Question

This code makes the program freeze (“Game.exe has stopped working”):

#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <SFML/Window.hpp>
#include <SFML/System.hpp>

int main()
{

    sf::Clock clock;
    clock.getElapsedTime();

    return 0;
}

However, this doesn’t crash:

#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <SFML/Window.hpp>
#include <SFML/System.hpp>

int main()
{

    sf::Clock clock;

    return 0;
}

I’m using SFML 2.0, Windows 7, MinGW 4.70 (Code::Blocks). I don’t know why, I followed all instructions to link the libraries and nothing seems to be working.

I might be missing something simple through my anger (I’ve been trying to run sample code for a week, nothing has been working), so can anybody throw me a bone?

Other details:

• Linking to the -d libraries didn’t help
• I have all .dll’s in the same directory as the .exe
• Debug and Release mode don’t help
• I have the application set to “GUI Application,” and “Console Application” doesn’t work either

GDB Spits out a seg. fault:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
In sf::Clock::Clock() () (C:\Users\kworden\Documents\Work\Programming\Game\bin\Debug\sfml-system-2.dll)
At C:\Users\kworden\Documents\Work\Programming\Game\main.cpp:8

SOLUTION:

Compile the libraries yourself. I used the tutorial here and relinked to the libs generated by CMake.

Answer 1

Copying the answer from the comment:

I googled this just to see what this lib was an all indications are that you need to recompile the lib: en.sfml-dev.org/forums/index.php?topic=8726.0

This did fix the issue.