" directories. The "include" directories should contain .h files, the "lib" directories probably contain .dll and .a files. Once you've done that, follow the "Configuring SDL & SDL Mixer with the Wolf4SDL Code::Blocks project file" section and it should work.

EDIT: Also, if you're not already, I recommend using the updated source code from here, it contains a number of bug fixes.

[Falcon*93]

The mixer file I downloaded does not have any file called SDL_mixer.lib in the directory listed

[AlumiuN]

It doesn't need a .lib, it just needs the libSDL_mixer.a and libSDL_mixer.dll.a files.

EDIT: Wait, did you get SDL_mixer 2.something, or 1.2.12? Because the latter is the one you need and I'm not sure what they did with the packages for that one.

EDIT AGAIN: Looks like the lib files are only in the "devel-1.2.12-VC" zip file, which is incredibly weird but they should work fine.

[Falcon*93]

Ive tried the main sdl and mixer with both old and new versions.
Deleted everything and started over multiple times.
I remember how much I hate messing with this stuff.

Now I must sleep.
Thanks for trying to help.
I will try again tomorrow if I have time.

[AlumiuN]

I think the problem is that it can't find the header files that it's looking for, which means its search directories aren't right.

[Falcon*93]

I set those myself, by going to the directories copying the paths and pasting into the fields on CB.
I've downloaded both old and new sdl and mixer files and copied them manually, and modified the batch file to work on my file system.
I've tried it every which way to be done, and still the same problem.

How can I get to the bottom of this?

It's possible I may have solved the earlier issue when I modified the batch file installer.

Now this error is coming up.

||=== Build: default in Wolf4SDL (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler) ===|
\Dmain=SDL_main||No such file or directory|
||=== Build failed: 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 1 second(s)) ===|

[AlumiuN]

Hmm, that should be "-Dmain=SDL_main". I'm not sure why it's doing that, I'm afraid; the version of GCC that the built-in MinGW uses is quite old, I prefer to install one myself, so I'm not familiar with why it would be doing that.

[Falcon*93]

It has read that before I think.

So I have removed the whole thing and started over.
This time with CB installed at C:\CodeBlocks.
I have 2 versions of Program Files one has (x86) in the name and I thought it might part of the problem.
This may have solved part of the old problem, but created another.
Now the code complies up to another point before new errors, seems to go beyond where it was stuck before.
Alas now I cant get the batch file to work.

Allot of this is over my head but I swear something is going on that doesn't add up logically.
If I had it working in my old directory and all I did was basically deleted a folder from the tree ie C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeBlocks\MinGW\include\SDL to C:\CodeBlocks\MinGW\include\SDL
and now it doesn't work, this is all over my head but to me that doesn't make any logical sense.
Is it possible this is windows 8 issue?


Also I don't under stand why the code has " at points and not at others that do the same thing.

echo Now copying SDL and SDL Mixer include files to Code::Blocks...
mkdir "C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\include\SDL" <--- " at the end
copy /Y "sdl\include\SDL" "C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\include\SDL" <--- same
echo.
echo Now copying SDL and SDL Mixer lib files to Code::Blocks...
mkdir /Y "C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks svn\MinGW\lib <--- NO " at the end
copy /Y "sdl\lib" "C:\Program Files\CodeBlocks\MinGW\lib <--- again NO "

Why is this written that way?



My newest error is

||=== Build: default in Wolf4SDL\DC (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler) ===|
ld.exe||cannot find -lSDL_mixer|
ld.exe||cannot find -lSDL|
ld.exe||cannot find -lz|
ld.exe||cannot find -lSDL_mixer|
ld.exe||cannot find -lSDL|
ld.exe||cannot find -lz|
||error: ld returned 1 exit status|
||=== Build failed: 7 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 2 second(s)) ===|


I have no idea what any of that means.

