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

Revision as of 16:47, 28 May 2015

Setting up

Download GitHub for Windows.
Download the source code from here, by pushing Clone in Desktop.
Download and install X-COM: UFO Defense.
Navigate to <path-to-game>\XCOM\ and copy the following folders.

GEODATA
GEOGRAPH
ROUTES
MAPS
SOUND
TERRAIN
UFOGRAPH
UFOINTRO
UNITS

5. Navigate to <path-to-repo>\OpenXcom\bin\UFO and paste the folders in there.

Compiling

Download and install Visual Studio. A free version is available here.
Download the following dependencies for the appropiate version of Visual Studio.

3. Extract the archive's contents to <path-to-repo>\OpenXcom\
4. Navigate to <path-to-repo>\OpenXcom\src and open OpenXcom.2010.sln.
5. Compile and run the project by pressing the Start Debugging button with a green arrow on the top toolbar.
6. Navigate to <path-to-repo>\OpenXcom\bin, depending on which platform the game was built, either open the Win32 or x64 folder.
7. Copy all the DLLs from either the Win32 or x64 folder to <path-to-repo>\OpenXcom\bin
8. Navigate to <path-to-repo>\OpenXcom\bin, open the desired platform folder, open the Release or Debug folder and copy OpenXcom.exe to <path-to-repo>\OpenXcom\bin

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.

Issues fixed

Failed To Load Palette

Copy the X-Com resources to your bin folder, see Installing for more details.

afxres.h not found

Remove resource.h and OpenXcom.rc from the project.

MSVCR100.DLL not found

Install these files.

Platform 'x64' cannot be found

Compile as Win32.

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 ===MSVCR100.DLL not found===
-A: You're using the pre-built dependencies with an old Visual C++ version so you need to install the [http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=5555 VC++ 2010 Redist].
+Install these [http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=5555 files].
 ===Platform 'x64' cannot be found===