Can't compile a simple Bullet Physics application

Question

I'm trying to compile the Hello World program from the Bullel Physics Wiki in Visual Studio 2012 Express.
I was able to generate and import the three library projects needed to run the example, but there seems to be a problem when linking them.
In the compile log there are 38 of these errors, repeated a lot of times for each of the libraries.

error LNK2038: mismatch detected for 'RuntimeLibrary': value 'MDd_DynamicDebug' doesn't match value 'MD_DynamicRelease' in Main.obj

I can't understand what's wrong.

Try fooling around with having your program on "debug" or "release". — Name, Dec 24 '12 at 01:46
It looks like it's saying "You're giving me debug, I want release!" — Name, Dec 24 '12 at 03:35
Yes, I know, but this is really strange because I'm compiling all the solutions in Debug... — rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Dec 24 '12 at 17:12

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '13 at 05:25

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I had this problem as well, its easy to fix once you realize it.

Make sure all your projects match the same Runtime Library per configuration.

More information: http://www.davidlenihan.com/2008/01/choosing_the_correct_cc_runtim.html

answered Jan 18 '13 at 05:25

TIHan

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 31 '13 at 05:47

To add to TIHan's answer

One place worth looking is in your Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies section. I wound up noticing that I had a release build linked to my app, when the debug build should have been the one linked. As soon as I changed it, the error went away.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 16 '13 at 16:59

Another thing to check is the project configuration window, the one where you select which configuration is actually used per-project for the solution's current configuration setting. For instance, I recently had a solution where the release configuration had one of the static library projects set to build the debug version which caused this error.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 30 '14 at 12:15

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You could also get this error if a dependent project (producing a .lib) is not included in the solution and therefore has not been built properly.

answered Jan 30 '14 at 12:15

user2968871

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Can't compile a simple Bullet Physics application

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