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> HOW TO CREATE A NEW PROJECT

Click on File -> New project, select C++ -> WIN32 console application.
Then select console application and empty project, click finish.

Remove from the newly created project any Xaml file or any precompiled pch.h/pch.cpp header, if they exist.

You shall have now an empty project, as empty as possible (If you target is USES_WINDOWS8_METRO, keep the temporary key file, the appxmanifest file, and the Asset folder).

Add a new existing item -> Include all files in include/, in source/, and in source/directx/

Add a new item -> C++ file -> Name: "MainClass.cpp".
Copy/paste in this new source file the source code of one of the two tutorials.

Adjust in this source code the lines:

#include "../../include/[...]"

Open the project properties (Click right project -> Properties or Alt+F7).

• Disable precompiled header (C/C++ -> Precompiled Headers -> Precompiled Header -> Not using precompiled headers)
• If on Visual Studio 2008: In Linker -> System -> Make sure Subsystem is set to Windows
• In Debugging, set the working directory to "..\WorkDir". Except if your target is USES_WINDOWS8_METRO, because you probably cannot set the working directory.

See which dependancies are needed, depending of your target (see).

Setup the additional preprocessor definitions:

USES_WINDOWS_OPENGL

USES_WINDOWS8_DESKTOP

USES_WINDOWS8_METRO

USES_WINDOWS_OPENGL;_WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS;

USES_WINDOWS8_DESKTOP;_WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS;

USES_WINDOWS8_METRO;_WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS;

Setup the include directories:

USES_WINDOWS_OPENGL

USES_WINDOWS8_DESKTOP

USES_WINDOWS8_METRO

path_to\GnuWin32\include;
path_to\OpenAL 1.1 SDK\include;
path_to\misc\include;
%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)

path_to\GnuWin32\include;
path_to\OpenAL 1.1 SDK\include;
path_to\misc\include;
%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)

Nothing to put here

Setup the libraries:

USES_WINDOWS_OPENGL

USES_WINDOWS8_DESKTOP

USES_WINDOWS8_METRO

path_to\misc\lib;
path_to\GnuWin32\lib;
path_to\OpenAL 1.1 SDK\libs\Win32;

path_to\misc\lib;
path_to\GnuWin32\lib;
path_to\OpenAL 1.1 SDK\libs\Win32;

Nothing to put here

Setup the using references if they are not already set:

USES_WINDOWS_OPENGL

USES_WINDOWS8_DESKTOP

USES_WINDOWS8_METRO

Nothing to put here

path_to\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\vcpackages;
path_to\Program Files %28x86%29\Windows Kits\8.1\References\CommonConfiguration\Neutral;
%(AdditionalUsingDirectories)

Nothing to put here

Setup the libraries:

USES_WINDOWS_OPENGL

USES_WINDOWS8_DESKTOP

USES_WINDOWS8_METRO

opengl32.lib
glu32.lib
libpng.lib
pthreadVC2.lib
path_to\OpenAL 1.1 SDK\libs\Win32\OpenAL32.lib"
WSock32.Lib
libxml2.lib
libiconv.lib
zlib.lib
alut.lib
glew32.lib
libvorbis_static.lib
libvorbisfile_static.lib
libogg_static.lib
XInput.lib

d2d1.lib
d3d11.lib
dxgi.lib
ole32.lib
windowscodecs.lib
dwrite.lib
xaudio2.lib
mfcore.lib
mfplat.lib
mfreadwrite.lib
pthreadVC2.lib
libxml2.lib
zlib.lib
libiconv.lib
WSock32.Lib
XInput.lib

d2d1.lib
d3d11.lib
dxgi.lib
ole32.lib
windowscodecs.lib
xaudio2.lib
mfcore.lib
mfplat.lib
mfreadwrite.lib
shell32.lib
XInput.lib

Set Enable Minimal Rebuild: No

Add a new existing item -> Include all *.hlsl files in shaders/

Set up properties of the pixel shader -> Set shader type Pixel Shader

Do the same with the vertex shader, set its shader type to Vertex Shader.

Open the project properties (Click right project -> Properties or Alt+F7). In HLSL compiler parameters, change the path of the output shader files into a subfolder "shaders" in the working directory:

USES_WINDOWS8_DESKTOP

USES_WINDOWS8_METRO

..\WorkDir\shaders\%(Filename).cso

$(OutDir)\shaders\%(Filename).cso

Add the data files (like default_font.png) in the ..\WorkDir folder. Note: if your target is USES_WINDOWS8_METRO, copy these data files in the folder Debug\ProjectName\AppX\ instead. If your target is USES_WINDOWS_OPENGL, copy the *.glsl shaders files from shaders/.

Copy all the DLL related to the needed libraries in the ..\WorkDir folder. For USES_WINDOWS_OPENGL, this should be:
alut.dll, freeglut.dl, glew32.dll, iconv.dll, libxml2.dll, OpenAL32.dll, pthreadGC2.dll, pthreadVC2.dll, wrap_oal.dll, zlib1.dll

That should work now! Press F5.