This short guide explains how to compile and run a Panda3D game written in C++. If you use Python for your Panda3D programs, you can skip this section.

On UNIX, it is a very good possibility that you can compile using the g++ compiler. The following page describes how to do that:

• Linux version

On Windows, compiling using g++ will not work. It is however possible to compile your Panda3D project using the MSVC (Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 C++) compiler. The following page describes how to do that:

• MSVC version

Some have also managed to build Panda3D under OSX. This is the related forum thread:

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