I'm trying to load image with IMG_Load() function from SDL. I saw from tutorials that they doesn't need full path for asset files.

But when I try to do that, it doesn't work.

My solution is include full path of those files, but I found that is clunky. Especially when I try to collaborate with my friend, it's hard to synchronize source files since we use different file paths.

May I ask what is typical way to collaborate between programmers when they have different setup, different file paths? I think that I need to simplify the file path for asset.

I tried to add include directories for compiler, but it only work with header files, not for asset files.

CodePudding user response：

Relative paths are relative to the current working directory. On Windows, when starting a program from the exporer with a double-click, it matches the location of the .exe, but this isn't always the case, e.g. when running from some IDEs.

Use SDL_GetBasePath() to get the directory where the .exe is located. Prepend it to your asset paths.