How to setup ogre3d

See the next section for more information on this. First, make sure you have 'plugins. The 'plugins. The 'resources. Both are simple text files. Open them up and make sure they contain the correct paths. Otherwise, you might get errors that look something like this:. If this is the case, then open up 'resources. One reason this may be happening is that Ogre expects certain files to be in the same directory as the executable.

If we do not set the working directory for our IDE to the location of these files, then it won't see that they exist because it expects them to be in the working directory. So we must make sure to get our working directory set up correctly. The exact solution will vary based on which version of Visual Studio you are using, but the basic steps should be similar. Right click on your project in the solution explorer not the solution itself , and go to the properties. Somewhere in the configuration properties should be options for "Debugging".

Then look for a field called "Working Directory". This should be set to the location of your executable file. If you are having trouble figuring out what to put there, try to mimic the "Command" field, which should be in the debugging options.

In this case, the working directory would be ".. Be sure to check what the Command field is before doing this. Make sure to change the Working Directory for both the Release and Debug configuration. I've found the ".. Page actions. I clicked "Configure". I checked "Static Plugins" and "Ogre Static". I clicked "Configure" again. I clicked "Generate". After this I have these libraries:.

I have Python bit because I tried to use the ogre-python module. This module do not work with Python bit. The BasicTutorial1. In order to load models you have to set up the "resources. I did not make "mingwmake install" after "mingwmake".

After the "mingwmake install" command all content will be in one place:. Post by 64Pacific » Mon Sep 29, pm This is a very nice tutorial, for the new programmer myself , I found it very easy to follow. To me that means that it is like i clicked the stop button or the close button and everything went off without a hitch. Trouble is I did not see an Ogre3D demo window Any ideas? I apologize if this is the incorrect place to post this question Post by klarax » Tue Sep 30, am wow, good job.

I agree to, this should be a sticky, there are always people asking with questions about this. Although there is one there, another couldn't really hurt.

Twice the chance of people finiding building help. Post by sheba » Wed Oct 01, pm " Re-installing the application may fix this problem.