Setting up Allegro in Visual C++ 2010

[TheMegasplosion]

i followed all the steps listed but for some reason when i input the final code i get errors like: c:\allegro\allegro1\allegro1\m­ain.cpp(4): error C3861: 'allegro_init': identifier not found

i did make sure to add the alld.lib under the right area. what am i doing wrong?

[Nyixta]

I have to do include allegro5/allegro.h to get that to work after which allegro_init() is undefined as is everything else you use there after.

[LOOKitsBART]

Thank you!

[x7Firedog7x]

this would be so much easier if you used commentary.... oh well I guess this will work

[laloanany]

TX DUDE.

[patlecat]

You're using the standard Windows Live Messenger to chat with a baby? How sick is that? :-D

[mgial]

does this work for msvc 8 as well?

[Kakashi1309]

@mgial Yes, you have just to get a version for MSVC 8 from allegro.cc

[mjb1192]

When I try to run my program it comes up with the error "LINK : fatal error LNK1561: entry point must be defined" and at around 3:27 at the part with "Additional Dependencies" mine looked different, in the parenthesis after alld.lib mine says NOINHERIT. Now i changed mine to what is in the video but it came up with a different error. =/

[mjb1192]

@mjb1192 one thing i forgot, i'm also using Visual C++ 2005. that might have something to do with it.

[Josue12hbk]

what did u type in EDIT?

[saa442]

thank you!

[Thebrujo1986]

However, intellisense for native C++ is superb, much better than previous versions.

[Danellos]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've noticed that you've gotten intellisense to work for VS2010 Ultimate. How did you do this? I thought MS disabled it for VC++ because it was buggy.

[Thebrujo1986]

@Danellos

Microsoft disabled intellisense only for C++/CLI due to time constrains and resources.

[aricholland]

Allegro's pretty kick ass. I used it back in 9th grade for a physics simulation for a class project. Simple 2D objects, but, I found Allegro to be intellectually stimulating for my curiosity towards C++ game development.

[imaDINOrawr00]

terrible video, no dialogue, no explaination your just going all over the place

[blackzerogamer]

Nice !!!!!!!

[wowlaxis]

Thank you very much! i subbed you!

[token2d]

@wowlaxis

:)) I'm actually learning Java right now, taking a pause from Allegro. More how-tos in near future for sure.

[bob4something]

@ichiman14 I have been having the same problem. What do you mean by "set-up the linker"?

[Shofahi]

Thanks alot token2d

[praffulsahu]

great one!

[ddhhT]

works thanks

[Meic89]

Thx man, finally allegro installing tutorial that isn't piece of crap :)

[NaturalDre]

By the way, anyhow how to make the numbers appear in orange like it does for you? Like how 0 0 and 225 are orange in " makecol(0,0,255)) "

[NaturalDre]

Thank you SO much!! The crap they have in the ReadMe file does not help at all, but this worked. Thanks :)

By the way, I used the 10.0 files from the website instead of the 9.0

[101abob]

why the hell did you not include a link in discription

[zustLoj]

thx, this helped!

[Infinite101001]

Thanks man, this helped alot!!

[SoundOnly00]

I got a linker error even though I set up the alld.lib like you did.

[ArunBJJ]

This worked perfectly for me. I did exactly what you did, and I had zero errors. Thanks brother!!!!

[ZepSung]

I've been searching and searching for an answer to this question but can't find anything. Any changes in the c++ language from 2008 - 2010? Just wondering plz answer.

[MrMelonBread]

@ZepSung 1. Micro$oft does not hcange the C++ langue

2. mariusbancila(DOT)ro/blog/2010­/04/02/visual-studio-2010-chan­ges-for-vc-summary/

[flektrum]

I got

error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'cmd.exe'.

after changing the input to alld.lib

[Netstatab]

is the a low tek d&B track or an urban break? who is it? you should check out TJ REMI.

