Oh and one more thing before you run it. In the Rom24 directory make
Rom24\player\ subdirectory and a Rom24\gods\ then run the bugger. ;-)
Dantin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stainless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "ROM Mailing List" <[email protected]>; "Onyx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: Windows
> Windows silly. You can port ROM for windows. Using Cygwin (free). Or you
can
> go and get Microsoft Visual C++ or Borlands flavor of compiler. Here is
how
> to port to windows with Cygwin.
>
> 1) Get yourself a good C programming utility like SynEdit why not its
free.
>
> 2) Download the full current Cygwin and install on your windows OS.
>
> 3) Download the latest ROM source which is Publicly Rom2.4b6.
>
> 4) Rev up the Synedit and modify the makefile (no extensions) by taking
> out -lcrypt and $( NOCRYPT ). Make sure all of the .c files in the source
> folder are reflected in the makefile with .o extensions instead of .c.
> Close to the bottom you will see CFLAGS look for $< and
> type -DUnix -DOLD_RAND -DNOCRYPT right before it should look like this:
>
> -DUnix -DOLD_RAND -DNOCRYPT $< (make sure there is a space before -DUnix.
>
> Now save your makefile.
>
> 5) Rev up Cygwin and when you get to the prompt, type cd *:/rom24/src
> (assuming you placed it that directory, * reflects the drive letter) Now
for
> compiling type exactly this for the Base ROM code:
>
> gcc -DUnix -DOLD_RAND -DNOCRYPT *.c
>
> It will work for a minute or two. Then back to the prompt. That means it
was
> successful. If you had any errors it would spit them out as it went.
>
> 6) Copy the a.exe from your src directory to the area directory.
>
> 7) rev up SynEdit again and make a simple batch file to access the newly
> made executible. ie..
>
> cd *:\rom24\area
> a.exe 4200 (<-- or whatever port you want. Or no number is default of 9000
I
> think.)
> Now save that newly made file as Rom24.bat in the *:\rom24 directory.
>
> 8) Now make a shortcut to your desktop.
>
> 9) start that bugger up and have fun!
>
> Dantin
>
> P.S. Just cut and paste this e-mail into notepad and save in Rom24
directory
> for future reference.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Onyx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 7:41 PM
> Subject: Windows
>
>
> > Im new to ROM... and I have a question. Currently Windows is my only
> option
> > for running a mud. What program should I use to run it? (Cygwin, etc.)
> >
> >
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