Ogre 3D 1.7

Time for action — starting the project and configuring the IDE

As with any other library, we need to configure our IDE before we can use it with Ogre 3D.

1. Create a new empty project.
2. Create a new file for the code and name it main.cpp.
3. Add the main function:

   int main (void)
   {
   return 0;
   }
   

4. Include ExampleApplication.h at the top of the following source file:

   #include "Ogre\ExampleApplication.h":
   

5. Add PathToYourOgreSDK\include\ to the include path of your project.
6. Add PathToYourOgreSDK\boost_1_42 to the include path of your project.
7. Add PathToYourOgreSDK\boost_1_42\lib to your library path.
8. Add a new class to the main.cpp.

   class Example1 : public ExampleApplication
   {
   public:
   void createScene()
   {
   }
   };
   

9. Add the following code at the top of your main function: ...