Hey guys!

I'm really struggling to build TeapotWars_2010. I thought it would build right out of the box, especially since Mike made the comment about authors posting code that doesn't compile.

Now I know my way around Visual Studio pretty well, but pretend for a minute that I don't. In fact it's probably best to assume I know nothing so the expectation bar is set low from the beginning.

The readme file under trunk was adequate enough to get me started, but I'm getting hung up on DX11 errors. I tried including DX11 header files in GameCodeStd.h, but that just seemed to dig a deeper hole.

I'm sure the project will build if all the pieces are in the correct place. I just need to know exactly what those pieces are, and where they are supposed to go. Some sort of step-by-step on how the author intended everything to be assembled, starting with DX11.

I wouldn't be asking this if I hadn't already been at this for hours and I'm still scratching my head. Please help!

Hi Rez, thanks for the quick response.

I'm using VS 2010. I also have the June 2010 DirectX SDK installed.

The errors I'm seeing appear to all be DX11 related. For instance, the compiler doesn't know what D3D11_INPUT_ELEMENT_DESC is. I tried to fix this by including <d3d11> in GameCodeStd.h. I figured this wasn't the correct approach, because if it was I assume it would have been included in the first place. I just wanted to try the obvious. This approach results in a single error about CD3D11EnumAdapterInfo.

My attempt to resolve this error was to include DXUTDevice11.h. This clearly wasn't the correct approach because the result is a number of errors, starting with LPDXUTCALLBACKISD3D11DEVICEACCEPTABLE not found. Seeing as how this error traces back to DXUT11Device.h itself, I know I've hit a dead end. My assumption is that nothing is wrong with the header file, there is something wrong with my setup.

In terms of the rest of the project, I believe I have everything setup correctly. I've added additional include directories for DirectX (<dxbasedir> = install directory for dx sdk):
<dxbasedir>Include
<dxbasedir>Samples\C++\DXUT\Core
<dxbasedir>Samples\C++\DXUT\Optional

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I can build and run the DX11 SimpleSample.

SOLVED.

Had to add the DXUT11 folders to the search paths:
<dxbasedir>Samples\C++\DXUT11\Core
<dxbasedir>Samples\C++\DXUT11\Optional

Doh! I guess its easy to overlook the little things sometimes.

By the way, the 4th edition is great!