[Plugin SDK] Compilation error

[CharlesVercetti]

I've installed Code Blocks on my Windows & PC and made all the necessary adjustments to make a plugin(installing Plugin SDK requisites,etc..).

The problem is,whenever I try to compile a plugin(in which the c++ code has been correctly sourced under a Plugin SDK project),I get this following error.

||=== Build file: GTAVC Release in test (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler) ===|C:\Users\Abu\Desktop\storieshud_src\plugin-sdk\shared\Error.h||In instantiation of 'static bool plugin::message_gen::msga(const char*, int, const char*, ArgTypes ...) [with ArgTypes = {char*, char*, const char*}]':|C:\Users\Abu\Desktop\storieshud_src\plugin-sdk\shared\Error.h|48|required from 'bool plugin::Error(const char*, ArgTypes ...) [with ArgTypes = {char*, char*, const char*}]'|C:\Users\Abu\Desktop\storieshud_src\plugin-sdk\shared\GameVersion.h|250|required from here|C:\Users\Abu\Desktop\storieshud_src\plugin-sdk\shared\Error.h|19|error: 'sprintf_s' was not declared in this scope|C:\Users\Abu\Desktop\storieshud_src\plugin-sdk\shared\Error.h||In instantiation of 'static bool plugin::message_gen::msga(const char*, int, const char*, ArgTypes ...) [with ArgTypes = {const char*}]':|C:\Users\Abu\Desktop\storieshud_src\plugin-sdk\shared\Error.h|40|required from 'bool plugin::Message(const char*, ArgTypes ...) [with ArgTypes = {const char*}]'|C:\Users\Abu\Desktop\storieshud_src\plugin-sdk\shared\GameVersion.h|257|required from here|C:\Users\Abu\Desktop\storieshud_src\plugin-sdk\shared\Error.h|19|error: 'sprintf_s' was not declared in this scope|||=== Build failed: 2 error(s), 6 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 5 second(s)) ===|

Can anyone help? (Forget about the folder path,that's totally irrelevant)

[DK22Pac]

Have you completely followed this guide when installing Code::Blocks?

[Sanmodder]

this plug-in more dedicated to visual studio
I also have this problem only I have 50 mistakes

[CharlesVercetti]

Have you completely followed this guide when installing Code::Blocks?

I installed Code Blocks which was bundled with the mingw compiler.

Does this cause any problem?

[DK22Pac]

Yes, because mingw32 and mingw-w64 are different compiler versions.

Edited March 17, 2018 by DK22Pac

[CharlesVercetti]

Yes, because mingw32 and mingw-64 are different compiler versions.

Thanks for the help _DK.(The offline installable .7z file is available for rev0 only.Online installer keeps crashing)

Another question-how do I link the source code of your mobile HUD with the plugin sdk snd compile it?

I am continuously getting the "missing plugin.h" error.

Edited March 17, 2018 by CharlesVercetti

[DK22Pac]

First you need to download MobileHUD source (you can find it on github) and put it to some X folder.

Then create a new plugin-sdk project in Code::Blocks, set its location at X folder.

And then, add all MobileHUD source files to your project.

[CharlesVercetti]

Yes, because mingw32 and mingw-w64 are different compiler versions.

Yupp...mingw64 has compiled the code successfully.But It seems I can't build a plugin.

||=== Build: GTAVC Release in chhudcol (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler) ===|ld.exe||cannot find -lplugin_vc|||error: ld returned 1 exit status|||=== Build failed: 2 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 0 second(s)) ===|

Edited March 17, 2018 by CharlesVercetti

[DK22Pac]

https://github.com/DK22Pac/plugin-sdk/wiki/Set-up-plugin-sdk#3-build-plugin-sdk-solutionworkspace

[CharlesVercetti]

https://github.com/DK22Pac/plugin-sdk/wiki/Set-up-plugin-sdk#3-build-plugin-sdk-solutionworkspace

Like this?

[DK22Pac]

Like this?

No. You've created your project inside plugin-sdk workspace, which is not how you should do it.

After you cloned/updated your plugin-sdk copy, open it and build, and you can close it and 'forget' about it (until another sdk update).

So when you've built a plugin-sdk workspace, you can close it and create your own plugin.

That's how a 'clean' plugin project looks like:

 

Edited March 17, 2018 by DK22Pac

[CharlesVercetti]

That's how a 'clean' plugin project looks like:

 

I did as you specified..but stlll the same error persists.

ld.exe||cannot find -lplugin_vc|||error: ld returned 1 exit status|

[DK22Pac]

Check if this file exists:

 

plugin-sdk\output\mingw\lib\libplugin_vc.a

If it doesn't - try to build plugin-sdk again. Maybe there were some errors during a build? Edited March 18, 2018 by DK22Pac

[CharlesVercetti]

Check if this file exists:

 

plugin-sdk\output\mingw\lib\libplugin_vc.a

If it doesn't - try to build plugin-sdk again. Maybe there were some errors during a build?

That worked like a charm.Thank you _DK !

[pep legal]

What about VS2017 ?

 

How to import project from GitHub ?

 

(I've already built plugin-sdk...and forgot it, as you said).

 

Any sugestion for a beginner ? maybe tweak an existent project !

 

(my C experience comes from ARM - using IAR not Visual Studio, my last C++ program was for Win 3.11 - _{yes....I'm old as hell} )

 

I have this so far :

 

Edited March 30, 2018 by pep legal

[Grinch_]

is it ok to take more time on code blocks to compile than vs?Its not that much but slightly?

[DK22Pac]

What about VS2017 ?

The route for VS is almost same as for CodeBlocks. And if you already have a created project - what's the problem then?

 

 

How to import project from GitHub ?

If a project is made for VS, you can clone the repo and simply open the .sln file.

As another option, you can use Github Extension for VS, click on "Open in Visual Studio" button on GitHub:

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/develop-code-in-visual-studio-without-projects-or-solutions

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/git/tutorial/clone?view=vsts&tabs=visual-studio

 

 

Any sugestion for a beginner ? maybe tweak an existent project !

You can check our examples in 'plugin-sdk/examples' folder.

 

 

is it ok to take more time on code blocks to compile than vs?Its not that much but slightly?

Code::Blocks and Visual Studio use completely differnt building toolchain, so I think it's normal that we have different building time. Edited March 30, 2018 by DK22Pac