Ogre SDK exception occured

Question

I've setup Ogre and dependencies on my PC, and downloaded some Ogre applications. When I launch my new exe file of the project I just downloaded it generates the following error:

05:37:59: Loading library C:/OgreSDK_vc9_v1-7-1/bin/debug\RenderSystem_Direct3D9_d
05:37:59: OGRE EXCEPTION(7:InternalErrorException): Could not load dynamic library C     :/OgreSDK_vc9_v1-7-1/bin/debug\RenderSystem_Direct3D9_d.  System Error: The specified module  could not be found.

in DynLib::load at ..\..\..\..\OgreMain\src\OgreDynLib.cpp (line 91)

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Upon creation of the central Ogre3D class Ogre::Root, you need to pass the name of a *.CFG file that contains all to be loaded Ogre plugins, such as the above mentioned D3D9 Render System.

That file needs to be next to your *.EXE by default and should look like this (in a minimal form where only the D3D9 Render System is loaded and the matching DLL file resides next to this CFG file):

# Defines plugins to load

# Define plugin folder
PluginFolder=.

# Define plugins
Plugin=RenderSystem_Direct3D9

For more information, have a look at this section in the Ogre3D tutorial 1

Answer 2

This took me a while until I figured it out. The dll (RenderSystem_Direct3D9_d) is missed because you didn't build it - it's the project with the same name (RenderSystem_Direct3D9) in the OGRE.sln

I'm using OGRE 2.1, so the dll I missing is RenderSystem_Direct3D11_d.dll instead of RenderSystem_Direct3D9_d.dll like yours, but the fix is similar, just build that dll's project, like the image below.

Anyway, as a beginner, to avoid any trouble, just hit F6 to build whole solution.