Thread: Error, with in my DirectX game engine.

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    Post Error, with in my DirectX game engine.

    I've recently been reading a book, and followed instructions(I've learned a lot) on building a framework for several game engines I will have to build on this course(that includes a full 3d one, woah this is gonna take 2 years or something. .. Anyways Im having these two ONLY errors, here they are.. can't fix it for some reason, even though I know its something to do with a missing external:
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    Linking...
    t3dlib2.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _DirectInput8Create@20
    Debug/Game Engine.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
    Error executing link.exe.
    P.S. Im not good when it comes to compilers, I understand the language, etc. but the compiler speaks in another language it seems like. I guess with time, and more experience , Ill get better at understanding these errors.

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    I was wondering , what could be causing this? DirectX update needed? hrmm.. Ill be experiementing.

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    You need to link with the correct libraries in order for it to work. Your book should tell you what libraries you need to link with.

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    link dinput8.lib and dxguid.lib
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    Thanks, that worked perfectly.

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