Guide on how to start with Visual C++
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I have just decided to start getting into developing kind of stuff for Powder Toy, and I am very new to this. The only experience I really have with programming is with Owen Piette's Falling Sand Game, and that was basic kind of stuff. I knew Powder Toy was going to be very complicated when I decided to start modding for it, so understand that this is very difficult for me, especially the setting up process, which I am having trouble with. I went into the wiki and brought up the "Setting up GitHub and Visual Studio for Coding" Guide and I found it very difficult to follow. The first part with GitHub and SmartGit was relatively easy. I ran into a few problems that I was able to fix, but I still don't understand the purpose behind a lot of it. When I got to the Visual Studio part, I started getting really confused. I installed Visual Studio, and then I started following the instructions up to step 14. It says that when the error comes up, you need to copy files from a Libraries folder to the Debug folder. I cannot find a Libraries folder anywhere in the source folder, and I am completely stuck. Explain it to me as if I know nothing about programming. I will not feel patronized, believe me.
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github is where u get the source from. i cant help with visual studio. if you do finish your mod i will happily compile for linux
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I just think someone should probably fix the wiki because I noticed a lot of missing pictures and the numbers were very difficult to follow because every line was 1. I also think it needs to be explained like someone completely new to programming, ssh, and git in general is reading, because I'm only a little experienced and I wasn't able to follow what was going on at all. All I did was follow the instructions and I'm not sure I did it right. If someone could just tell me how I might start over I am willing to try it again as many times as it takes, and maybe I will start to get it soon.
PS: I apologize for being such a n00b, but everyone has to start somewhere, right? -
Try looking at the old wiki (some stuff might be obsolete though).
http://the-powder-toy.wikispaces.com/
And it is written for a beginner. The numbers were changed in the move to the new wiki. -
on the page on wikispaces there's a link to extra required code which has libraries in it you need to download that
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Why that isn't on the new wiki is beyond me.
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I should have guessed this wasn't actually a guide :P