When I finally wrap my head around this all, I am going to make a Wolf4SDL Set up and compile Tutorial for ABSOLUTE Dummies, or a guaranteed Dummy Proof distribution package with ALL files needed(except the proprietary game files of course)
I am a coding dummy/newb at the moment, so when I'm a good coder I will be making the way for Dummies and Newbs a little easier.

Thanks again for helping too.

[AlumiuN]

I think in the case of the batch file, the missing quote marks are unimportant because the end of the line would signify the end of the path string anyway.

As for the error you are getting, that's the linker saying that it can't find the SDL and SDL_mixer lib files to link to; make sure that the lib folder is in the right place and the linker's search directories (in the Project options with the compiler's ones) are correct.

I have considered putting together a tutorial myself, as the one in the first post is a little out of date (a dummy proof distribution package is difficult due to the nature of modern compilers and IDEs).

[Falcon*93]

AlumiuN wrote:

make sure that the lib folder is in the right place and the linker's search directories (in the Project options with the compiler's ones) are correct.

C:\CodeBlocks\MinGW\include\SDL
C:\CodeBlocks\MinGW\lib

That is the location of the directories on my file system, and the compiler and linker search directories.
That's what I've been trying to say, I've had that set the whole time, I may be overlooking something but to me it seems there is some other issue, like CB is not seeing them for some reason.

[AlumiuN]

Can you post a screenshot of the contents of "C:\CodeBlocks\MinGW\lib"?

[Falcon*93]

[img]https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwoqjwixnxk_RlpkWmE1WlVKdXM[/img]

[img]https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwoqjwixnxk_OGJyVTVrZkRrNjQ[/img]

[AlumiuN]

Well, firstly don't use the Wolf4SDL/DC project, that's for the Dreamcast version (which I'm not entirely sure still works). Secondly, which SDL and SDL_mixer files are in the lib folder? (they'll be libSDL.a or SDL_mixer.lib or things following that sort of pattern)

[Falcon*93]

I combined a few of my posts so I don't have a quadruple post.
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[img]https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwoqjwixnxk_MjdsUm82MkNpQ3c[/img]

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O thats what DC is.
Ive been using that and another one(a cbp)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwoqjwixnxk_NEVucjg3YVB1U0E_

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwoqjwixnxk_OEpRS05jZTMwYzQ


libSDL.dll.a
libSDLmain.a
SDL_mixer.lib

also libSDL.la

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So I deleted all the other wolf4sdl distros(using the cbp of course) I had and downloaded yours, and I downloaded that sdl mixer distro you mentioned the one for vc, and pasted all the lib files to CB mingw lib.

I aslo cleaned my workspace.
Then ran a new build.

This is what happened.
Again I don't know what any of it means yet.
Disregard the image I had up earlier, not sure what that was, this is it here

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwoqjwixnxk_aHBGa19aeDhYdGM

And this is what happens when I use the distro SDL_mixer-1.2.12-win32-x64.zip

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwoqjwixnxk_WnprelBnRnprRHM

[AlumiuN]

OK, I think you got it right, except you don't want to use the x64 version of SDL_mixer, you want the 32-bit one.

[Falcon*93]

Nope, looks like the same errors.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwoqjwixnxk_YThobzJJYlBydUU

Does everyone new to code have this much trouble?

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I have an idea, not sure if it will work but to me it makes sense.
Would anyone be willing to email me a copy of their include/sdl and lib directories from a working, compiling, Wolf4sd CodeBlocks w/ MinGW set up?

[AlumiuN]

Hmm, those are weird errors; can you zip up and send me your source directory? I'll see if I can compile it with my setup.

[Falcon*93]

Actually I think I may have got it to compile.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bwoqjwixnxk_Z2FpT2JiT0RON0U
pretty that means it worked.

But... now I must ask the Dumbest question of all.....
Where in the virtual world is my built Wolf4SDL program? lol

I'm guessing there is some option in CodeBlocks for where to build the program but I can't seem to find it and the tutorial doesn't address it.

[AlumiuN]

Yep, that looked like it worked. By default, I believe the EXE is in the same directory as the source files.