Need help: Loading images from certain paths

[StoveBacon]

I'm getting back into programming so instead of using Allegro, because I know of its limited capabilities, I switched to SFML. I want to know how to load an image from my graphics folder which is in the projects folder. Heres the structure. Documents>Project>Project>Graphics|debug etc... This is what I have tried..

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Image.LoadFromFile("Graphics/test.png");

Any help would be appreciated... I know it's a very stupid question.

[PaperDuckyFTW]

Place the folder which holds the graphics inside the same folder as the .exe, much like you need to place the .dll in the same directory as the .exe

So for example, cause im bored
Documents > Projects > Awesome Game > Debug > game.exe
-------> makefile
-------> neededlibs.dll
------->Graphics
----->test.png

[StoveBacon]

So then I would do the

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Image.LoadFromFile("Graphics/test.png");

? That still didn't work, the command prompt said unable to open file.

[short]

So then I would do the

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Image.LoadFromFile("Graphics/test.png");

? That still didn't work, the command prompt said unable to open file.

Does

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Image.LoadFromFile("./test.png");

work if your image is in the same directory as your executable?

[StoveBacon]

I'm still getting the unable to open file error

[like80ninjas]

If the location is project/project/graphics/file.png
then this should work "graphics/file.png", assuming you are running the game from your compiler. If you are running the exe from the release or debug folder (i'm assuming you are using VC ) you should add your graphics folder to those folders as well.

[short]

What does

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char* buf = (char*) malloc( sizeof(char) * 1000);
getcwd(buf, 1000);
fprintf(stdout, "cdir %s \n", buf);

display?

edit: with microsoft compilers I think you need to use _getcwd instead of getcwd

[StoveBacon]

getcwd/_getcwd identifier not found.

[short]

what OS are you on? If your windows I think you need to include direct.h, on unix/osx I think you need unistd.h

[StoveBacon]

cdir c:\users\user\documents\project\project\project

That is the output in the console.

[short]

cdir c:\users\user\documents\project\project\project

That is the output in the console.

Is that the same directory your executable is in?

[StoveBacon]

exe is in: Documents>project>project>debug

[short]

exe is in: Documents>project>project>debug

Try putting your image file in Documents>projects>projects>resources>test.png

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Image.LoadFromFile("../resources/test.png");

is that working for you?

[StoveBacon]

Well, there is no more unable to load file error, but I can't see the image, but that is more or less something probably wrong in my code that I will be able to figure out myself. Thanks for your help!!

[StoveBacon]

Ah yes, clearing the buffer before drawing it tends to not show anything.