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=== Visual Studio === | === Visual Studio === | ||
There exists a free Community version of Visual Studio [https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/ here] that can be used. | There exists a free Community version of Visual Studio [https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/ here] that can be used. | ||
Professional Visual Studio versions are working fine too. | Professional Visual Studio versions are working fine too. | ||
When installing Visual Studio 2017 or later, make sure to select the "Desktop Development with C++" workload. | |||
We do support older versions of Visual Studio too. However, on this page we focus on building ScummVM with latest Visual Studio. Building ScummVM with older Visual Studio 2008 can require additional work not described on this page. | We do support older versions of Visual Studio too. However, on this page we focus on building ScummVM with latest Visual Studio. Building ScummVM with older Visual Studio 2008 can require additional work not described on this page. | ||
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To make it work you have to follow these steps: | To make it work you have to follow these steps: | ||
* Unzip the library zip to a directory of your choice. For example, you can unzip them into "C:\Users\YourUsername\Documents\scummvm_libs_2015". | * Unzip the library zip to a directory of your choice. For example, you can unzip them into "C:\Users\YourUsername\Documents\scummvm_libs_2015". | ||
* Go to Control Panel | * Go to Start Menu > Control Panel > System > Advanced Settings > Environment Variables and add a new variable "SCUMMVM_LIBS" with a value of the path you extracted the zip in. It is important that you do point the variable to the folder containing the "bin", "include", and "lib" directories. | ||
=== Manually Building Libraries === | === Manually Building Libraries === | ||
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=== Building create_project === | === Building create_project === | ||
ScummVM uses a configure/Make based build system. We have a tool to generate Visual Studio project files from this build system. The first | ScummVM uses a configure/Make based build system. We have a tool to generate Visual Studio project files from this build system. The first step you need to take is building this tool called "create_project". | ||
First, open the solution file "devtools\create_project\msvc\create_project.sln". Then simply build the solution. The project file should automatically assure that the resulting "create_project.exe" is copied to "dists\msvc". If not, you will have to copy it yourself. | First, open the solution file "devtools\create_project\msvc\create_project.sln". Then simply build the solution. The project file should automatically assure that the resulting "create_project.exe" is copied to "dists\msvc". If not, you will have to copy it yourself. | ||
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Simply open the generated solution file in "dists\msvc\scummvm.sln". Now you can ask it to build the desired configuration. By default it will build a debug configuration which is ideal to hack on ScummVM. | Simply open the generated solution file in "dists\msvc\scummvm.sln". Now you can ask it to build the desired configuration. By default it will build a debug configuration which is ideal to hack on ScummVM. | ||
'''IMPORTANT''': | '''IMPORTANT''': If you get errors about missing DLLs, you'll need to copy them to a location Windows picks up to run the resulting binary. The easiest way to do this is to place the DLL files in the directory where scummvm.exe is. There are multiple folders to choose from, depending on your build configuration. For example, if you build a Win32 Debug configuration, you will need to copy them from "SCUMMVM_LIBS\lib\x86\Debug" to "dists\msvc\Debugx86". | ||
NOTE: Several people have had errors about structure packing under Visual Studio 2019. In such cases, you need to update [http://libsdl.org/download-2.0.php SDL2] with the latest version. | |||
== Compiling without Console/Status Window == | == Compiling without Console/Status Window == | ||