Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition

Requirements

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Trial (installs the mfc libraries that are not included with VCExpress 9)
• Microsoft DirectX SDK (August 2007 - November 2007 tested to be working, newer versions should work too)
• external_vs90.zip (or alternatively compile the required libraries yourself, see NeLRequiredLibrariesWindows for more information)
• 3ds Max SDK (only required if you need to build the plugins for 3ds Max)

VC++ Directories

• Include Files
  • <default directories>
  • <base dir of directx sdk>\Include - [C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (November 2007)\Include]
  • <base dir of 3ds max sdk>\maxsdk\include - [C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008 SDK\maxsdk\include]
  • <base dir of 3ds max sdk>\maxsdk\include\CS - [C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008 SDK\maxsdk\include\CS]
  • <base dir of 3ds max sdk>\maxsdk\include\maxscrpt - [C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008 SDK\maxsdk\include\CS\maxscrpt]
  • <base dir of external_vs90>\include - [E:\source\external_vs90\include]
  • <base dir of external_vs90>\include\AL - [E:\source\external_vs90\include\AL]
  • <base dir of opennel>\nel\src\3d - [E:\source\opennel\nel\src\3d]
  • <base dir of opennel>\nel\include - [E:\source\opennel\nel\include]
  • <base dir of opennel>\nel\src\ - [E:\source\opennel\nel\src]
• Library Files
  • <default directories>
  • <base dir of directx sdk>\Lib\x86 - [C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (November 2007)\Lib\x86]
  • <base dir of 3ds max sdk>\maxsdk\lib - [C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008 SDK\maxsdk\lib]
  • <base dir of external_vs90>\lib - [E:\source\external_vs90\lib]
  • <base dir of opennel>\nel\lib - [E:\source\opennel\nel\lib]

Deployment

In order to deploy an application which targets VC++ 9.0, the target machine is required to have either the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86) installed, or the Microsoft.VC90.CRT folder placed in the same directory as the executable. The redistributable package can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF&displaylang=en, while the Microsoft.VC90.CRT can be found in your visual studio installation directory (only if you have either the full version or the trial of visual studio 2008), under the path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\redist\x86\. Deploying the application by using the Microsoft.VC90.CRT folder, requires you to place the folder itself (and not only it's contents) in the same directory as the executable that targets these libraries.