Create Visual Studio 2019 Project

RayLib 3.5 and Visual Studio 2019 configuration

Building raylib.lib and raylib.dll

• Download or clone raysan5/raylib folder.
• In raylib/projects/VS2019 find raylib.sln and open it with Visual Studio 2019.
• Go to Solution Explorer window and find raylib project
• Right click on it and choose Set as Startup Project
• Check Solution Configurations (must be Release.Dll x64)
• Go to Build > Build raylib or press Ctrl + B to build raylib.lib and raylib.dll

Creating your own project

• Create new project > Console App
• Go to Project Properties > Configuration Properties > C/C++ > General and add ...\raylib\src folder (contains .h files) to Additional Include Directories
• Go to Configuration Properties > Linker > General and add ...\raylib\projects\VS2019\bin\x64\Release.DLL folder to Additional Library Directories
• Go to Configuration Properties > Linker > Input and add raylib.lib to Additional Dependencies
• Go to ...\raylib\projects\VS2019\bin\x64\Release.DLL folder and copy raylib.dll to your project folder (main .cpp must be in this folder)

Start coding

• Go to https://www.raylib.com/examples.html and grab some code to your .cpp file
• Set your project platform to x64 (if you build your libraries in x64)