Failed to compile plugin for C200 Simulator, "Incompatible Version"

[Eric Einem]

I'm just getting started with the RockBox development environment and I'm trying to compile rockbox and get one of the compiled plugins to run on my the Sansa C200 Simulator. 

I set up the development environment on Windows using Cywin (per instructions).  I got version 3.5.1 of the source code using SVN.  I made a build folder created a (S)imulator Build for the Sansa C200 and compiled the source code successfully.

Everything compiled OK, but when I copied dice.rock to the simdisk, and try to run it with the Simulator, I get a message that says, "Incompatible Version".

[karashata]

Plugins need to be compiled along with the firmware, copying a .rock file from an older build to a newer build will in most cases result in this error, as well as copying a .rock file from one target to another (or to the simulator). You'll have to make sure the dice plugin gets compiled along with the simulator build you're doing so that it's up-to-date and built specifically for the simulator.

[mc2739]

Compiling the "Windows" version of the simulator needs a different setup.

You can find some information here: Build UIsimulator

[Eric Einem]

Thanks, that worked! 

I needed to copy sdl.dll into the simulator build directory to get it to work.