Dan’s Space on the Web

I ran into a couple of problems when attempting to compile the code provided by the Source SDK. I’m using Visual Express C++ 2008, and I thought I was being stupid when the compiler kept crashing midway. My google-fu failed me when I first encountered this a few weeks back, and I even tried reinstalling VEC and the Microsoft SDKs.

Fortunately, I then decided to flip through the Talk page for the Valve Developer Wiki page on Compiling with VS2008, and found out that it was in fact a reported bug. Soon, the article was updated to include a fix for it.

However, I still couldn’t successfully build the object,  as I was getting Linker errors. I then realized that the Wiki article had left out a minor detail – when modifying the properties for the solutions, you had to configure them for Release configuration, not the default active Debug mode. You also then need to set the project to build for Release.

Finally, I ran into one final error. During the output phase, I got the error “PRJ0007 : Could not create output directory …” a quick search through the internet and I found this . The solution was correct, but I was still getting the error “PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from “Copying to destination folder”" (of course, there were a few more details given, but I forgot exactly what they were). I went to check to see what’s up with the directory it’s trying to copy to. The permissions were correct, path was correct… then I realized that somehow, due to the initial error, a bin file had been created (rather than a bin folder). This seemed to prevent the compiler from creating a new bin folder, so I deleted the file and true enough, I finally got it to build correctly.

That’s one thing I would fix in Windows XP: the taskbar doesn’t allow you to re-order opened applications.

What’s the use of keeping it in fixed order? So that I can remember in which order I opened my applications? Maybe, but that’s not very useful. It would be a lot more useful if it were the other way around.

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VS: Kemikal – lassekongo83
Wall: Guild Wars – somewhere in Arbor Bay (screenshot by me)
Winamp: Ebonite by WinstonGFX
MirandaIM: HUD Port by chaodam and GoneDark for ieview (slight mod by me) note: currently miranda site down, cannot retrieve link.
Rainlendar 2.0: aerial RL by danillooc
Icons: Guild Wars Dock Icon by aphaits and Chakram by apathae

Icons are Guild Wars, Music (folder), My Computer and Firefox (from left to right). I finally got around to using GCalDaemon to sync my Rainlendar and Google Calendar. I also have my wallpaper scheduled to automatically change when it’s day (I set it to right after I wake up) and when it’s dark. Check the day shot here (yea, I spoofed it just for the shot).