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This is a HowTo guide to help setting up MSVC 2008 (aka VC9) to
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1. If you haven't already, install MSVC 2008
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2. Download and install TortoiseSVN if you intend on building from
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http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads
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Otherwise skip this step.
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3. To download the trunk or a branch from the WesnothSVN follow the
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http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/SVN_on_Windows
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Alternatively get the source code from here:
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http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download
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For convenience we'll assume that the target folder is:
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C:\projects\wesnoth\trunk
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4. In order to prevent extensive manual modifications to the
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wesnoth.vcproj and wesnothd.vcproj files, we'll set up two
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'General Folders' for libraries and includes to store most of
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the prerequisites. (Otherwise each configuration setting for
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each project would need to have each and every 'lib' and
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'include' folder added.)
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5. We'll now start downloading and compiling/copying the
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prerequisites into the necessary folders:
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5a. >=zlib-1.2.3 ( http://www.zlib.net/ )
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Download the zlib source code
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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Open the file zlib.dsw in the folder
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C:\projects\zlib123\projects\visualc6\
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with MSVC and select 'Yes To All' to convert it into a VC9 project.
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Open the properties of the 'zlib' solution and in the
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'Configuration Properties' select the 'DLL Release'
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'Configuration'. Select 'OK' and then right-click the 'zlib'
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project and select 'Build'. After a successful Build, close that
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5b. >=libsdl-1.2.7 ( http://www.libsdl.org )
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Download the development library file for Win32 as well as the
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SDL-devel-1.2.13-VC8.zip
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and unpack them into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\SDL-1.2.13\
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Copy the 'SDL.dll' and the 'SDL.lib' from the 'lib' folder
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and the contents of 'include' folder into the corresponding
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'General Folder' ( ...\_include\ resp. ...\_lib\ ).
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Unpack the 'VisualC.zip' and open the 'SDL.sln' file with MSVC.
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Follow the instructions to convert the project to VC9.
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Right-click the 'SDLmain' project and select 'Build'. After a
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successful Build, close that instance of MSVC.
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Copy 'SDLmain.lib' from
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C:\projects\SDL-1.2.13\VisualC\SDLmain\Debug
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into the 'lib' 'General Folder'.
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5c. >=libboost-1.33.0 ( http://www.boost.org/ )
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Download Boost and unpack it into the folder
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This should give you a folder structure like
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C:\projects\boost_1_38_0\
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Download the pre-built bjam executable
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boost-jam-3.1.17-1-ntx86.zip
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from the bjam download page on sourceforge
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http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=72941
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and unpack and move the bjam executable it into the base folder
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C:\projects\boost_1_38_0\
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Now start the command prompt (CMD.exe) and invoke the following
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C:\> set ZLIB_SOURCE=C:\projects\zlib123\
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C:\> set ZLIB_LIBPATH=C:\projects\zlib123\projects\visualc6\Win32_DLL_Release
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C:\> set ZLIB_BINARY=zlib1.dll
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C:\> cd C:\projects\boost_1_38_0
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C:\projects\boost_1_38_0> bjam ^
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More? --toolset=msvc ^
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More? --build-type=complete ^
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More? --prefix="C:\projects\Boost\" install
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Now bjam will compile all variants of the boost library binaries
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for MSVC 2008 and copies them into the folder
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C:\projects\Boost\lib\
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while all required headers are copied into
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C:\projects\Boost\include\boost-1_38\boost
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Use the time bjam is busy compiling (possibly several hours) as
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you wish. (It is possible to continue downloading and copying
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the include and lib files since all required compiling is done.)
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Once bjam has finished building/copying, you then can delete
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C:\projects\boost_1_38_0\
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5d. >=sdl-image-1.2 (with PNG support)
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( http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image )
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Download the binary file for Win32
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SDL_image-devel-1.2.7-VC9.zip
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\SDL_image-1.2.7\
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Copy the contents of each the 'lib' and the 'include' folder
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into the corresponding 'General Folder'.
