Thread: Allegro with MSVC 7.1!

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    Angry Allegro with MSVC 7.1!

    I don't understand how to get Allegro to work with MSVC 7.1. I was reading through the docs, but they are confusing as heck ( they usually are poorly written). I have absolutely no idea where to start. They keep saying i have to run some file in my MSVC install folder, it's just really confusing. So if anyone knows of a simpler tutorial in order to get Allegro to work, please tell me.

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    I've never installed Allegro, but I have installed the SDL. For the SDL you need to link with some extra files and copy the header files to your compiler's include directory.
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    Yeah, I'll just use SDL since that worked for me. I was just curious in seeing how hard Allegro is to install with MSVC.

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    If SDL is working then just use that. It's widely used and more supported IMO.

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