Charles Lohr

Writing C apps in Windows two ways. (Patreon)

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2021-04-05 20:23:57

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2026-06

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Mochie from VRChat asked me about writing C apps in Windows, and there aren't really many good guides I could find, so I made one.

I have two more non-hardware videos lined up before we delve into the ESP32-C3!

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To ways to write C app in Windows in an hour.

Text Instructions Based On Video: https://gist.github.com/cnlohr/b0145b1a37c35015424a8fd99c1c7eed Reference C OpenVR Overlay Implementation: https://gist.github.com/cnlohr/6e452dc6cc2df7f48d5ade66059358d9 Use Discord link found here: https://github.com/cnlohr/cnovr 0:00 Intro 3:02 Installing TCC + Notepad++ 6:27 Installing GCC + VSCode 13:32 Starting OpenVR Battery Monitor 15:45 Getting started with rawdraw 19:10 Setting up OpenVR 21:08 Making a basic overlay 38:01 Making the battery monitor