Difference between revisions of "Compiling with Microsoft Visual C++ (OpenXcom)"

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(Microsoft Visual Studio is only on Windows, duh.)
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===Setting up===
 
===Setting up===
 
# Download [https://windows.github.com/ GitHub for Windows].
 
# Download [https://windows.github.com/ GitHub for Windows].

Revision as of 15:52, 28 May 2015

Setting up

  1. Download GitHub for Windows.
  2. Download the source code from here, by pushing Clone in Desktop.

Compiling

  1. Download and install Visual Studio. A free version is available here.
  2. Download the following dependencies for the appropiate version of Visual Studio.
  1. Extract the files to <path-to-repo>\OpenXcom\
  2. Navigate to <path-to-repo>\OpenXcom\src and open OpenXcom.2010.sln.
  3. Compile and run the project by pressing the Start Debugging button with a green arrow on the top toolbar.
  • Certain anti-viruses such as Avast may stop the project from building. Add the OpenXcom folder as an expection.
  • See the Visual Studio Documentation for more information on the IDE.

FAQ

Q: I get a Failed To Load Palette error.
A: Copy the X-Com resources to your bin folder, see Installing for more details.

Q: I get an error about afxres.h not being found.
A: You're using a Visual C++ Express Edition which doesn't support Resource files, just remove resource.h and OpenXcom.rc from the project.

Q: I get an error about MSVCR100.DLL not being found.
A: You're using the pre-built dependencies with an old Visual C++ version so you need to install the VC++ 2010 Redist.

Q: I get a warning about Platform 'x64' cannot be found.
A: You're using a Visual C++ Express Edition which doesn't support x64 builds, but you can still compile for Win32.