It is recommended to select 'Empty Project'. The first thing to do is choose what kind of project to create. To keep libraries in their own separate location, especially if you intend to use several versions of the same library, or several compilers. Copying headers and libraries to your installation of Visual Studio is not recommended, it's better You can then unpack the SFML archive wherever you like.
If there's no SFML package compiled for your version of Visual C++, you will have to
Won't be compatible with VC++ 12 (Visual Studio 2013) for example. Indeed, a library compiled with VC++ 10 (Visual Studio 2010) You must download the package that matches your version of Visual C++. It will explain howįirst, you must download the SFML SDK from the download page. This tutorial is the first one you should read if you're using SFML with the Visual Studio IDE (Visual C++ compiler).
