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Sushi
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Post by Sushi »

Alright,

I've decided to take another crack at figuring out how to compile and run Alleg from source, so I can actually contribute instead of just complaining. :) So far, though, I haven't had much luck. I've been using this page as a reference:

http://www.freeallegiance.org/FAW/index.ph...ding_the_Source

I'm using Visual C++ 2008 Express. I'll address problems in this thread one at a time, to keep things simple. The first one:

1. The above page says to use the following include directories for the platform SDK:
c:\psdk\include
c:\psdk\include\gl
c:\psdk\include\mfc
c:\psdk\include\atl
However, in the latest platform SDK I downloaded about a week ago, the mfc and atl subdirectories do not exist. Is the wiki out of date, or do I need to use an older/different version of the platform SDK?
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Post by badpazzword »

Unfortunately, most of the dev wiki articles are out of date. :sad:
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Sushi
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Post by Sushi »

Is there a better source to look at?

And has anyone been able to (recently) get a working build using just the free VS express stuff?
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Post by notjarvis »

Sushi wrote:QUOTE (Sushi @ Feb 3 2009, 04:05 PM) Alright,

I've decided to take another crack at figuring out how to compile and run Alleg from source, so I can actually contribute instead of just complaining. :) So far, though, I haven't had much luck. I've been using this page as a reference:

http://www.freeallegiance.org/FAW/index.ph...ding_the_Source

I'm using Visual C++ 2008 Express. I'll address problems in this thread one at a time, to keep things simple. The first one:

1. The above page says to use the following include directories for the platform SDK:
c:\psdk\include
c:\psdk\include\gl
c:\psdk\include\mfc
c:\psdk\include\atl
However, in the latest platform SDK I downloaded about a week ago, the mfc and atl subdirectories do not exist. Is the wiki out of date, or do I need to use an older/different version of the platform SDK?

I did this, and I think you need an older version of the platform SDK linked directly from the article. I got as far as building an exe, but never actually got to do anything as RL took over.

When I've the time, I really want to look at the DirectX issues to see if theres anything my mediocre talents can do....

Edit : I think you have to do the same with Direct X too, and download the one linked from the article. NJ
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Post by TheBored »

Last I checked, following the instructions on the Wiki *exactly* will let you build correctly. We don't have instructions for VS 2008 Express, so there's your first problem. Give me some time and I'll figure out 2008 though.

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Eh, done.

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