Compiling on Windows

[Hondolor]

Has any one had more luck with this than me? I've been able to comple ES on Ubuntu Linux but I just can't seem to get this to work on Windows. Any one have some hints. Thanks

[Avior]

Incredibly complicated to set it up, but it's easy after the first time.

(The following assumes your usage of a 64-bit operating system.)

Install Code::Blocks, install the mingw-w64 manager, use the manager to install g++, download the win64-dev.zip file and unpack it into C:\. Navigate to C:\dev64\bin, and copypasta all of the .dll files into your Endless Sky directory. Use the EndlessSky.cbp file to build EndlessSky.exe.

I don't know.

[Disiuze]

Originally posted by Avior:

Incredibly complicated to set it up, but it's easy after the first time.

(The following assumes your usage of a 64-bit operating system.)

Install Code::Blocks, install the mingw-w64 manager, use the manager to install g++, download the win64-dev.zip file and unpack it into C:\. Navigate to C:\dev64\bin, and copypasta all of the .dll files into your Endless Sky directory. Use the EndlessSky.cbp file to build EndlessSky.exe.

I don't know.

Everyone tries this. It should work.
Most of the time, however, it doesn't compile because of some error which shouldn't be there.

[Avior]

Originally posted by 「 SILVER CHARIOT 」:

Everyone tries this. It should work.
Most of the time, however, it doesn't compile because of some error which shouldn't be there.

Accurate.

[Hondolor]

Man I really wish someone would make a video or something. Still no good tutorial on this

[Wrzlprnft]

the point it that all the paths and stuff are different on the different versions and machines. installed on D: instead of C:? some path might not work.

the key really is a clean compiler installation and to get all needed libraries.

and, what's wrong with using a 300mb linux os on a USB stick to run and compile endless sky? it's portAble, and if you ruin something by effing up some code changes it will not affect ypur actual system.

[Hondolor]

Originally posted by Wrzlprnft:

the point it that all the paths and stuff are different on the different versions and machines. installed on D: instead of C:? some path might not work.

the key really is a clean compiler installation and to get all needed libraries.

and, what's wrong with using a 300mb linux os on a USB stick to run and compile endless sky? it's portAble, and if you ruin something by effing up some code changes it will not affect ypur actual system.

I think my compiler is set up right. The error I'm running into is that it doesn't see the dll files in the ES directory. I have all the dev 64 files pasted but it doesn't see them when I build

[Wrzlprnft]

ill check on it at some point.

[Avior]

I am helping him with it, through PMs.

[Ker]

I think Derpy mentioned he had compiling on windows mastered

[Avior]

Indeed, Derpy is capable of compiling builds as well.

[Hondolor]

Ok, so just to give everyone an update on this, I've now gotten the game to build but when I try to run it it get a 0xc000007b error. I've been reading and attempting to fix this issue but so far nothing has worked.

[warp_core]

Is that the error you get when trying to run from inside code::blocks or are you manually executing the exe from Windows explorer because, before I forgives it out, I had an issue where I got an error code that was pretty useless from code::blocks but a real message directly from the exe.

[Hondolor]

Originally posted by warp_core:

Is that the error you get when trying to run from inside code::blocks or are you manually executing the exe from Windows explorer because, before I forgives it out, I had an issue where I got an error code that was pretty useless from code::blocks but a real message directly from the exe.

I got it from the exe after code blocks built it, I'm not getting any errors from building it in code blocks

[warp_core]

I mean that when did you get the error when you build and run (or just run) in code blocks or when you open the exe from Windows explorer? I got a different error code when it was running in the code blocks debugger to when I was just running it and getting its return through windows.

[Hondolor]

as far as I can tell it doesn't matter where I try to run it, I get the same error