Step-By-Step Guide To Installing ODE From CVS

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How to Install the Open Dynamics Engine SDK and Static Libraries

by Kevin Kassil, February 2006

Obtain a recent snapshot of the CVS UNSTABLE branch. If you are not a CVS wiz, one dated 10 February 2006 is available on Sourceforge[1].

Extract the ODE source to a temporary build directory. First we must configure the project for Visual Studio, with the following compile-time options:

• single-precision floating-point arithmetic,
• trimesh support with OPCODE, and
• cylinder collisions.

To do this, run the following BAT file:

 VC6/configure-single-trimesh-dcylinder2.bat

Open the VS workspace file "VC6/ode.dsw".

Add three files to the "ode" project under its "Source files" filter. To do this from the Project menu, click "Add Existing Item". Select these three source files:

 ode/src/
   collision_cylinder_box.cpp
   collision_cylinder_sphere.cpp
   collision_cylinder_trimesh.cpp

Perform a batch build, selecting both "Debug" and Release" configurations for each of the OPCODE and ODE projects. When this completes, you will have four static libraries in the lib directory:

 OPCODE.lib
 OPCODE_D.lib
 ode.lib
 oded.lib

The two with the D suffix have debugging information; copy them to %LIAV%/Dependencies/lib/Debug. The others should go in %LIAV%/Dependencies/lib/Release.

In MS Visual Studio 2005, open the CAXConcept project properties with Alt-F7. Perform the following actions for both the "Release" and "Debug" configurations.

In the tree on the left, navigate to "Configuration Properties" / "Linker" / "Input". Beside "Additional Dependencies, click the little "..." button. In the list that appears, add the ODE and OPCODE libraries.

On my system, the debug libraries are as follows:

 ALUT.lib
 OpenAL32.lib
 devil.lib
 SDL.lib
 pthreadVC2.lib
 OgreMain.lib
 Plugin_OctreeSceneManager.lib
 ode.lib
 OPCODE.lib

Similarly, my release libraries are as follows:

 ALUT.lib
 OpenAL32.lib
 devil.lib
 SDL.lib
 pthreadVC2.lib
 OgreMain_d.lib
 Plugin_OctreeSceneManager.lib
 oded.lib
 OPCODE_D.lib

Finally, copy ODE's include/ode directory to a central place on your system where you keep header files, for example, C:/Kevin/include/ode. Then, add this place (e.g. C:/Kevin/include) to the LIAV project as follows.

From the project properties page (as above), go to "Configuration Properties" / "C/C++" / "General". Beside "Additional Include Directories", click the little "..." button. In the list that appears, add the "include" directory. (Do not add the "include/ODE" directory specifically.)