hi i am trying to download allegro, as stated in the title, i am using this guys youtube video for help and it has been more helpful than i thought it'd be, but of course i run into some sort of error. in the video, he tells you to go into the property pages -> configuration properties -> linker -> input -> additional dependencies and then type in "allegro-5.0.1-monolith-md-debug.lib". this is where i am getting my error, the compier is telling me that it can't open the file(error: LNK1104, i thought that it might have something to do with the versions being different, considering it is a few years old atm. i looked online and i tried going to common properties -> references -> add new reference, but it was blank. i tried including allegro by adding it to the "include libraries" and "library directories" in the VC++ Directories page but that doesnt work either. im totally lost. did i type in the wrong thing? im using visual studio 2013 and it seems like allegro.cc says the 2013 version isnt supported or something? i dont know...
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OK, it seems you are lost with this, perhaps the youtube video uses an old version of allegro and when you try to add the file allegro-5.0.1-monolith-md-debug.lib it refers to the one from version 5.0.1, however, allegro currently is at version 5.0.10, and that is the one you probably have downloaded.
Try changing the version number in the file to see if it compiles and don`t worry, vs2013 is compatible with this (I am currently using that one :))
By the way, you should be familiar with *lib files and the workflow in visual studio before embarking in the wonderful journey it is to develop a game, it will ease everything later on trust me.
P.D.: The video seems to explain the things nicely, however I recommend you to follow it from this page insteas of only the youtube channel. Why? I learned to use allegro5 with it.
Also, the wiki has information about installing allegro on Windows, if you want to have a look there.
Good Luck!
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