Using C++ in Panda3D - Help

C++ coding using Panda3D
1

SO I went through the manual for C++ using.
I decided to take their script on the end of the tutorial, However:
Strangely,
It won’t allow me to use C++.
It will say the code is invalid.
I’m using PyPE.

How can I use C++???
I’m going to college for this stuff, And they do C++.
Not Python, So I might as well only use C++.

2

I did read upon the manual,
And to be more specific, I used:

#include “pandaFramework.h”
#include “pandaSystem.h”
PandaFramework framework;
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
framework.open_framework(argc,argv);
framework.set_window_title(“Hello World!”);
WindowFramwork *window = framework.open_window();
if (window != (WindowFramework *)NULL) {
nout << “Opened the window successfully!\n”;
window->enable_keyboard();
window->setup_trackball();
fraimwork.main_loop();
} else {
nout << “Could not load the window!\n”;
}
framework.close_framework();
return (0);
}

This is what it says to do as far as converting Panda3D from Python to C++.
Please help, I’m in very much need.

3

Hi

the code you displayed has two typos:
first is:
WindowFramwork *window = framework.open_window();
need an “e” in WindowFramework
second is:
fraimwork.main_loop();
should be
framework.main_loop();

I compile with Visual Studio 2008 Express,
and running produces the basic gray Panda window.

#include "pandaFramework.h"
#include "pandaSystem.h"
 
PandaFramework framework;

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

  framework.open_framework(argc,argv);
  framework.set_window_title("Hello World!");

  WindowFramework *window = framework.open_window();

  if (window != (WindowFramework *)NULL) {
    nout << "Opened the window successfully!\n";
    window->enable_keyboard();
    window->setup_trackball();
    framework.main_loop();
  } else {
    nout << "Could not load the window!\n";
  }

  framework.close_framework();

  return (0);
}
4

Thanks. I have not tried this yet, as I’m not home.
However,
I don’t see why I’d have typos considering this was 100% from the manual.

Also, would this enable me to type using C++?
If not, why? And what can I do to enable using C++.

Thanks so much!
-Luna

5

Hi

I don’t see the typos in the manual
http://www.panda3d.org/manual/index.php/Starting_Panda3D

it does look a little different than what you have above.

I’m not sure what you mean in the next two lines

Are you using Visual Studios as a editor/compiler ?
If so just create a project as described in manual.
http://www.panda3d.org/manual/index.php/How_to_build_a_CXX_Panda3D_game

6

Well see, I’m trying to be able to code in C++ other than Python.
And in the manual, this is what it described as what to put in as far as using C++ instead.

I copy pasted but it told me I had errors, which I did not see (not the typos listed above).
I’m using PyPE

7

“the code is invalid” is vague. You should tell us exactly which error message you’re getting and what exactly you’re doing to produce the error message.

8

You’re using PyPE? That’s probably the issue, you’re using an IDE designed for the Python language and that’s why it can’t compile the C++ code; you’ll need to download and install a C++ compiler and IDE (such as Visual Studio) and then you should be good to go.