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Posted: **Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:55 am**

Hi,

First, Thanks to Eran and everybody else working on this IDE. It is really nice you put so much effort into it and also support multiple operating systems!

System Information:

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OS:      : Windows 7, 64 Bit
CodeLite : version 7.0 , 64 Bit 
                - codelite-amd64-7.0.exe from the homepage) 
                - installed to folder C:\Program Files\CodeLite
Compiler : Mingw 4.8.1
                - installed to folder C:\MinGW-4.8.1

General Information:
I made a workspace proc_space ( located at C:\cpp_projects\proc_space ) which contains two projects:

game
game_test

folder-structure inside proc_space folder:

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 proc_space                 
├───game                 
│       Bomb.hpp         
│       Bullet.hpp       
│       Constants.hpp    
│       Entity.hpp       
│       Game.cpp         
│       Game.hpp         
│       game.mk          
│       game.project     
│       game.txt         
│       main.cpp         
│       main.hpp         
│       qt.hpp           
│       QuadTree.cpp     
│       QuadTree.hpp     
│       Ship.hpp         
│       SpatialHash.cpp  
│       SpatialHash.hpp  
│                        
└───game_test            
        game_test.mk     
        game_test.project
        game_test.txt    
        main.cpp

game project setup:
I use the standard template library and SFML 2.2 ( located at C:\dev_libs_cpp\SFML-2.2 )

game.project (build configuration):

