Cheshire,

Currently I use XCode on my Macbook.  Just because it was there, and it isn't bad.

I do like Eclipse.  I often use a plain text editor when I'm doing light development.

I'm clintbellanger [at] gmail.com on google chat, probably the easiest way to IM me

Maybe I'm old-school, but I always found IDEs a bother compared to a decent text editor and a console.

I'm using Dev-C++ to compile Flare in Windows XP.

Vim is good for you :-)

And some languages, notably Python, don't really need an IDE.

While we're at it, could you check your private messages, Clint ?

I'm using Code::Blocks to compile Flare on Windows 7. :)

Yeah, sure. :)
I archived and uploaded my Code::Blocks project files.

They can be found at "robopaulfiles.weebly.com"

Hope they can be of use.

Just to chime in on this:

Personally, I dislike Eclipse.  Java programs feel kulnky to me, and Eclipse is no exception.  For my PHP development, I use a text editor (specifically Kate, from KDE) because it has transparent file access via SSH, and for C++ I use Qt Creator.

I like Visual Studio. I got version 0.13 running with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008. Here are some instructions to reproduce what I did:

1. Download and install CMake from here. [I used version 2.8.4]
2. Download the appropriate SDL development files from here. [SDL-devel-1.2.14-VC8.zip]
3. Extract them to a directory of your choice. I'll reference that directory as $foo.
4. Download the appropriate SDL_mixer development files from here. [SDL_mixer-devel-1.2.11-VC.zip]
5. Extract the contents of the include folder to $foo\include and the contents of the lib folder to $foo\lib. [replace $foo with the directory from step 3]
6. Download the appropriate SDL_image development files from here. [SDL_image-devel-1.2.10-VC.zip]
7. Extract the contents of the include folder to $foo\include and the contents of the lib folder to $foo\lib.
8. Create a new environment variable SDLDIR with the value $foo.
9. Download the FLARE v0.13 source from here.
10. Extract it to a directory of your choice. I'll reference that directory as $bar.
11. Create the directory $bar\Debug.
12. Find the following files and place them in $bar\Debug: [download them here]
    - libogg-0.dll
    - libpng12-0.dll
    - libvorbis-0.dll
    - libvorbisfile-3.dll
    - SDL.dll
    - SDL_image.dll
    - SDL_mixer.dll
13. Start the CMake GUI and enter the following into the text box for source and build location: $bar/build [replace the usual backslashes with forward slashes]
    
14. Click on Configure.
15. Select the generator you would like to use [I used Visual Studio 9 2008 - stick to 32bit stuff] and click Finish.
16. Wait for the Generate button to become enabled then click on it.
17. Close CMake and open $bar\build\Flare.sln with Visual Studio.
18. Select the following from the menu: Tools -> Options...
19. Click on Projects and Solutions and select VC++ Directories.
20. Select the architecture you would like to build for [I picked Win32 - couldn't get x64 working] and then show the directories for Include files in the combo box at the top right.
21. Add $foo\include to the list.
22. Show the directories for Library files.
23. Add $foo\lib to the list and click OK.
24. In the Solution Explorer right-click on flare and select Set as StartUp Project from the menu.
25. Right-click on the project again and select Properties.
26. Navigate to Configuration Properties and Debugging.
27. Change the Working Directory to $bar.
28. Click on OK and press F5 to compile and run the game.

Easy peasy! :P Let me know if this works for you.

Hi manwesulimo2004,

Thanks for your guide. I got it work with the version 0.13 like your guide. But can not work with 0.17.

1) The std::ifstream is buffered in FileParser. If the var infile are used over once in one function, the second infile.next() will return false. So I have to add the instance of FileParser to read the second settings file like FileParser infile1; FileParser infile2;.

After some change, I got the game running. But when I clicked the "create" button to new a character, I got the crash at \Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\crt\src\xlock.cpp

__thiscall _Lockit::~_Lockit()
    {    // unlock the mutex
    if (_Locktype < MAX_LOCK)
        _Mtxunlock(&mtx[_Locktype]);
    }

Any suggestions? Thanks