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5e. >=sdl-mixer-1.2 (with Vorbis support)
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( http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer )
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Download the binary file for Win32
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SDL_mixer-devel-1.2.8-VC8.zip
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\SDL_mixer-1.2.8\
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Copy the contents of each the 'lib' and the 'include' folder
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into the corresponding 'General Folder'.
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5f. >=sdl-net-1.2 ( http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_net )
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Download the binary file for Win32
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SDL_net-devel-1.2.7-VC8.zip
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\SDL_net-1.2.7\
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Copy the contents of each the 'lib' and the 'include' folder
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into the corresponding 'General Folder'.
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5g. >=sdl-ttf-2.0.8 ( http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf )
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Download the binary file for Win32
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SDL_ttf-devel-2.0.9-VC8.zip
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\SDL_ttf-2.0.9\
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Copy the contents of each the 'lib' and the 'include' folder
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into the corresponding 'General Folder'.
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( http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm )
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Download the 'Binaries', 'Dependencies' and the
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gettext-0.14.4-bin.zip
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gettext-0.14.4-dep.zip
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gettext-0.14.4-lib.zip
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and unpack them all into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\gettext-0.14.4\
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Copy the contents of each the 'lib' and the 'include' folder
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into the corresponding 'General Folder'.
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Copy all dll's from the 'bin' folder into the '_lib'
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5i. >=libfontconfig-2.4.1
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( http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html )
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Download the 'Fontconfig' package 'Binaries' from the
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'Third Party Dependencies'
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fontconfig-2.4.2-tml-20071015.zip
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\fontconfig-2.4.2\
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Copy the 'libfontconfig-1.dll' from the 'bin' folder into the
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'lib' 'General Folder'.
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5j. >=lua-5.1.4 ( http://luabinaries.luaforge.net/download.html )
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Download the 'Windows x86 DLL and Includes (Visual C++ 2005
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lua5_1_4_Win32_dll8_lib.zip
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\lua-5.1.4\
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Copy the dll's and the lib's into the 'lib' 'General Folder' and
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the content of the 'include' folder into the corresponding '
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5k. >=pangocairo-1.14.8 ( http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html )
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Download the following 'Binaryies' and 'Dev' packages from the
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'GTK+ individual packages'
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cairo_1.8.6-1_win32.zip
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cairo-dev_1.8.6-1_win32.zip
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glib_2.20.0-1_win32.zip
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glib-dev_2.20.0-1_win32.zip
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pango_1.24.0-1_win32.zip
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pango-dev_1.24.0-1_win32.zip
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and unpack them into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\pangocairo\
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Copy all dll's from the 'bin' folder into the '_lib'
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Copy the contents (but not the subfolders) of the 'lib' folder
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into the corresponding 'General Folder'.
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Copy the 'glibconfig.h' file from
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C:\projects\pangocairo\lib\glib-2.0\include into the '_include'
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Copy the contens (including subfolders) of the following folders
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into the '_include' 'General Folder':
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C:\projects\pangocairo\include\cairo
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C:\projects\pangocairo\include\glib-2.0
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C:\projects\pangocairo\include\pango-1.0
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6. MSVC needs to find all needed includes and libraries, so open
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Tools --> Options --> Projects and Solutions
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In the 'Include file' directories add:
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C:\projects\Boost\include\boost-1_38\
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In the 'Library files' directories add:
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C:\projects\Boost\lib\
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And to be able to launch wesnoth.exe and wesnothd.exe from
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within MSVC, we'll need to add the 'C:\projects\_lib' folder
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to windows PATH environment variable:
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Start the CMD.exe and type in the following command (adjusted
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to your own folder-structure!) and press enter.
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C:\> path = %PATH%;C:\projects\_lib
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Note that it is recommended to restart windows now in order to
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prevent issues with the compiled executables not finding
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7. Open the 'wesnoth.sln' file in the
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C:\projects\wesnoth\trunk\projectfiles\VC9
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You are now ready to build wesnoth and wesnothd with MSVC.
