Difference between revisions of "Compiling ScummVM/Visual Studio"

Compiling ScummVM/Visual Studio (view source)

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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.
-'''IMPORTANT''': You'll need to copy the matching SDL2.dll file to a location Windows picks up to run the resulting binary. The easiest way to do this is to place the SDL2.dll file in the directory where scummvm.exe is (dists\msvc\Debug). There are multiple SDL2.dll files to choose from, depending on your build configuration. Simply pick the right one from the prebuilt libraries. For example, if you build a Win32 Debug configuration, you will need to use "libs/x86/Debug/SDL2.dll".
+'''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.