IrrlichtRenderer problem

[communism]

I keep getting this error when I try to construct a CEGUIIrrlichtRenderer...

error C2664: 'CEGUI::IrrlichtRenderer::IrrlichtRenderer(irr::IrrlichtDevice &)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'irr::IrrlichtDevice *' to 'irr::IrrlichtDevice &'

I'm using Visual Studio 9 (2008)

And the code that matters...

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//Receiver is my Event Receiver for Irrlicht...
IrrlichtDevice * device = createDevice(video::EDT_OPENGL, dimension2d<u32>(640, 480), 16, false, false, false, &receiver);
CEGUI::IrrlichtRenderer * rend = new CEGUI::IrrlichtRenderer(device);


[DEvil HUnter]

i would recommend buying and reading a book about c or c++. there you should read the chapter about pointers and references.

take a look at each byte in the following code:

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IrrlichtDevice & device = createDevice(video::EDT_OPENGL, dimension2d<u32>(640, 480), 16, false, false, false, &receiver);

hint: -> * -> & this time

[Kulik]

Actually

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IrrlichtDevice & device = *createDevice(video::EDT_OPENGL, dimension2d<u32>(640, 480), 16, false, false, false, &receiver);


the * before createDevice is important.

[communism]

Unfortunately the code;

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IrrlichtDevice * device = createDevice(video::EDT_OPENGL, dimension2d<u32>(640, 480), 16, false, false, false, &receiver);


Is necessary, all other references to the "device" only work if it is a pointer.
I attempted the following code...

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CEGUI::IrrlichtRenderer * rend = new CEGUI::IrrlichtRenderer(*device)


But I get the following error;
cannot access protected member declared in class 'CEGUI::IrrlichtRenderer'

[Kulik]

http://www.cegui.org.uk/docs/current/re ... orial.html

You can't construct the renderer like this. If anything it would be the IR::create static method.