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This is a HowTo guide to help setting up MSVC 2008 (aka VC9) to
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1. If you haven't already, install MSVC 2008
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2. Download and install TortoiseSVN if you intend on building from
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http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads
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Otherwise skip this step.
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3. To download the trunk or a branch from the WesnothSVN follow the
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http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/SVN_on_Windows
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Alternatively get the source code from here:
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http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download
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For convenience we'll assume that the target folder is:
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C:\projects\wesnoth\trunk
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4. In order to prevent extensive manual modifications to the
27
wesnoth.vcproj and wesnothd.vcproj files, we'll set up two
28
'General Folders' for libraries and includes to store most of
29
the prerequisites. (Otherwise each configuration setting for
30
each project would need to have each and every 'lib' and
31
'include' folder added.)
36
5. We'll now start downloading and compiling/copying the
37
prerequisites into the necessary folders:
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5a. >=zlib-1.2.3 ( http://www.zlib.net/ )
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Download the zlib source code
44
and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
47
Open the file zlib.dsw in the folder
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C:\projects\zlib123\projects\visualc6\
49
with MSVC and select 'Yes To All' to convert it into a VC9 project.
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Open the properties of the 'zlib' solution and in the
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'Configuration Properties' select the 'DLL Release'
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'Configuration'. Select 'OK' and then right-click the 'zlib'
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project and select 'Build'. After a successful Build, close that
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5b. >=libsdl-1.2.7 ( http://www.libsdl.org )
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Download the development library file for Win32 as well as the
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SDL-devel-1.2.13-VC8.zip
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and unpack them into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\SDL-1.2.13\
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Copy the 'SDL.dll' and the 'SDL.lib' from the 'lib' folder
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and the contents of 'include' folder into the corresponding
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'General Folder' ( ...\_include\ resp. ...\_lib\ ).
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Unpack the 'VisualC.zip' and open the 'SDL.sln' file with MSVC.
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Follow the instructions to convert the project to VC9.
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Right-click the 'SDLmain' project and select 'Build'. After a
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successful Build, close that instance of MSVC.
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Copy 'SDLmain.lib' from
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C:\projects\SDL-1.2.13\VisualC\SDLmain\Debug
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into the 'lib' 'General Folder'.
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5c. >=libboost-1.33.0 ( http://www.boost.org/ )
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Download Boost and unpack it into the folder
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This should give you a folder structure like
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C:\projects\boost_1_38_0\
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Download the pre-built bjam executable
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boost-jam-3.1.17-1-ntx86.zip
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from the bjam download page on sourceforge
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http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=72941
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and unpack and move the bjam executable it into the base folder
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C:\projects\boost_1_38_0\
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Now start the command prompt (CMD.exe) and invoke the following
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C:\> set ZLIB_SOURCE=C:\projects\zlib123\
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C:\> set ZLIB_LIBPATH=C:\projects\zlib123\projects\visualc6\Win32_DLL_Release
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C:\> set ZLIB_BINARY=zlib1.dll
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C:\> cd C:\projects\boost_1_38_0
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C:\projects\boost_1_38_0> bjam ^
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More? --toolset=msvc ^
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More? --build-type=complete ^
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More? --prefix="C:\projects\Boost\" install
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Now bjam will compile all variants of the boost library binaries
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for MSVC 2008 and copies them into the folder
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C:\projects\Boost\lib\
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while all required headers are copied into
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C:\projects\Boost\include\boost-1_38\boost
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Use the time bjam is busy compiling (possibly several hours) as
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you wish. (It is possible to continue downloading and copying
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the include and lib files since all required compiling is done.)
119
Once bjam has finished building/copying, you then can delete
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C:\projects\boost_1_38_0\
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5d. >=sdl-image-1.2 (with PNG support)
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( http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image )
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Download the binary file for Win32
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SDL_image-devel-1.2.7-VC9.zip
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\SDL_image-1.2.7\
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Copy the contents of each the 'lib' and the 'include' folder
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into the corresponding 'General Folder'.
