I appear to have fixed the compile error for myself. When installing Visual Studio 2017 Community, you have to select “Game Development with C++” in the big Workloads section on the left, then make sure “Windows 8.1 SDK and UCRT SDK” in the Summary section on the right is checked.
If you’ve already installed VS and don’t feel like reinstalling it just to check that box, you can get the 8.1 SDK as a standalone from Microsoft here:
Obviously, I’m on Windows 8.1, so worked for me. Your mileage may, unfortunately, vary.
If you don’t have VS 2017 Community, you can get it here:
I’m looking at actual waves. Finally. It’s beautiful. Thank you, and !