Devenvironment2008 {documentation setup}

Contents 1 Setup the Development environment 2 Getting Up and running 3 Setting Up the Compiler Setup the Development environment With the required SDKs and software installed, we can now start setting up our development environment. Check list: DirectX February 2010 SDK PhysX SDK if required Visual Studio C++ 2008 Express Updated video drivers Torque T3D source code downloaded from your user account. Please note, you can use any C++ compiler for your projects. For this tutorial we decided to use Visual Studio C++ Express as it is free and easy to set up with the T3D Source code. Getting up and running 1) Run Visual Studio 2008 and register the product if you have not done so already. To do this head to the Help menu, select the option Register Product. Registering is free and prevents the 30 day limit. (click to enlarge) 2) If this is your first time using the product, take time to look around the menus and the rest of the IDE. Don't worry, it will all become familiar after a while. (click to enlarge) Setting up the Compiler Before we can start compiling our source code, we need to tell the compiler where we have installed all of our SDK Components. Initially we will start with the minimum requirement -- DirectX. 3) Open the option window from menu>Tools>Options... 4) From this window, on the left-hand side there is a panel with sub menu headings. Open the Projects and Solution > VC++ Directories. This section is where we tell Visual Studio where to find any additional files that will be required when we compile the T3D engine, e.g. DirectX (click to enlarge) 5) On the top right hand side of this window, you will find a drop down list Show directories for:. From this list select Executable files. (click to enlarge) 6) Next select the small folder icon. This will open up a new selection in the window. (click to enlarge) 7) After clicking on the folder icon, we are presented with a selection in the lower window which includes a browse-to button icon. If not already showing, please press this icon and locate your DirectX installation folder. If you installed to the default location it should be; Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2010)\Utilities\Bin\x86 (click to enlarge) 8) Next we will select the "Include Files" section from the top right drop down. (click to enlarge) 9) Once again select the folder icon as we did in steps 6 and 7 above. This time we want to locate the DirectX include folder. If you installed to the default location, it should be; C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2010)\Include (click to enlarge) 10) Now we need to add the path to our directX library files, select library from the top dropdown. (click to enlarge) 11) Use the folder icon to add a folder path, and select the folder where the DirectX library files are located. If you installed to the default location, it should be; C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2010)\Lib\x86 (click to enlarge) 12) That is all the DirectX file paths added. Next, point your attention to the VS IDE layout. If you look at the lower section of the interface, you will notice a tabbed section. What we are looking for here is the Error List Tab and the Output Tab as shown below. (click to enlarge) If these tabs are not visible, you can make them so via the menu: menu>View>Output menu>View>Other Windows>Error List (click to enlarge) If the Output window is floating, drag it to the lower section and dock it. We are now ready to look at the T3D source code. Before we move on, please have a look at this section of documentation explaining the layout of the source code folders: T3D Engine SDK Tour When you are ready, we can move on to the final steps of this tutorial Part 5 - Working with a T3D Project.

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