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CodeLite_Project Name="game" InternalType="Console">
  <Plugins>
    <Plugin Name="qmake">
      <![CDATA[00020001N0005Debug0000000000000001N0007Release000000000000]]>
    </Plugin>
    <Plugin Name="CMakePlugin">
      <![CDATA[[{
  "name": "Debug",
  "enabled": false,
  "buildDirectory": "build",
  "sourceDirectory": "$(ProjectPath)",
  "generator": "",
  "buildType": "",
  "arguments": [],
  "parentProject": ""
 }, {
  "name": "Release",
  "enabled": false,
  "buildDirectory": "build",
  "sourceDirectory": "$(ProjectPath)",
  "generator": "",
  "buildType": "",
  "arguments": [],
  "parentProject": ""
 }]]]>
    </Plugin>
  </Plugins>
  <Description/>
  <Dependencies/>
  <VirtualDirectory Name="src">
    <File Name="main.cpp"/>
    <File Name="Entity.hpp"/>
    <File Name="main.hpp"/>
    <File Name="Ship.hpp"/>
    <File Name="Game.hpp"/>
    <File Name="Game.cpp"/>
    <File Name="Bullet.hpp"/>
    <File Name="Constants.hpp"/>
    <File Name="Bomb.hpp"/>
    <File Name="SpatialHash.hpp"/>
    <File Name="SpatialHash.cpp"/>
    <File Name="QuadTree.hpp"/>
    <File Name="QuadTree.cpp"/>
  </VirtualDirectory>
  <Settings Type="Executable">
    <GlobalSettings>
      <Compiler Options="" C_Options="" Assembler="">
        <IncludePath Value="."/>
      </Compiler>
      <Linker Options="">
        <LibraryPath Value="."/>
      </Linker>
      <ResourceCompiler Options=""/>
    </GlobalSettings>
    <Configuration Name="Debug" CompilerType="MinGW ( CodeLite-4.8.1 )" DebuggerType="GNU gdb debugger" Type="Executable" BuildCmpWithGlobalSettings="append" BuildLnkWithGlobalSettings="append" BuildResWithGlobalSettings="append">
      <Compiler Options="-g;-O0;-std=c++11;-Wall" C_Options="-g;-O0;-Wall" Assembler="" Required="yes" PreCompiledHeader="" PCHInCommandLine="no" PCHFlags="" PCHFlagsPolicy="0">
        <IncludePath Value="."/>
        <IncludePath Value="C:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/include"/>
      </Compiler>
      <Linker Options="" Required="yes">
        <LibraryPath Value="C:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/lib"/>
        <Library Value="sfml-main-d"/>
        <Library Value="sfml-system-d"/>
        <Library Value="sfml-graphics-d"/>
        <Library Value="sfml-window-d"/>
        <Library Value="sfml-audio-d"/>
      </Linker>
      <ResourceCompiler Options="" Required="no"/>
      <General OutputFile="$(IntermediateDirectory)/$(ProjectName)" IntermediateDirectory="./Debug" Command="./$(ProjectName)" CommandArguments="" UseSeparateDebugArgs="no" DebugArguments="" WorkingDirectory="$(IntermediateDirectory)" PauseExecWhenProcTerminates="yes" IsGUIProgram="no" IsEnabled="yes"/>
      <Environment EnvVarSetName="<Use Defaults>" DbgSetName="<Use Defaults>">
        <![CDATA[]]>
      </Environment>
      <Debugger IsRemote="no" RemoteHostName="" RemoteHostPort="" DebuggerPath="" IsExtended="no">
        <DebuggerSearchPaths/>
        <PostConnectCommands/>
        <StartupCommands/>
      </Debugger>
      <PreBuild/>
      <PostBuild/>
      <CustomBuild Enabled="no">
        <RebuildCommand/>
        <CleanCommand/>
        <BuildCommand/>
        <PreprocessFileCommand/>
        <SingleFileCommand/>
        <MakefileGenerationCommand/>
        <ThirdPartyToolName>None</ThirdPartyToolName>
        <WorkingDirectory/>
      </CustomBuild>
      <AdditionalRules>
        <CustomPostBuild/>
        <CustomPreBuild/>
      </AdditionalRules>
      <Completion EnableCpp11="no">
        <ClangCmpFlagsC/>
        <ClangCmpFlags/>
        <ClangPP/>
        <SearchPaths/>
      </Completion>
    </Configuration>
    <Configuration Name="Release" CompilerType="MinGW ( CodeLite-4.8.1 )" DebuggerType="GNU gdb debugger" Type="Executable" BuildCmpWithGlobalSettings="append" BuildLnkWithGlobalSettings="append" BuildResWithGlobalSettings="append">
      <Compiler Options="-O2;-std=c++11;-Wall" C_Options="-O2;-Wall" Assembler="" Required="yes" PreCompiledHeader="" PCHInCommandLine="no" PCHFlags="" PCHFlagsPolicy="0">
        <IncludePath Value="."/>
        <IncludePath Value="C:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/include"/>
        <Preprocessor Value="NDEBUG"/>
      </Compiler>
      <Linker Options="" Required="yes">
        <LibraryPath Value="C:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/lib"/>
        <Library Value="sfml-main-d"/>
        <Library Value="sfml-system-d"/>
        <Library Value="sfml-graphics-d"/>
        <Library Value="sfml-window-d"/>
        <Library Value="sfml-audio-d"/>
      </Linker>
      <ResourceCompiler Options="" Required="no"/>
      <General OutputFile="$(IntermediateDirectory)/$(ProjectName)" IntermediateDirectory="./Release" Command="./$(ProjectName)" CommandArguments="" UseSeparateDebugArgs="no" DebugArguments="" WorkingDirectory="$(IntermediateDirectory)" PauseExecWhenProcTerminates="yes" IsGUIProgram="no" IsEnabled="yes"/>
      <Environment EnvVarSetName="<Use Defaults>" DbgSetName="<Use Defaults>">
        <![CDATA[]]>
      </Environment>
      <Debugger IsRemote="no" RemoteHostName="" RemoteHostPort="" DebuggerPath="" IsExtended="no">
        <DebuggerSearchPaths/>
        <PostConnectCommands/>
        <StartupCommands/>
      </Debugger>
      <PreBuild/>
      <PostBuild/>
      <CustomBuild Enabled="no">
        <RebuildCommand/>
        <CleanCommand/>
        <BuildCommand/>
        <PreprocessFileCommand/>
        <SingleFileCommand/>
        <MakefileGenerationCommand/>
        <ThirdPartyToolName>None</ThirdPartyToolName>
        <WorkingDirectory/>
      </CustomBuild>
      <AdditionalRules>
        <CustomPostBuild/>
        <CustomPreBuild/>
      </AdditionalRules>
      <Completion EnableCpp11="no">
        <ClangCmpFlagsC/>
        <ClangCmpFlags/>
        <ClangPP/>
        <SearchPaths/>
      </Completion>
    </Configuration>
  </Settings>
</CodeLite_Project>

game project debug build output (works ):

