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Hello

i had the same problem that many people in the forums related that when we follow all the steps in order to install the Dark GDK finally it doesnt appear in the visual c++ express wizard the options to create the dark2d, dark3d and dark options

reading a forum here i noticed that it should be actualized with important information.

here is the situation:
the dark gdk installation package assume that you has the windows xp 32 bit in english installed in the drive "C" and uses the user "mike" as administrator

here is the the problem:
the name of the directories and some values of paths of the windows operating system, visual studio vary according the installation languaje and the disk unit where are installed.

by example, using a windows xp in spanish version result that the directory where are located tha administrator documents will be: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Mis documentos

another case occurs when we have 3 hard disk ditributed like this:
disk 1:
- drive "C" where was installed the windows 2000 operating system just for "older" games
- disk 2:
drive "D" where was intalled the windows xp and it is the "current" operating system booted
drive "E" where was stored the song, videos and other data of the user
disk 3:
non windows partition, instead it was installed the ubuntu operating system

and here is the solution:
when you modify the paths of any file, you shul take into account the absolute paths according your instalation

in particular, you should do the following general steps:

a) go to your visual studio documents folder
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Mis documentos\Visual Studio 2008\

b) create the "wizards" folder
take into account that the visual studio express documentation indicates that the express software does not support "wizards". it appears that it is related on "create" wizards and it is not related to "use" wizards, so you should be able to modify the settings and create the appropiate environment to "use" wizards.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Mis documentos\Visual Studio 2008\Wizards

c) go to the wizards directory of your dark gdk installation folder

C:\Archivos de programa\The Game Creators\Dark GDK\Wizards

d) copy both directories (all its contents)
files
projects

e) return to your recent "wizard" folder created
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Mis documentos\Visual Studio 2008\Wizards

f) paste both directories

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Mis documentos\Visual Studio 2008\Wizards\files

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Mis documentos\Visual Studio 2008\Wizards\projects

g) for each of the threee projects (Dark GDK - 2D Game, Dark GDK - 3D Game, Dark GDK - Game) located in the project folder:

-modify the file "Dark GDK - 2D Game.vcproj.E6700.Mike.user"
look for the "debug settings" part and locate the command instruction, replace the appropiate path (remember the english and drive issue). it should be done twice

Command="C:\Archivos de Programa\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"

-rename the file by replacing the name "mike" by the name of the current account
from
"Dark GDK - 2D Game.vcproj.E6700.Mike.user"
to
"Dark GDK - 2D Game.vcproj.E6700.Administrador.user"

-modify the "Dark GDK - 2D Game.vsz" file by updating the absolute path directive (remember the english, drive and the new folder created "wizards" issue)

from
Param="ABSOLUTE_PATH = C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Dark GDK - 2D Game\Dark GDK - 2D Game"
to
Param="ABSOLUTE_PATH = C:\Documents and Settings\Administrador\Mis Documentos\Visual Studio 2008\Wizards\Projects\Dark GDK - 2D Game\Dark GDK - 2D Game"

now you will be able to see the three types of projects under the "wizard" or "Asistentes" type of proyect window

try to run the proyect and you will get compilation error.
it is time for the last fix

h) finally, update the visual c libraries and includes directories for the dark gdk and directx sdk apllications
- select the tools / options menu (herramientas / opciones in spanish version)
- select the solution and projects / visual c++ directories (proyectos y soluciones / directorios de VC++ in spanish)
- under "show directories for" (mostrar directorios para) combobox located upper rigth select the include files option and add this two lines, modifying the paths according your computer:

C:\Archivos de programa\The Game Creators\Dark GDK\Include
C:\Archivos de programa\Microsoft DirectX SDK (August 2007)\Include

- under "show directories for" (mostrar directorios para) combobox located upper rigth select the library files option and add this two lines, modifying the paths according your computer:

C:\Archivos de programa\Microsoft DirectX SDK (August 2007)\Lib\x86
C:\Archivos de programa\The Game Creators\Dark GDK\Lib\vs9

now try to run the project and you will see the falling rocks example running.

i hope that this psot will be usefull for someone because it tooks to me at least 5 days in order to understand waht was happening

bye

ergio2000