I have followed the manual 100% correctly, and have repeated the steps twice, but every time I try and debug(On Release Mode)
1>------ Build started: Project: panda, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
1> helloworld.cxx
1>LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘libp3framework.lib’
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
Please Help Me!
The linker can’t find libp3framework.lib; that means your project paths aren’t set properly, i.e. pointing to Panda’s lib directory. See here:
http://www.panda3d.org/manual/index.php/How_to_build_a_CXX_Panda3D_game_using_Microsoft_Visual_Studio_2008
However, pay special attention to the several VS2010-specific notes on that page, particularly that in order to link your C++ sources against Panda’s libs you can’t use the libs/DLLs downloaded from panda3d.org and instead must build them yourself from source.
If I might be so bold, allow me to suggest that you’d likely be better off using Panda from Python. For 9 out of 10 applications that’s a better way to go, and certainly for beginners it’s going to be a much easier learning path than attempting to use C++ and VS2010 (which is at the “extremely advanced” end of the spectrum).
–jonah