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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C "C:/MinGW-4.8.1/bin/mingw32-make.exe -j4 SHELL=cmd.exe  -e -f  Makefile"
"----------Building project:[ game - Debug ]----------"
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Entering directory 'C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game'
C:/MinGW-4.8.1/bin/g++.exe   -c  "C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game/main.cpp" -g -O0 -std=c++11 -Wall  -o ./Debug/main.cpp.o -I. -I. -IC:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/include
C:/MinGW-4.8.1/bin/g++.exe   -c  "C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game/Game.cpp" -g -O0 -std=c++11 -Wall  -o ./Debug/Game.cpp.o -I. -I. -IC:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/include
C:/MinGW-4.8.1/bin/g++.exe   -c  "C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game/SpatialHash.cpp" -g -O0 -std=c++11 -Wall  -o ./Debug/SpatialHash.cpp.o -I. -I. -IC:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/include
C:/MinGW-4.8.1/bin/g++.exe   -c  "C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game/QuadTree.cpp" -g -O0 -std=c++11 -Wall  -o ./Debug/QuadTree.cpp.o -I. -I. -IC:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/include
C:/MinGW-4.8.1/bin/g++.exe  -o ./Debug/game @"game.txt" -L. -LC:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/lib  -lsfml-main-d -lsfml-system-d -lsfml-graphics-d -lsfml-window-d -lsfml-audio-d
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game'
0 errors, 0 warnings

In the game project the subfolder Debug is created (see contents below):

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    .d
    Game.cpp.o
    Game.cpp.o.d
    game.exe
    main.cpp.o
    main.cpp.o.d
    QuadTree.cpp.o
    QuadTree.cpp.o.d
    SpatialHash.cpp.o
    SpatialHash.cpp.o.d

To run the game I need to add the sfml dlls but I omit that part here.

Here the problems start

game_test project setup:
In the game_test project I want to test certain functionality of project game.
I use the Unittest++ (located at C:\UnitTest++-1.3 ) and again SFML 2.2 ( located at C:\dev_libs_cpp\SFML-2.2 )

game_test.project (build configuration):

