Build error on Windows 8 VC++ 2010 Express

Microsoft removed dynamic shader compiling (d3dcompiler.h) from the windows 8 platform sdk. There's other stuff they nerfed too, like direct input and d3dx. You'll need to install the june 2010 (that's the latest) directx sdk.

Thanks kojack. That did the trick.

I learnt that on Windows 8, DirectX SDK has been made part of Windows SDK. I installed it from here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/hh852363.aspx

After that I had to configure the properties of each project (OculusWorldDemo, OculusRoomTiny, SensorBoxTest) so that it could find the header files, library files and dll files.

I installed the SDK under E:\Windows Kit. Accordingly I had to update the paths as follows:

VC++ Directories:

Include Directories = E:\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um;E:\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\shared;$(IncludePath)
Library Directories = E:\Windows Kits\8.0\Lib\win8\um\x86;$(LibraryPath)

This should get your projects building successfully. However you will get DLL not found error if you start debugging. For that you need to change the Debugging->Environment in the project properties as well. I set it to:

PATH=%PATH%;E:\Windows Kits\8.0\bin\x86$(LocalDebuggerEnvironment)

After all this I could run each of the demos. However OculusWorldDemo crashed just a moment after starting. OculusRoomTiny ran successfully with an obvious warning of the device not found (I haven't received my hardware yet). SensorBoxTest ran ok and showed me the axes (but did nothing, probably because that needs the device too).

Hope this helps.

I have the same problem but I'm running it form Windows 7 pro 32 do I have to do the same thing? where can I find the d3dcompiler.h ?

"BorealProject" wrote:
I have the same problem but I'm running it form Windows 7 pro 32 do I have to do the same thing? where can I find the d3dcompiler.h ?

You can get d3dcompiler.h from either the new DirectX SDK (which comes with the new Windows SDK), or the old DirectX SDK (which comes as a standalone download). By default, the old SDK installs all of the include files to this directory:
Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2010)\Include
whereas the new SDK places the include files inside the Windows SDK directory, which you select during the installer process :)

Oops, I was half wrong above. They did include d3dcompiler.h in the win 8 platform sdk (in the include/um directory). But d3dx is definitely removed.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee663275%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Hi, having issues getting the Samples to compile - LibOVR_With_Samples_Msvc2010

I've downloaded and installed the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/hh852363.aspx

The directories all need fixing to the new SDK location. (you don't need the (x86) in the file path
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/03/25/10287354.aspx

In fact just update the
Project Properties > C/C++ > Additional Includes Directory
$(ProgramFiles)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\shared;$(ProgramFiles)\Windows Kits\8.0\Include\um;../../LibOVR/Include;../../LibOVR/Src;../../3rdParty/glext;$(DXSDK_DIR)/Include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)

Next compilation error is:
1>------ Build started: Project: OculusRoomTiny, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
1> OculusRoomModel.cpp
1> RenderTiny_D3D1X_Device.cpp
1> RenderTiny_Device.cpp
1> Win32_OculusRoomTiny.cpp
1>LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'd3dcompiler.lib'
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 1 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========


Any suggestions?

Wait found the issue:

Project Properties > Linker > General > Additional Directories:
$(ProgramFiles)\Windows Kits\8.0\Lib\win8\um\x86;../../LibOVR/Lib/Win32;$(DXSDK_DIR)/Lib/x86;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)


2> OculusRoomTiny_Msvc2010.vcxproj -> C:\VR\OculusSDK\Samples\OculusRoomTiny\Debug\OculusRoomTiny.exe
========== Rebuild All: 2 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========

Hope this helps you Bros

Wait there is more

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Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express
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Unable to start program 'C:\VR\OculusSDK\LibOVR\Projects\Win32\../../Lib/Win32/libovrd.lib'.
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OK
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If you get the following - set the Solution Properties for LibOVR_With_Samples_Msvc2010 to Single Startup Project
OculusRoomTiny

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Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express
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Unable to start program 'C:\VR\OculusSDK\LibOVR\Projects\Win32\../../Lib/Win32/libovrd.lib'.

The specified file is an unrecognized or unsupported binary format.
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OK
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OculusRoomTiny.exe - System Error
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The program can't start because D3DCOMPILER_46.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.
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OK
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Next with Windows 8.0 SDK you need to now include D3DCOMPILER_46.dll as part of the build.

Find it here: Windows Kits\8.0\Redist\D3D

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/35ffa6d9-3f97-4ae5-a7f1-3f915c37fda2/dx-development-in-win8-with-win8-sdk
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chuckw/archive/2012/05/07/hlsl-fxc-and-d3dcompile.aspx


Haven't quite worked out how to add the dll to the build files yet. (Crash course on C++ dev...)


Ok got it... copy the following dlls into the OculusSDK\Samples\OculusRoomTiny folder

d3dcompiler_46.dll
d3dcsx_46.dll

Build it and run.

@nzearthman

Thanks for your help. I tried everything you posted here, but I still can't get any of the sample projects to run. They all compile now, but I get the same error you had earlier:

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Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express
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Unable to start program 'C:\VR\OculusSDK\LibOVR\Projects\Win32\../../Lib/Win32/libovrd.lib'.

The specified file is an unrecognized or unsupported binary format.
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OK
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I set the project solution property to 'Single Startup Project', but that didn't change anything. I'm using Windows 7 x64 and VS 2010 Ultimate; I also tried it with VS2012 Ultimate and VS2013 Ultimate, same error everywhere. It appears for all samples, and for both Release and Debug configurations (means both files libovr.lib and libovrd.lib lead to the error).

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance everyone.

Yeehaw

In the solution explorer the libovr library must not be in bold. The error is saying you are trying to run the library itself (which is impossible) instead of one of the demos.



Right click on the roomtiny or world demo and select Set As Startup Project.