[SchtekarnFU]

Hey, followed your guide but having this problem when trying to run allegro:

1>------ Build started: Project: all, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------

1> allegrotest.cpp

1>MSVCRTD.lib(crtexe.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _main referenced in function ___tmainCRTStartup

1>c:\documents and settings\mina dokument\visual studio 2010\Projects\all\Debug\all.ex­e : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

= Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped =

please help

[Gills3339]

thanks this helped a lot

[TheYoGamer]

I have C++ 2008..

When I make a new project and want to start programming. The codes do not have any color.. (In all tutorials I have seen ther is collor on the code text)

And I can´t programman without the color.

I can´t start the program/game I made..

Help plz

[token2d]

@TheYoGamer Goto Tools->Options->Fonts and color.

There you will see colors and fonts for all your syntax, comments and other lot of features you can customize.

[malchiah9090]

@TheYoGamer You can program without the color.. Syntaxhighlighting is for nubs..

[TheYoGamer]

@malchiah9090 idiot, 'I could not. Cuz ur a n00b.

The problem was that I named the file .ccp insted of .cpp

[malchiah9090]

@TheYoGamer No, I'm pretty sure I'm not a noob.. Either way, you don't need syntaxhighlightin.

[irascib1e]

@malchiah9090 uh, wtf how is it for nubs? lol i see microsoft programmers use syntax highlighting

[malchiah9090]

@irascib1e Because its for nubs.

[monsterhunter445]

@malchiah9090 Not entirely true, syntax highlighting organizes your code and make your code less prone to spelling errors. Using syntax highlighting doesn't make you a neophyte. Unless you like to get errors in your code fine with me--but I'm sure you don't. So don't get to cocky, you were once a neophyte when you started programming. Unless you were I a prodigy at programming which I'm skeptical you were.

[gamerxxps]

ok, i did everything the video showed me and its not working. its says" The Application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150002)" please help me!

[token2d]

@gamerxxps sorry for the late reply, but even I'm investigating on this problem.

[gamerxxps]

thanks!

I needed help bad dude!

let me know if u come up with something!

: )

[Bainemo]

@token2d The problem seems to be running as debug instead of release. Something about dlls, I'm not really sure. What am I sure of is that choosing release instead of debug solves the problem.

[Yitzu640]

@gamerxxps I have exactly the same problem, hey, once u get how to solve it, can u send me a reply so i know how too? =D

[Martyj2009]

I found out what my problem was. I had installed the 8.0 version with the 9.0 version.

[token2d]

the process should be the same..

[Nitros8891]

thanks man

[token2d]

@Nitros8891 No problem dude!!

[Nitros8891]

does this works with visual c++ 2008 express edition???....i dont want to install visual studio 2008....just express c++ edition....bye

[token2d]

@Nitros8891 I don't think version matters, what matters is the concept behind it. And I think visual c++ 2008 and visual studio 2008 is the same thing.

[token2d]

@Nitros8891

*correction*

visual c++ 2008 and visual c++ 2008 express edition are the same thing

[Nitros8891]

ok man thanks

[Martyj2009]

It could do without the music, but the tutorial is still helpful. I tried this in 08 version and kept getting run errors, downloaded 2010 version and it worked perfectly. Must be compiling wrong or something.

[token2d]

It would seem kinda dull without music for 3 mins :) anyway, why doesn't it work on 08?? I tested it in 08 as well and it worked for me!!

[Martyj2009]

@token2d It's not your guide that's wrong it's my 08 version. I keep getting an error or run time. Native' has exited with code -1072365566 (0xc0150002).

[token2d]

@Martyj2009 Let me look at that funny little run-time error of yours.

[Martyj2009]

@token2d I'll take a screen capture of it and upload it as a video response. I tried googling it, but there wasn't much on it.

[nightbyer]

I'm getting the same problem. Keep my updated!

The previous errors are egro_testrun.exe' : Loaded 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\alld42.dll', Cannot find or open the PDB file

It does this for some SysWOW64 things as well.