Apps are linked against the plugin dll

I've noticed that Demo_PCZTestApp.exe is linked against PLUGIN_PCZSCENEMANAGER_D.DLL (somehow, wasn't able to find it in VC9 project Linker/Input/Additional dependencies, this is strange, however it IS linked).

I understand that the reason is that you have to call PCZSceneManager::init - I had to add PLUGIN_PCZSCENEMANAGER_D import library to my test application linker configuration in order to build it, too.

But is this normal? I mean, as a design decision - having to link against another lib, which I understand, is loaded dynamically by OgreMain anyhow (when you load plugins that is).. It just doesn't sit well with me.

Oh, and as it had been mentioned already somewhere (http://www.ogre3d.org/forums/viewtopic. ... 02#p307302), PCZ SM dll MUST be in the same directory where the executable is. Otherwise it wouldn't start at all.

Both are valid points. I'll put them on my mile long list of "todo" items, but I have serious time issues (I'm running a major project in my own company AND I'm working on another completely unrelated project in a pseudo-startup).

Ah, that would be the reason for having to call it libPlugunPCZSceneManager.so rather than PluginPCZSceneManager.so to make it work on Linux.

What I can't figure out is how the sample program finds the library on Linux, where other programs i've made can't. /usr/local/lib/OGRE isn't one of the directory's ldconfig usually searches. I've resorted to copying the lib up a directory to /usr/local/lib. I guess for a user install, you could just put it in the same directory with the main exe.

Would it be better to use it as a normal library? You could still use the plugin interface from what I remember.

merlinblack