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63 lines
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So you want to compile CSE2?
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Well, to start, you'll need Visual Studio. I know a lot of people
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recommend MSYS2 instead, and while it is a lot more lightweight, it's
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also way more complex, and outright broken in some places, which will
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make compiling an absolute nightmare (I'm looking at you, Brotli).
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So, we'll be using Visual Studio Community 2019. Don't worry - it's
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free. You can download it here:
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https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/
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Once it's downloaded, run `vs_Community.exe`. Follow the installer until
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you reach this menu:
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Here, you'll want to select the 'Desktop development with C++' workload,
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and then click 'Install'. Once it's done installing, you'll be prompted
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to restart your computer.
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Next, download a copy of CSE2's source code if you haven't already and
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extract it somewhere. You can find a copy of CSE2 Portable's code here:
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https://github.com/Clownacy/CSE2/archive/portable.zip
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You are now ready to compile CSE2. To begin, open Visual Studio 2019. If
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it prompts you to open a project, select 'Continue without code' to skip
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past it and enter the main IDE. It should look something like this:
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From here, select `File/Open/CMake`, and then navigate to where you
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extracted the CSE2 source code, and open the `CMakeLists.txt` file.
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After this, Visual Studio will spend a few minutes configuring itself.
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You can see all of this in the little text console at the bottom of the
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window. Eventually, it will conclude, and hopefully not report any
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errors. The window should now look something like this:
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You are now able to produce 64-bit Debug builds of CSE2. To do so,
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simply select `Build/Build All`. Like before, Visual Studio will spend
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the next few minutes performing tasks, and reporting back in the text
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console. It should eventually generate `CSE2_debug.exe` and
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`DoConfig_debug.exe`, which you can find in CSE2's `game_english`
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folder.
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However, you probably want to be compiling Release builds, not Debug
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builds. To do so, select the 'Open the CMake Settings Editor' option. It
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will take you to this menu:
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From here, change the 'Configuration type' option to 'Release'. You can
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now rebuild CSE2, and the files `CSE2.exe` and `DoConfig.exe` will be
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generated in the `game_english` folder.
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And... that's it. If you want, you can edit CSE2's code by expanding the
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`src` folder on the right, and selecting one of the various `.cpp`
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files.
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