Hi folks; just a quick update. I mentioned that I have got the engine building in Windows. I now also have the launcher working. Plus, I have got a system going, using cx_Freeze, to turn all the Python code and supporting libraries into an .exe file for easy redistribution later on. This means we're very close to having a new installer for Windows. Also I will be moving to cx_Freeze on the Mac side too, so it will be much simpler to build AQ on either platform. I have put the two engine executables in a folder on Dropbox as follows. Also below you will find the instructions that follow the steps I used to get the engine and launcher working on Windows 8, including the 'freezing' process described above.
Dropbox folder with engine binaries: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/quqwcm244sqoh5a/iJd0HJLPo5/experimental To get the Python side of things working, including the program that will turn the Python code and all the supporting libraries into an executable for easy redistribution, follow these steps. * You will need 7zip or similar to extract some of the files for installing the required libraries. You can get 7zip from <http://www.7-zip.org>. * Need Python 2.x from: <http://www.python.org/download/> * Install the Python Windows Extensions: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/> * Install setuptools (required for installing third-party libraries): <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/1.1.6#windows> * To install the text-to-speech library and ensure it can be compiled for redistribution later on, run in a command window: easy_install --always-unzip pyttsx * Install PyGUI by downloading the .tar.gz file from <http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python_gui/> and extracting it. Then, in a command window, run: setup.py install * Finally install cx_Freeze, which compiles all of the above into an executable for easy redistribution, from: <http://cx-freeze.sourceforge.net> For compiling the ZQuake engine binaries, follow these steps. * We used Visual Studio Express 2013, though 2010 and 2012 should work fine. * You need to install 'Microsoft Foundation Classes for C++' by following CodeProject's instructions: <http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/30439/How-to-compile-MFC-code-in-Visual-C-Express> -- however the download link for the Windows 2003 DDK is actually now <http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/0/f/90f019ac-8243-48d3-91cf-81fc4093ecfd/1830_usa_ddk.iso>. * You should then be able to compile the engine executables on Windows. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AGRIP Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/agrip-project/e6d76f7f-95e2-41c4-a241-c28f29d2f05e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
