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SFML and Eclipse

Foreword

I made this document for myself beacause there is no official Eclipse manual for SFML yet. However since I'm not an expert not everything might be as correct as it should be, so feel free to contribute.

This guide assumes, you have already setup Eclipse successfully. Further this tutorial uses the GCC MinGw compiler and Windows 10. If you are using another compiler or operating system you may have to modify it slightly.

Step 1: Download & install SFML

Download

Go to http://www.sfml-dev.org/ and Download the GCC MinGw Version.

Download Button

The website says, the Compiler versions have to match 100%. I was also able to use it with a slightly newer compiler version (4.9.3), however if you run into troubles later you should consider downloading the matching compiler version, linked below the downloads.

Installation

Extract the downloaded zip-file anywhere you want. In this tutorial we will use the path C:\sfml

Step 2: Creating an Eclipse project

Open Eclipse Cpp and create a new project by clicking: File > New > C++ Project. Name the project whatever you want. Below select Empty Project as project type and the MinGW GCC toolchain. Click on the Finish button to create your project.

Creating a new project.

Step 3: Setup the project-properties

After you created your project right-click on it in the project explorer and select Properties.

Setup the include path.

Go to C/C++ Build > Settings > Tool Settings > GCC C++ Compiler > Includes and add the path to the include folder of the SFML library by clicking on the green plus-icon. Adding the libary-path.

Setup the library path.

Go to C/C++ Build > Settings > Tool Settings > MinGW C++ Linker > Libraries. Under Library search path (-L) add the path to the lib folder of the SFML library by clicking on the green plus-icon.

Under Libraries (-l) add the following: sfml-graphics sfml-window sfml-system. Click Apply and OK to save the changes. Adding the library-path.

Step 4: Creating a "Hello World" file

Right-click on your project folder and select New > Folder and then right-click the new folder and select New > File. Name it sfml.cpp.

New folder and file.

Copy the following code inside your file:

#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>

int main()
{
    sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(200,200), "Hello World");
    sf::CircleShape shape(100.f);
    shape.setPointCount(128);
    shape.setFillColor(sf::Color::Green);

    while (window.isOpen())
    {
        sf::Event event;
        while (window.pollEvent(event))
        {
            if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
                window.close();
        }

        window.clear();
        window.draw(shape);
        window.display();
    }

    return 0;
}

Step 5: Building and running

Click on Project > Build All. You should get an output similar to this:

14:06:36 **** Incremental Build of configuration Debug for project sfml_test ****
Info: Internal Builder is used for build
g++ "-IC:\\sfml\\include" -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -o "src\\sfml.o" "..\\src\\sfml.cpp"
g++ "-LC:\\sfml\\lib" -o sfml_test.exe "src\\sfml.o" -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system

14:06:37 Build Finished (took 837ms)

Now go to your SFML-library folder and copy the .dll-files of the bin folder. Paste them into the Debug folder of your SFML-project next to the generated .exe file.

The .dll-files.

Now go back to eclipse and press the green run button . If everything worked correctly you should see the following window:

The final window.

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