Need help installing Mogre please.

Hi,

I followed the instructions here : http://www.ogre3d.org/tikiwiki/MOGRE+Installation but Ogre keeps crashing when I try to view the demos.

I'm trying to run the release files but all of them come up with '<insert demo name> has stopped working' immediately and that's about it.

I am on Windows 7 64bit and want to use Mogre with VisualBasic.net - I have Visual Studio 2010 Express and Visual Basic 2010 Express already installed and working.

I installed SP1 vcredist_x86 mentioned at that link I gave.

I don't get this bit : If you decide for Visual Studio SP1: Install the SP1 of version 2005 even if you use Visual Studio 2008

Like I said, I have Express 2010...so not sure what to do about that.

This is .NET 2 right ? Will that be the problem possibly ? I'm not sure what package I need for that to be honest.

If someone could get me in the right direction that would be great

Here's a couple of screenshots, maybe that would help :

OK well some progress

Found this : viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14563#p81544

Thanks to that I forgot about the demos and tried the Tutorial 1 and it works.

No idea why the demos don't work though.

Hi Freddy,

nice to see you in our Mogre world.

I'm surprised that my own post was helping you. Thanks for your note that the problem is solved.

I don't get this bit : If you decide for Visual Studio SP1: Install the SP1 of version 2005 even if you use Visual Studio 2008

If I remember right, the reason was that the Mogre/OgreMain library were build by VS 2005 (SP1?).
And for binaries build by this version there was a need for the related runtime environment for a correct execution.

This is .NET 2 right ? Will that be the problem possibly ? I'm not sure what package I need for that to be honest.

It depends to the settings in your VS project. It the build target is 2.0, you need the default Mogre binaries. For 4.0 target you need the 4.0 binaries.
I'm not shure, but I think for 3.0 and 3.5 you also use the 2.0 Mogre binaries.
The reason is the runtime environtment: .NET 3.0 and 3.5 are based on .NET 2.0 (like an add-on). On the other hand .NET 4.0 are not based on .NET 2.0. It's a seperate environment.


I followed the instructions here : http://www.ogre3d.org/tikiwiki/MOGRE+Installation but Ogre keeps crashing when I try to view the demos.
This is a very outdated wiki page, related to Mogre 1.4.
To avoid confusion perhaps I consider to delete this page (or replace it with current content).
With our rewritten (current) SDK installer you don't need manual instructions and also don't need the tutorial 0.
Thanks for you note. Now I know a lack of Mogre documentation.

To avoid newcomer confusions I cleaned up the Mogre Basic Tutorial 0 page.
The page MOGRE Installation I didn't cleaned up yes, but I added an obvious note to the top of the page.

Thank you Beauty for your explanations and setting me straight !

If you get more experiences with Mogre, we would be happy about a feedback.
Tell us, which problems you had or if there is something you like.
After some experience you also can tell us, which points are important for the further Mogre development in your opinion. For this use the forum topic Feature requests and wish list.