need help compiling a dll

[weepleman]

I have Visual C++ 2005. and I have no idea how ta dll for my ship. I have searched the web, and all of the forums I can find, and this seems to be a topic that no one talks about. Please help!hmy:

 

[Bj]

These are the first steps to setting up the compiler;

Free compiler setup

 

[weepleman]

Thank you so much this is exactly what I was looking for

 

[weepleman]

Can someone tell me how to use a dll in a scenario?

 

[Bj]

What are you trying to do?

here is a thread that has a lot of tutorials

 

[weepleman]

what I'm trying to do is make a ship that uses a custom dll that I'm going to write, and I do not know how to use my own dll

 

[tblaxland]

Can someone tell me how to use a dll in a scenario?

what I'm trying to do is make a ship that uses a custom dll that I'm going to write, and I do not know how to use my own dll

So you have your own DLL now? If so, here is a tutorial on how to make scenarios:
[ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2735"]Tutorial: How to make scenarios for Orbiter v1.5[/ame]

The easiest way is to start with one of the stock scenarios (eg, "DG Mk4 in orbit") and modify it to take your vessel so it contains a section like:

YourShipName:YourShipClass
  STATUS Orbiting Earth
  ELEMENTS 6734916.8 0.00091 74.51287 169.03392 326.63622 528.41930 51982.51829991
  AROT 30.00 0.00 50.00
END

Remember also that you need a .cfg file for your vessel in the Config\Vessels directory. This can be as simple as the following (or more complex, see other cfgs for examples):

; === Configuration file for YourShipClass (YourShipClass.cfg) ===

ClassName = YourShipClass
Module = YourShipDLL

 

[Wraith]

what I'm trying to do is make a ship that uses a custom dll that I'm going to write, and I do not know how to use my own dll

You should read OrbiterSDK/doc/API_Guide.pdf. It's an 'official' overview of how to write various addons.

 

[weepleman]

Thank you, now, I know this is completly unrelated, but I'm trying to make my own solar system, and I have read a tutorial on how to do this, and no matter what I do, orbiter just CTD's when I start a scenario. Has there been any changes since a previous version of orbiter, and is there any way I could fix this?