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I tried to follow these instructions http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/wiki/ ... _Compiling using VS 2005, and I came close, I think. When I try to build it, I get two errors:

Error 7 error C2664: 'alcOpenDevice' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [14]' to 'ALCubyte *' c:\users\john\desktop\svn\vegastrike\src\aldrv\al_init.cpp 160
Error 3 error C3861: 'png_set_expand_gray_1_2_4_to_8': identifier not found c:\users\john\desktop\svn\vegastrike\src\gfx\vsimage.cpp 325



Any ideas of what I did wrong?



Thanks!

You need newer versions of openal and libpng.

Take a look at this thread. Shenle got the same error, got past it, but not all the way there.

klauss wrote:You need newer versions of openal and libpng.

Take a look at this thread. Shenle got the same error, got past it, but not all the way there.

I read from that page on in the thread, but I couldn't figure out how to upgrade openal and libpng. I'm using VS 2005, are these part of that? My VS 2005 is a non express version for some work stuff, but I could also download one of the express versions if that would be better... if so, what's the best choice? It seems from MS's download site that I can choose between VS 2008 express and VS2010 express. The docs have instructions for 2008 express, so I'm guessing that might be best for me. Do you agree?

I've built VS with 2008 express a while ago (ie: in 2008), it had some manifests issues I couldn't work out, but mostly because by that time I had been a few years removed from windows development and didn't know much about manifests and how all that worked.

It's still the case, but the thing is, VS builds rather fine in 2008 express. It does take a very lengthy install procedure though, you need SDKs all over the place, you have to install them completely manually which is a pain, and you could still end up discovering that the vega-vc8 solution still has an oldish OpenAL (not sure whether it's the case).

So, if I were you, I'd try to google an up to date openal and libpng instead. Installing VS express isn't something I'd recommend to anyone with a legal pro version at hand.