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ScummVM relies on third-party libraries for common features, such as MP3 decoding. Some of these libraries, like SDL, are required, whereas others like libtheora are optional. | ScummVM relies on third-party libraries for common features, such as MP3 decoding. Some of these libraries, like SDL, are required, whereas others like libtheora are optional. | ||
We supply a set of prebuilt libraries for Visual Studio 2015 and later, which can be found [ | We supply a set of prebuilt libraries for Visual Studio 2015 and later, which can be found [https://downloads.scummvm.org/frs/build/scummvm_libs_2015.zip here]. | ||
These libraries have been built on Windows 8.1 using the Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition. | These libraries have been built on Windows 8.1 using the Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition. | ||
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'''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". | '''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 [ | NOTE: Several people have had errors about structure packing under Visual Studio 2019. In such cases, you need to update [https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases SDL2] with the latest version. | ||
== Compiling with Console/Text Output == | == Compiling with Console/Text Output == | ||
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By default ScummVM is compiled as a Windows subsystem application with no console output. If you need the console, you can do one of the following: | By default ScummVM is compiled as a Windows subsystem application with no console output. If you need the console, you can do one of the following: | ||
* In the create_project command, add <code>--enable-text-console</code>. | * In the create_project command, add <code>--enable-text-console</code>. | ||
* In the Project Options for the | * In the Project Options for the ScummVM project, go to the Linker | System | SubSystem line, and change the /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS to /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE | ||