[Openal] MacOSX OpenAL 1.1 & FreeALUT problems

[E. Wing]

Stupid question, but did you verify that the OpenAL.framework is
actually being linked in your build process? You might also try
building a pure OpenAL test program (no ALUT) as a sanity check.

-Eric


> From: Mauti <mauti at damnr6.com>
> Subject: [Openal] MacOSX OpenAL 1.1 & FreeALUT problems
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm working on a 3D OpenGL game for a university project. I'm in a
> team of 2 and we are developing Mac(universal binary)-PC
> crossplattform. So far our engine is almost complete except sound.
> Since OpenAL has a good reputation and was preinstalled we decided to
> go with that however this annoying 1.0 backward compatibility issue
> kept us busy for hours already. So I hope you can help us.
>
> On PC everything is working fine so I focus on the Mac side of
> problems. I'm using 10.4.9 so OpenAL 1.1 is installed. I downloaded
> FreeAlut and it compiled fine.
>
> When I inserted it however in our project I get these nasty multiple
> definitions errors. Ok no panic I surfed through the web and read a
> few posts here and found out that
> there are still some alut functions in the Mac binary.
>
> Alright no problem. I recompiled FreeALUT and renamed the 5 functions
> that keeps me from compiling my project:
>
> Namely alutInit(), alutExit(), alutLoadWAV(), alutLoadWAVMemory(),
> alutUnloadWAV() where renamed with a my_ prefix. I also updated the
> alut.h to reflect these changes.
>
> However now when I try to compile my project now it screams it can't
> find all the normal OpenAL stuff:
>
> Undefined symbols:
>   _alDeleteBuffers
> _alGenSources
> _alGetError
> _alGetSourcei
> _alGetString
> _alListenerfv
> _alSourcePause
> _alSourcePlay
> _alSourceStop
> _alSourcei
> _alcCloseDevice
> _alcCreateContext
> _alcDestroyContext
> _alcGetContextsDevice
> _alcGetCurrentContext
> _alcMakeContextCurrent
> _alcOpenDevice
> _alutCreateBufferFromFile
> _alutGetError
> _alutInitWithoutContext
> _alSource3f
> _alListener3f
>
> At least the multiple definitions errors are gone, but I don't know
> what's going on here. I have tried it a dozen times with different
> compiled freeAlut projects, just inserted only the header, tried to
> use the inofficial alAux.h which is posted somewhere here, also tried
> out the ALUT.framework someone posted here, but also failed.
>
> Any ideas how I can OpenAL 1.1 and FreeAlut working together on a Mac?
>
> Please please please help us.
>
> Thanks and greetings from Vienna,
>
> Mauti
>