SDL Tutorial 1(Setting Up SDL)

This video should show you how to set up SDL in Code::Blocks.

This video pretty much assumes that you know C, or C++.

Code::Blocks IDE: http://www.codeblocks.org

SDL: http://www.libsdl.org

For the Compiler Search Directory add:
(SDL root folder)/include

For Linker Search Directory add:
(SDL root folder)/lib

For Other Linker Settings add:
"-lSDLmain" and "-lSDL"

Note: those are lowercase "ells" and not capital "eyes".

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• SDL
• Programming

[Digby0907]

I am new to SDL and I am getting error: "'(SDL_EventType)12u' cannot be used as a function" in the spot were SDL_QUIT();

[XianForce]

@Digby0907 C and C++ are case sensitive languages. SDL_QUIT is an event type, SDL_Quit() is a function. So when you put "SDL_QUIT();" You are basically referencing that event type, and using it as a function... Since it's not a function, you get that compiler error there ;). Hope that helps :).

[sandform]

I'm trying to get SDL up and running, was wondering if you might be able to help. I get an error every time I try to do what lazyfuu said. "Application unable to start correctly (0x000007b)"

Only debug info I can get is this

"mingw32-g++.exe: C:\SDL\SDL-1.2.15: linker input file unused because linking not done

Linking executable: bin\Debug\SDLTESTING.exe"

Google is no help.

I'm on windows 7 64bit.

[kagedrengen]

Thank you :)

[lalacomun88]

hmm min 0.43 tasty...

[littlebigfan3000]

Ok, dude fix your mic, at points like 0.45 it's not fun to hear you sniff and swallow that loudly, just move the mic away a tad.. But awesome tutorial, thanks this helped :)

[XianForce]

@ElegyForTheMasses Hmmm... Well, I don't really have experience with VS 2010... Google would probably be your best bet :o.

[ElegyForTheMasses]

@XianForce Yeah, but the IDE just shows any of the SDL methods as black text and intellisense isn't recognizing them. Other than that the code works fine

[XianForce]

@ElegyForTheMasses Hmm... And everything compiles and links just fine?