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CodeLite_Project Name="game_test" InternalType="UnitTest++">
  <Plugins>
    <Plugin Name="qmake">
      <![CDATA[00010001N0005Debug000000000000]]>
    </Plugin>
    <Plugin Name="CMakePlugin">
      <![CDATA[[{
  "name": "Debug",
  "enabled": false,
  "buildDirectory": "build",
  "sourceDirectory": "$(ProjectPath)",
  "generator": "",
  "buildType": "",
  "arguments": [],
  "parentProject": ""
 }, {
  "name": "Release",
  "enabled": false,
  "buildDirectory": "build",
  "sourceDirectory": "$(ProjectPath)",
  "generator": "",
  "buildType": "",
  "arguments": [],
  "parentProject": ""
 }]]]>
    </Plugin>
  </Plugins>
  <Description/>
  <Dependencies/>
  <VirtualDirectory Name="src">
    <File Name="main.cpp"/>
  </VirtualDirectory>
  <Settings Type="Executable">
    <GlobalSettings>
      <Compiler Options="" C_Options="" Assembler="">
        <IncludePath Value="."/>
      </Compiler>
      <Linker Options="">
        <LibraryPath Value="."/>
      </Linker>
      <ResourceCompiler Options=""/>
    </GlobalSettings>
    <Configuration Name="Debug" CompilerType="MinGW ( CodeLite-4.8.1 )" DebuggerType="GNU gdb debugger" Type="Executable" BuildCmpWithGlobalSettings="append" BuildLnkWithGlobalSettings="append" BuildResWithGlobalSettings="append">
      <Compiler Options="-g;-std=c++11" C_Options="-g" Assembler="" Required="yes" PreCompiledHeader="" PCHInCommandLine="no" PCHFlags="" PCHFlagsPolicy="0">
        <IncludePath Value="$(UNIT_TEST_PP_SRC_DIR)/src"/>
        <IncludePath Value="."/>
        <IncludePath Value="C:/UnitTest++-1.3/src"/>
        <IncludePath Value="C:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/include"/>
        <IncludePath Value="C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game"/>
      </Compiler>
      <Linker Options="" Required="yes">
        <LibraryPath Value="$(UNIT_TEST_PP_SRC_DIR)/Debug"/>
        <LibraryPath Value="C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game/Release"/>
        <LibraryPath Value="C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game/Debug"/>
        <LibraryPath Value="C:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/lib"/>
        <Library Value="libUnitTest++.a"/>
        <Library Value="QuadTree.cpp.o"/>
      </Linker>
      <ResourceCompiler Options="" Required="no"/>
      <General OutputFile="$(IntermediateDirectory)/$(ProjectName)" IntermediateDirectory="Debug" Command="./$(ProjectName)" CommandArguments="" UseSeparateDebugArgs="no" DebugArguments="" WorkingDirectory="$(IntermediateDirectory)" PauseExecWhenProcTerminates="yes" IsGUIProgram="no" IsEnabled="yes"/>
      <Environment EnvVarSetName="<Use Defaults>" DbgSetName="<Use Defaults>">
        <![CDATA[]]>
      </Environment>
      <Debugger IsRemote="no" RemoteHostName="" RemoteHostPort="" DebuggerPath="" IsExtended="no">
        <DebuggerSearchPaths/>
        <PostConnectCommands/>
        <StartupCommands/>
      </Debugger>
      <PreBuild/>
      <PostBuild/>
      <CustomBuild Enabled="no">
        <RebuildCommand/>
        <CleanCommand/>
        <BuildCommand/>
        <PreprocessFileCommand/>
        <SingleFileCommand/>
        <MakefileGenerationCommand/>
        <ThirdPartyToolName>None</ThirdPartyToolName>
        <WorkingDirectory/>
      </CustomBuild>
      <AdditionalRules>
        <CustomPostBuild/>
        <CustomPreBuild/>
      </AdditionalRules>
      <Completion EnableCpp11="no">
        <ClangCmpFlagsC/>
        <ClangCmpFlags/>
        <ClangPP/>
        <SearchPaths/>
      </Completion>
    </Configuration>
    <Configuration Name="Release" CompilerType="MinGW ( CodeLite-4.8.1 )" DebuggerType="GNU gdb debugger" Type="Executable" BuildCmpWithGlobalSettings="append" BuildLnkWithGlobalSettings="append" BuildResWithGlobalSettings="append">
      <Compiler Options="" C_Options="" Assembler="" Required="yes" PreCompiledHeader="" PCHInCommandLine="no" PCHFlags="" PCHFlagsPolicy="0">
        <IncludePath Value="."/>
        <IncludePath Value="$(UNIT_TEST_PP_SRC_DIR)/src"/>
      </Compiler>
      <Linker Options="-O2" Required="yes">
        <LibraryPath Value="$(UNIT_TEST_PP_SRC_DIR)/Release"/>
        <Library Value="libUnitTest++.a"/>
      </Linker>
      <ResourceCompiler Options="" Required="no"/>
      <General OutputFile="$(IntermediateDirectory)/$(ProjectName)" IntermediateDirectory="Release" Command="./$(ProjectName)" CommandArguments="" UseSeparateDebugArgs="no" DebugArguments="" WorkingDirectory="$(IntermediateDirectory)" PauseExecWhenProcTerminates="yes" IsGUIProgram="no" IsEnabled="yes"/>
      <Environment EnvVarSetName="<Use Defaults>" DbgSetName="<Use Defaults>">
        <![CDATA[]]>
      </Environment>
      <Debugger IsRemote="no" RemoteHostName="" RemoteHostPort="" DebuggerPath="" IsExtended="no">
        <DebuggerSearchPaths/>
        <PostConnectCommands/>
        <StartupCommands/>
      </Debugger>
      <PreBuild/>
      <PostBuild/>
      <CustomBuild Enabled="no">
        <RebuildCommand/>
        <CleanCommand/>
        <BuildCommand/>
        <PreprocessFileCommand/>
        <SingleFileCommand/>
        <MakefileGenerationCommand/>
        <ThirdPartyToolName>None</ThirdPartyToolName>
        <WorkingDirectory/>
      </CustomBuild>
      <AdditionalRules>
        <CustomPostBuild/>
        <CustomPreBuild/>
      </AdditionalRules>
      <Completion EnableCpp11="no">
        <ClangCmpFlagsC/>
        <ClangCmpFlags/>
        <ClangPP/>
        <SearchPaths/>
      </Completion>
    </Configuration>
  </Settings>
</CodeLite_Project>

TLDR version (only linker information:

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      <Linker Options="" Required="yes">
        <LibraryPath Value="$(UNIT_TEST_PP_SRC_DIR)/Debug"/>
        <LibraryPath Value="C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game/Release"/>
        <LibraryPath Value="C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game/Debug"/>
        <LibraryPath Value="C:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/lib"/>
        <Library Value="libUnitTest++.a"/>
        <Library Value="QuadTree.cpp.o"/>
      </Linker>

My main.cpp looks like this:

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#include <UnitTest++.h>
#include "SFML\Window.hpp"
#include "QuadTree.hpp"


// run all tests
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	return UnitTest::RunAllTests();
}

TEST(Test_QuadTree)
{
	QuadTree qt = QuadTree(0, sf::Vector2f(0.0f, 0.0f), sf::Vector2f(512.0f, 512.0f));
}

There is no CHECK used right now but that does not matter.

