Just 5 hours to install & work with OgreDotNet

Hi friends!

Sorry, for my English.. May be I'm stupid..

Today I was try to install ODN..

First, I download precomplied dll's and move them to bin folder.. I was try to run demo and receive exception about "instance of object not referenced" or somthing like this..

I was read a wiki and forum and begin edit resources.cfg and copy/paste my media folder to some different folder, to try to run demo.. (I can't see Ogre.log at this moment)

Then I download sources from cvs,swig and do all as it described in wiki.. Run sample in debugger, and find that application crashes in creating Root object.. I edit demo config file to set Working Directory to Bin/Debug..
But problems still exists

Then Ogre.log reports that some plugins are not loaded, I again read wiki and forums and find that I need msvcp80d.dll and other dll's to run demo.. I'm copy this files, but demo reports R6034 error..

Then I use google/forum, and find that I need to attach manifest file to my app..


All this actions required some time (5 hours), many patience and reading forum. For example MOGRE installation just tooks over 10 minutes to install and run demos..

May be better to create OgreDotNet+OgreSDK precomplied installation to just "click & run" as in MOGRE ?

I'll have to say that this is by far the most frustraring version of Ogre to download and install. To this point, I haven't gotten a single project to build or sample to run. I've had some issues with the other version of Ogre, but nothing that couldn't be fixed with some reasonable effort. The fact that the demos will not run, given the couple of hours I've spent reading posts and copying files is just killing me.

What is the exact version on the OgreSDK to download??

OgreSDKSetup1.2.0_RC2_VC80.exe

Is that correct? None the names or versions match the download page. I can make an intelligent guess, but at this point I'm about to throw in the towel.

Scott

If you're fine with windows only then use MOgre

well, actually we will need linux support as well.

The problem that I'm finding is that all of the directions are not in sync with the archives.

I'm told to download an install the OgreSDK 1.2.0(state 1.2.3)

I have no idea what state 1.2.3 is?? That seems like a fairly crucial part of the instructions. I've downloaded:

OgreSDKSetup1.2.0_VC80.exe
and
OgreSDKSetup1.2.0_RC2_VC80.exe

My co worker now assumes that he should be downloading version 1.2.3 based upon the directions above. All we are looking for a little clarity on the issue, please.