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Updated compile instructions.
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RCS file: /cvsroot/netrek/client/netrekxp/compile.txt,v
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--- compile.txt 12 May 2006 01:54:18 -0000 1.9
+++ compile.txt 11 Jul 2006 05:06:24 -0000 1.10
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-This source tree was tested with MS Visual C++ 6.0 and Borland C Builder 5.5
+This source tree was tested with Borland C Builder 5.5, and Microsoft Visual
C++ 2005
+Express Edition. The client can also be compiled with MS Visual C++ 6.0, and
the instructions
+below explain how to do so. However, this compiler is no longer supported by
the Netrek
+XP 2006 author as it is not free software (everything else needed for
compiling is free).
I'd like however to discourage you from using Borland's compiler unless you
know how
to debug its binaries. The output is also slower even though speed
optimizations
@@ -27,6 +30,14 @@
Follow setup instructions from builder readme file to create proper
configuration
files. Otherwise the compiler and linker won't find the correct paths.
+If you're building with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
+
+This is the preferred compiler. You will need the SDK from the web, as the
software
+doesn't come with the necessary files. Additionally, DirectX SDK is probably
needed too,
+for the SDL support. If you use the studio files that come with the source,
+it should already have all the proper configuration set up, such as links to
the
+lib files and using the proper resource files.
+
Step 3:
--------
Open command prompt in the source tree directory and run build.cmd
@@ -36,18 +47,6 @@
If you were compiling with Visual C++ you will also have a InstCWD\tmp folder
containing
lots of objects. Just delete it.
-Other Notes:
-------------
-Additional instructions for compiling with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express
Edition,
-aka Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
-
-You will need the SDK from the web, as the software doesn't come with the
necessary files.
-Additionally, DirectX SDK is probably needed too, for the SDL support.
-Compile the entire project in studio (which includes clientr, curslib, and
winkey),
-then run the build script from DOS prompt. I (Bill) have commented out the
build lines
-that used cscript to compile the source since that command doesn't work with
Visual
-Studio.
-
That's pretty much all.
Stas Pirogov ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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