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Jones
2006.07.21, 01:40 AM
A friend of mine suggested trying out Irrlicht, but when I downloaded it for Mac OS, I got a few surprises.

1) There are no precompiled libraries for Mac.
2) The make files do not work, at least not on Mac.
3) The xCode project uses an older format (.xcodeproj, should be .xcode) which will not open with xCode, and cannot be converted by simple means.

Well, this is a bit of a bother...

Where can I get a precompiled, or working xCode project/makefile + source, of Irrlicht?

Thanks!
OneSadCookie
2006.07.21, 04:40 AM
.xcodeproj is *new* (Xcode 2.1 and later). You need to upgrade your Xcode :p
Jones
2006.07.21, 12:24 PM
.xcodeproj is *new* (Xcode 2.1 and later). You need to upgrade your Xcode :p

I have the newest one, Software Update downloaded v2.1 a while back, I believe.

If not, do I have to download the entire developer tools package over again?
Fenris
2006.07.21, 01:33 PM
Yep, XCode 2.3 is the latest. Not sure if this is your problem, though...
KittyMac
2006.07.21, 02:04 PM
If not, do I have to download the entire developer tools package over again?

Yes, the latest XCode is available from the ADC site (free subscription required).

http://connect.apple.com

AFAIK, SoftwareUpdate will never update XCode (since XCode is not a standard install...).
Jones
2006.07.21, 04:26 PM
Well, I got v2.3 and compiled Irrlicht. Now, as a favor to other people I'd like to make a pre-compiled framework out of this, for easier use for mac dudes.

This is where you guys come in... ;)

How would I go about making a framework out of this? I've got the headers, and .a lib file ready.

Thanks!
Blacktiger
2006.07.21, 07:28 PM
I played around with making a framework before, but I couldn't seem to get it to work. Does anyone here have experience making one? I used xcode's framework template and tried to use a couple of other framework projects as examples but frameworks won that round. :sneaky:
Jones
2006.07.22, 02:41 AM
What sort of project should I use to make a program with irrlicht? I've tried carbon application, but it wouldn't run.

Any good tutorials/references, perhaps?

Thanks!
Jones
2006.07.22, 01:07 PM
Ack! This new xCode is horrible! I have no idea what it's done to my project, but none of my cout commands show up in the console, debugger or in the terminal!

I needed those to debug it! *sigh*

If the ide's didn't suck even more on PC's, I'd work with them.