Setting up Bullet Physics 2.83.7 in Visual Studio 2022 using CMake

• Install Bullet Physics 2.83.7 using this guide: How to install Bullet Physics 2.83.7 using CMake and Visual Studio 2022 for Desktop
• Run Visual Studio
• Click on the "Create a new project" button:

• Click on the "CMake Project" and click on the "Next" button:

• Type a project name, set a project location, check the "Place solution and project in the same directory" checkbox, and click on the "Create" button:

• Wait a few seconds for configuration
• Run the project by click on the empty green triangle (or Ctrl+F5):

• The program prints "Hello CMake" to the console:

• Double click on the "CMakeLists.txt" file:

• Add this code to the "CMakeLists.txt" file

target_include_directories(hello-bullet-physics PRIVATE E:/libs/bullet-physics-2.83.7-msvc/win/debug/include/bullet)
target_link_directories(hello-bullet-physics PRIVATE E:/libs/bullet-physics-2.83.7-msvc/win/debug/lib)
target_link_libraries(hello-bullet-physics PRIVATE BulletDynamics_Debug BulletCollision_Debug LinearMath_Debug)

• Replace the "hello-bullet-physics.cpp" file content with the following one:

#include <btBulletDynamicsCommon.h>
#include <iostream>

btBroadphaseInterface* overlappingPairCache;
btCollisionDispatcher* dispatcher;
btCollisionConfiguration* collisionConfiguration;
btConstraintSolver* solver;
btDynamicsWorld* world;

int main()
{
    collisionConfiguration = new btDefaultCollisionConfiguration();
    dispatcher = new btCollisionDispatcher(collisionConfiguration);
    overlappingPairCache = new btDbvtBroadphase();
    solver = new btSequentialImpulseConstraintSolver();
    world = new btDiscreteDynamicsWorld(dispatcher, overlappingPairCache,
        solver, collisionConfiguration);

    world->setGravity(btVector3(0, -9.8, 0));
    btVector3 gravity = world->getGravity();
    float gx = gravity.getX();
    float gy = gravity.getY();
    float gz = gravity.getZ();
    std::cout << "gravity = (" << gx << ", " << gy << ", " << gz << ")" << std::endl;

    delete world;
    delete solver;
    delete overlappingPairCache;
    delete dispatcher;
    delete collisionConfiguration;

    return 0;
}

• Press Ctrl+F5 to run the application
• You see a value of gravity:

gravity = (0, -9.8, 0)