ever get the frusterating error:

error C2664: 'CWnd::MessageBoxW' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [12]' to 'LPCTSTR'

Heres a sollution:

Change your project configuration to use multibyte strings. Press ALT+F7 to open the properties, and navigate to Configuration Properties > General. Switch Character Set to "Use Multi-Byte Character Set".

Another issue when doing 3d programming is when the libraries in Visual Studio do no import the necessary functions and you get Link errors. heres the sollution:

Change your project configuration to use multibyte strings. Press ALT+F7 to open the properties, and navigate to Configuration Properties > Linker > Input. The option Additional dependencies should read "$(NOINHERIT)". click it and select the "..." button that appears beside it.This shows all the dependencies available. Make sure the checkbox "Inherit from parent or project defaults" is checked. The code should now compile.