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Keand64
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Posted: 29th Jan 2009 00:46
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I was wondering...
~1. Is there any way to change the icon of the compiled applictaion? (and for the record, I've already tried Properties, there is no "Change Icon".
~2. Is there any way to have the media files (ie.: something.dll, something.bmp, etc.) in a folder seperate from the actual application?

Thanks.

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Slayer93
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Posted: 29th Jan 2009 01:47
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Quote: "~1. Is there any way to change the icon of the compiled applictaion? (and for the record, I've already tried Properties, there is no "Change Icon"."


MSVC++ Express doesn't have a resource Editor so you'll have to compile it first and then download a resource hacker to change it afterwards.

Quote: "~2. Is there any way to have the media files (ie.: something.dll, something.bmp, etc.) in a folder seperate from the actual application?"


You can, just make sure you go to the right folder.

Eg. if you put it in a 'Media' folder where your app is then do something like 'Media\something.bmp' instead of just 'something.bmp'.


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Zuka
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Posted: 29th Jan 2009 01:50
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You don't have to hack it. You can add the .rc stuff to your project and then compile it.
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Slayer93
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Posted: 29th Jan 2009 01:53
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I guess you could do that too.


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Keand64
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Posted: 29th Jan 2009 03:32 Edited at: 29th Jan 2009 04:54
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Thanks for the help, guys.

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Oh, and one more thing: in order of my game to run on another persons computer, they need to have d3dx9_35.dll installed into the directory of the game. I have fixed this by putting the d3dx9_35.dll into the folder that the game is in, but I was wondering if there is anyway to make it so that the .dll can be in a different directory or subfolder?

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CheatCat
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Posted: 29th Jan 2009 10:44
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All big games have the .dll files in the same directory as the .exe file!

To change the icon just open notepad and write:

Save as .rc and put the the file into your project.
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Keand64
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Posted: 29th Jan 2009 18:08
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I saved 'ico1 ICON "Icon.ico"' in notepad as a .rc, added it to my project, and added the icon "Icon.ico" to the project, but when i compile it it gives me the a bunch of errors.

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