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5e. >=sdl-mixer-1.2 (with Vorbis support)
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( http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer )
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Download the binary file for Win32
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SDL_mixer-devel-1.2.8-VC8.zip
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\SDL_mixer-1.2.8\
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Copy the contents of each the 'lib' and the 'include' folder
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into the corresponding 'General Folder'.
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5f. >=sdl-net-1.2 ( http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_net )
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Download the binary file for Win32
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SDL_net-devel-1.2.7-VC8.zip
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\SDL_net-1.2.7\
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Copy the contents of each the 'lib' and the 'include' folder
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into the corresponding 'General Folder'.
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5g. >=sdl-ttf-2.0.8 ( http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf )
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Download the binary file for Win32
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SDL_ttf-devel-2.0.9-VC8.zip
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\SDL_ttf-2.0.9\
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Copy the contents of each the 'lib' and the 'include' folder
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into the corresponding 'General Folder'.
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( http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm )
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Download the 'Binaries', 'Dependencies' and the
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gettext-0.14.4-bin.zip
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gettext-0.14.4-dep.zip
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gettext-0.14.4-lib.zip
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and unpack them all into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\gettext-0.14.4\
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Copy the contents of each the 'lib' and the 'include' folder
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into the corresponding 'General Folder'.
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Copy all dll's from the 'bin' folder into the '_lib'
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5i. >=libfontconfig-2.4.1
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( http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html )
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Download the 'Fontconfig' package 'Binaries' from the
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'Third Party Dependencies'
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fontconfig-2.4.2-tml-20071015.zip
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\fontconfig-2.4.2\
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Copy the 'libfontconfig-1.dll' from the 'bin' folder into the
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'lib' 'General Folder'.
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5j. >=lua-5.1.4 ( http://luabinaries.luaforge.net/download.html )
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Download the 'Windows x86 DLL and Includes (Visual C++ 2005
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lua5_1_4_Win32_dll8_lib.zip
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and unpack it into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\lua-5.1.4\
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Copy the dll's and the lib's into the 'lib' 'General Folder' and
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the content of the 'include' folder into the corresponding '
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5k. >=pangocairo-1.14.8 ( http://www.gtk.org/download-windows.html )
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Download the following 'Binaryies' and 'Dev' packages from the
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'GTK+ individual packages'
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cairo_1.8.6-1_win32.zip
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cairo-dev_1.8.6-1_win32.zip
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glib_2.20.0-1_win32.zip
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glib-dev_2.20.0-1_win32.zip
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pango_1.24.0-1_win32.zip
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pango-dev_1.24.0-1_win32.zip
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and unpack them into the projects folder to get:
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C:\projects\pangocairo\
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Copy all dll's from the 'bin' folder into the '_lib'
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Copy the contents (but not the subfolders) of the 'lib' folder
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into the corresponding 'General Folder'.
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Copy the 'glibconfig.h' file from
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C:\projects\pangocairo\lib\glib-2.0\include into the '_include'
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Copy the contens (including subfolders) of the following folders
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into the '_include' 'General Folder':
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C:\projects\pangocairo\include\cairo
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C:\projects\pangocairo\include\glib-2.0
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C:\projects\pangocairo\include\pango-1.0
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6. MSVC needs to find all needed includes and libraries, so open
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Tools --> Options --> Projects and Solutions
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In the 'Include file' directories add:
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C:\projects\Boost\include\boost-1_38\
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In the 'Library files' directories add:
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C:\projects\Boost\lib\
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And to be able to launch wesnoth.exe and wesnothd.exe from
254
within MSVC, we'll need to add the 'C:\projects\_lib' folder
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to windows PATH environment variable:
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Start the CMD.exe and type in the following command (adjusted
258
to your own folder-structure!) and press enter.
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C:\> path = %PATH%;C:\projects\_lib
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Note that it is recommended to restart windows now in order to
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prevent issues with the compiled executables not finding
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7. Open the 'wesnoth.sln' file in the
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C:\projects\wesnoth\trunk\projectfiles\VC9
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You are now ready to build wesnoth and wesnothd with MSVC.
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