I need help setting up SFML

[weak latch]

I have tried everything setting up a library but to no avail.

[olive schooner]

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[wheat summit]

what platform?

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Visual Studio

[wheat summit]

have you downloaded and built sfml yet

[weak latch]

I have downloaded SFML

but i dont know how to set it up to my project

[wheat summit]

right click on the project

and go to properties

[weak latch]

Done

[wheat summit]

you need to add a couple things for it to work

[weak latch]

alr

[weak latch]

done

[wheat summit]

you need to add the directory the includes are in

[weak latch]

wait hol on

[dry zephyr]

include(FetchContent)

FetchContent_Declare(
  sfml
  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/SFML/SFML
  GIT_TAG 2.6.1
)

FetchContent_MakeAvailable(sfml)

add_executable(foo)
target_link_libraries(foo PRIVATE sfml-graphics) 
target_sources(foo PRIVATE main.cpp)

[wheat summit]

dont think hes using cmake

[acoustic lantern]

https://github.com/SFML/cmake-sfml-project if you want to use cmake

fork this proj

[weak latch]

oh damn

[wheat summit]

but i guess that would work

[dry zephyr]

I've suggested that twice already...

[wheat summit]

well you would have cmake create your solution file then open that

so easier 😆

[weak latch]

alr

[weak latch]

where do i put this in

[dry zephyr]

You can open CMake projects directly in VS too, no need to deal with solutions at all.

[acoustic lantern]

using cmake is harder tho

cause you have to constantly update cmakelists with new source files

[wheat summit]

oh really? i dont use vs much

nice i guess

[dry zephyr]

Not really, use GLOB.

[acoustic lantern]

wtf is a glob

[wheat summit]

magic

[dry zephyr]

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/file.html#glob-recurse

[dry zephyr]

This isn't the complete script, how far have you gone in the CMake tutorial?

[weak latch]

if i say alot would you believe me

[dry zephyr]

Not after that question

[weak latch]

[dry zephyr]

What's the friction, why are you hesitating?

[weak latch]

Well..

yeah man i didnt learn allat

[dry zephyr]

You're gonna have to spend time reading and learning things...

Not just CMake, in general.

[weak latch]

i know bro😭

[dry zephyr]

Alr lol, I'll give you some milestones, maybe it will give you some goals to reach.

[weak latch]

alr

[dry zephyr]

First: a hello world project using CMake.

Next: a project that uses multiple source files and headers.

[weak latch]

i can just change the code on .cpp file

[dry zephyr]

Next: project that creates a library and an executable that links to it.

[weak latch]

im such a w for this

[weak latch]

i can do that

[dry zephyr]

Cool, keep in mind that the C++ itself is not that important here, you're learning how to setup builds and projects properly. So the CMake script, file structure, etc are what matter more.

[weak latch]

Yeah

[dry zephyr]

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/guide/tutorial/index.html
You just need step 1 for the milestone you're targeting.

[weak latch]

ty bro

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im done with step 1

[dry zephyr]

Open the folder in VS and run it

[weak latch]

ight

[dry zephyr]

Use Open Folder or Open CMake

[weak latch]

kk

im tired already

im gonna go sleep

ty @dry zephyr

[acoustic lantern]

whos epsilon

they werent even part of the thread 😭

[weak latch]

nah his typing

[acoustic lantern]

it wasnt the right epsilon

[weak latch]

oh damn wrong ping

[vapid orbit]

Its not that hard just download sfml package from their website (matches platform and visual studio platform version) extract it, goto Project Properties -> C/C++ -> Additional Include Directories, add the path to extracted sfml's include folder,
Then move to Linker -> Additional library directories and add to it the path of lib folder in extracted sfml, then goto Linker -> Input -> Dependencies put in the names of libraries to link
Like
smfl-graphics.lib sfml-window.lib sfml-system.lib

All while your platform and configuration is set properly.

[weak latch]

alr i took a picture of that

im gonna sleep now, tmrw ill finish it

ty yall

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