When I try to compile this I get the following output:

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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C "C:/MinGW-4.8.1/bin/mingw32-make.exe -j4 SHELL=cmd.exe  -e -f  Makefile"
"----------Building project:[ game_test - Debug ]----------"
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Entering directory 'C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game_test'
C:/MinGW-4.8.1/bin/g++.exe   -c  "C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game_test/main.cpp" -g -std=c++11  -o Debug/main.cpp.o -I. -IC:\UnitTest++-1.3/src -I. -IC:/UnitTest++-1.3/src -IC:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/include -IC:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game
C:/MinGW-4.8.1/bin/g++.exe  -o Debug/game_test @"game_test.txt" -L. -LC:\UnitTest++-1.3/Debug -LC:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game/Release -LC:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game/Debug -LC:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/lib  -lUnitTest++ -lQuadTree.cpp.o
c:/mingw-4.8.1/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lQuadTree.cpp.o
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
mingw32-make.exe[1]: *** [Debug/game_test] Error 1
mingw32-make.exe: *** [All] Error 2
game_test.mk:81: recipe for target 'Debug/game_test' failed
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game_test'
Makefile:4: recipe for target 'All' failed
1 errors, 0 warnings

TLDR version (only error message):

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cannot find -lQuadTree.cpp.o

I tried to change the Library in the configuration to QuadTree.cpp.o.d but it gave me a similar error. I also tried to compile game project in Release configuration (that's why also the Release folder is in the linker folders of game_test project) before running the game_test build.

Do I perhaps miss something?

Thanks for any help, suggestions. I hope I didn't paste too much text.

Posted: **Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:25 am**

I tried to change the Library in the configuration to QuadTree.cpp.o.d but it gave me a similar error

Why are you messing with the objects directly? You should not attempt to pass an object file (e.g. QuadTree.cpp.o) directly to the linker using the "-l" switch
You should remote this completely. The linker will not find it because it is not a library

Eran

Posted: **Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:12 am**

That's a very good question. Thanks for pointing this out. That was actually a pretty stupid move. Thanks!

I was able to solve my problem by creating another project ( dll) in my workspace called game_libraries where I moved all classes like QuadTree, Entity, etc. and then link to it in my game and game_test project. So when I compile the game_libraries project and link to it's Debug-path from game and game_test it works fine.

Another question if I may?

When I added Tests directly to the main.cpp in game_test it worked fine.

Then I created a separate file using the context menu to create a specific test file (in a subdirectory "tests" for QuadTree (named test_QuadTree) which contains auto generated test cases for all methods in class QuadTree.

Compilation of game_test works.

After I click on the "run tests button" in the IDE it I get a message box saying "Project contains 0 tests. Nothing to be done." .

Do I need to add something to the main.cpp in game_test to also run the tests in test_QuadTree.cpp ?

main.cpp contains currently:

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#include <UnitTest++.h>

// run all tests
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	return UnitTest::RunAllTests();
}

Output of the game_test build:

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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C "C:/MinGW-4.8.1/bin/mingw32-make.exe -j4 SHELL=cmd.exe  -e -f  Makefile"
"----------Building project:[ game_test - Debug ]----------"
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Entering directory 'C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game_test'
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game_test'
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Entering directory 'C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game_test'
C:/MinGW-4.8.1/bin/g++.exe   -c  "C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game_test/test_QuadTree.cpp" -g -std=c++11  -o Debug/test_QuadTree.cpp.o -I. -IC:\UnitTest++-1.3/src -IC:\UnitTest++-1.3/test -I. -IC:/UnitTest++-1.3/src -IC:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/include -IC:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game_libraries
C:/MinGW-4.8.1/bin/g++.exe  -o Debug/game_test @"game_test.txt" -L. -LC:\UnitTest++-1.3/Debug -LC:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game/Release -LC:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game_libraries/Debug -LC:/dev_libs_cpp/SFML-2.2/lib  -lUnitTest++ -lgame_libraries
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/cpp_projects/proc_space/game_test'
0 errors, 0 warnings

Thanks for any responses!

Posted: **Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:30 am**

Garr! I'm an idiot.

I should copy the game_libraries.dll to game_test/Debug when making changes and recompiling. That solved this issue with the message box.

Sorry

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