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Alure is a utility library for OpenAL, providing a C++ API and managing common tasks that include file loading, caching, and streaming
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Why does Alure have different include files and which files should we use? #45

Closed SeanTolstoyevski closed 4 years ago

SeanTolstoyevski commented 4 years ago

Hi,

There are multiple C++ files in the "include" folder in Alure's source. (In https://github.com/kcat/alure/tree/master/inclu) But when I download it from the site, only include alure.h in the include folder. (Https://kcat.strangesoft.net/alure-releases/alure-1.2-win32-bin.zip) Msys64-mingw-w64 / mingw-w32 also contains only the alure.h file. Can you say why this difference is caused?

I want to use Alure to get rid of some of the functions of OpenAL. However, when I examine the source on GitHub, I see that Alure provides a wrapper for OpenAL. And it is written in C++. There are different files in the download links on the site and different files in GitHub source.

How can we decide which include folder we should use?

In addition: There is no win64 dll in the download link. I was able to install 64bit of the library with msys64. There is no 64bit DLL in the download link.

And finally: How can I compile the sample codes in the examples folder? I could not get out of this problem. I have defined alure32 and openal32 to G++. Please enter a note about how we can compile samples in the "example" folder for OpenAL-soft and alure? Such a note would be great in Readme. I couldn't find any notes on how these examples could be compiled. G++ shows errors like "__imp___xxxx".

McSinyx commented 4 years ago

Hi @SeanTolstoyevski, the website is obsolete now since it's still describing alure 1 while this repo is for alure 2. Since alure 2 is not released (see GH-44), I don't think we should expect pre-compiled binary although following the instructions in README (building using CMake) works out for me on GNU/Linux, macOS as well as Windows. Full disclosure: I'm maintaining a Python library depending on alure 2 and I build it on Travis and AppVoyer for CI/CD (see links on the sidebar).

SeanTolstoyevski commented 4 years ago

I have browsed your project and it looks great. But it cannot be installed on Windows right now.

I think you need to upload Windows dependencies on the repo for this. It is difficult to find and compile dependencies in Windows.

good lucks.

And topic 2: I was never aware of this. I didn't know there were 2 alures. Thanks, I get it now.