COMPILE: Getting the source to compile

[Martin Gühmann]

Locutus my idea was to use the clean order from the menue and just recompile everything again. Afterwards I replaced my dummy mss.h with the stub from this thread and replacing the altered sound files by the original ones my VC6 rejected to rebuild the *.exe it just told that there were no errors, but there no recompiling no relinking. The file was definatly the same from last night. But fortunatly the recompiling worked. So I can try again to add the pollution graph.

-Martin

[ErichG]

Originally posted by mjs0


Well...for VS.NET this approach fixed all the custom build errors so the calls to flex, byacc, ctpdb et al ran successfully.

Now I just have the compiler problems (3275 errors and 1486 warnings) to resolve!!

Martin.

How far did you get with VS.net? There have been successfuk builds with VC6. With VS.net I had trouble with STL - Looks like the Bidit template has gotten 2 more params. Has anyone got a compliable version for VC7?

[J Bytheway]

Originally posted by ErichG
How far did you get with VS.net? There have been successfuk builds with VC6. With VS.net I had trouble with STL - Looks like the Bidit template has gotten 2 more params. Has anyone got a compliable version for VC7?

See http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...hreadid=100314

[MrBaggins]

I've now got my Visual Studio disks, just finished installing those, plus the SP.

Followed the info, and just compiled the debug exe successfully. *chuckles* Its pretty slow, eh?

Just seeing if the final compiles OK.

Having the code actually working should help my ability to contribute to the project. *smiles*

[Joss]

Hi,
Hi have the great_libary.txt problem, too. But ctp2_code and ctp2_data are at the same level:
\ctp2\ctp2_code\ctp
\ctp2\ctp2_data

I think it has to do with my German version of CTP2. Can someone help me?

[Martin Gühmann]

Joss go into the ..\ctp2_code\ctp\ directory and open there the civpath.txt find there a string english and replace it by german or copy the civpath.txt from your ctp2_program\ctp\ directory to the project directory.

-Martin

[Solver]

BTW, did anyone else have any problems with playing the original CtP2 after running the compiled one? I did, but was able to solve those by just replacing the Registry entries...

[Raster]

Does CtP2 use the DLL version of the Miles Sound system? (I don't have the CD yet).

Couldn't you build a lib from the dll, and manually rebuild the header?

I found a source of the MSS32.dll, http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?mss32

But, that should be on the cd, or somewhere on the computer after install. (possibly \Windows\System or \Windows\System32, if not in the same directory as the exe)

[J Bytheway]

Originally posted by Raster
Couldn't you build a lib from the dll, and manually rebuild the header?

Yep, and someone already has. See http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...16#post2459116

[MrBaggins]

We're a couple of steps ahead of you, chief. mss32.dll was always included with the regular game. It gets installed. Being that the game will always be installed first, prior to any patch or replacement .exe that we provide, its not a problem.

And we actually seem to have some movement on including sound, period...

See this thread.

[Joss]

@Martin Gühmann:
Did this work by you? Now the meassagebox that he cant find greatlibary.txt doesnt appear but the assert failure is still their. Does the exe need more than the data director because i copyed only this from the install into my ctp directory?

[Martin Gühmann]

Joss you mean the assert that you get on startup? So far I just ignored it. But of course it needs to be fixed.

-Martin

[Joss]

but then the games doesnt run :-)
not so cool

[Martin Gühmann]

Joss, do you mean the ..\ctp2_code\ui\interface\greatlibrary.cpp Line: 334
Expression: entry_pos < MAX_ENTRY - 6

Assertion?

If yes just press the ignore button and continue.

-Martin

[kaan]

I have compiled the game as described by Mr. Ogre now.
That means that i have no sound but everything works fine.
I have compiled and tested the following setups:
Release
Debug
Final
NDebug
Test
Optimized Test

The Release version runs fine without anything special to note.
The Debug version needs the file anet2d.dll in the game dir, it can be found in the source dir with the .exe. While running debug the game complains about an assertion failing because some soundmanager var is NULL. I press the "Ignore"button and the game carries on unaffected until next turn when the same error pops up again.
The Final version came with two warnings about some unused local vars and it ran fine (I actually think it was a bit faster at runtime than the release vesion).
The NDebug version compiled with one warning and ran like the normal versions without a glitch.
The Test version on the other hand comes up with no less than 244 errors an 15 warnings. I think it is safe to conclude that this build is far from the CD release version.
The Optimized Test version only has 2 errors so it is probably more up to date.

I would like to hear if anyone has got a clue to what the different builds are meant to be for.
The Debug_browse version has an explenation earlier in this thread and the regular debug version sort of explain itself. But what about the rest?
What is the difference between Release, Final and NDebug?
Is Test and Optimized Test just leftovers from the past or is it a playground?
Is Leak a testsetup for memory leaks?

Update:
I just had the idea to eject the CTP2 cd from the drive and see if it made any difference, and it did!
The exe from the CD had CD check on.
The Final exe had CD check on.
The Debug exe had no CD check.
The Release exe had no CD check.
The NDebug exe had no CD check.

Now i have tried with the 1.11 patch and there were no difference.
The 1.11 exe had CD check on.

kaan

[ahenobarb]

Well, my copy of MS VC++ finally arrived today. It should have arrived days a couple days ago, but they shutdown all our post offices for fear of anthrax (are they ever going to catch that a$$?), but I bumped into the postman and he gave me the package.

In a few short hours I have successfully COMPILED THE CODE WITH NO ERRORS!!! Also, the sound is working perfect. Thanks jonwil!! ... and I have played several turns with no crashes!!!



I do get the assertion failure on shutdown however, but still...
THe advantage of building the way that is outlined in the attached file (not that this will work for everyone) is that it requires absolutely NO CHANGES TO THE SOURCE CODE to get it to compile. Therefore, it does not create a compiler compatibility problem later on.

It took some time because most of the information on what to do is scattered all over the place. So... I went ahead and put together an .rtf file explaining how to compile the code with MS VC++ 6.0 and Windows 98SE (It seems Martin and I are in the same boat). Thanks for asking all the questions earlier in this thread Martin, I followed that like scripture!

[aside: Where are my dancing bananas? You know, like this one -> ?]

[Keygen]

I followed ahenobarb's steps and the code compiled and run successfully under Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1. I got the assertion messages too after exiting the game. Good work there gathering all the information into a single file

[Keygen]

Here's the log file for the CivCTP_dbg.exe compilation in case someone wants to take a quick look at the files that are associated with CivCTP_dbg.exe (the debug version of the ctp2.exe).

[The Big Mc]

just what i wanted ahenobarb

[Maquiladora]

Woohoo it worked Thanks ahenobarb

i got the same 2 exit errors too.

[ahenobarb]

Happy to help!

And it is good to see that it worked on different OS platforms.

[The Big Mc]

i set some time apart from my version of hell which is my life to compile the code has your guide got the sound working

[Maquiladora]

Well i was using Win98SE and MS Visual C++ 6 too, so it was straight forward following the guide, thankfully.

[The Big Mc]

yes but did it have sound

[Maquiladora]

yep

[The Big Mc]

good

[berXpert]

Thx ahenobarb,

I follow your directions and I've compiled on WinXP VC++ 6.0

[The Big Mc]

on xp did you edit Autoexec.bat

[berXpert]

What file is that?

[The Big Mc]

2. Go to the Root Directory of your computer (C:\) and open “Autoexec.bat”. In “Autoexec.bat” add the following lines:
SET CDKDIR=C:\Activision\CTP2\bin
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\Activision\CTP2\bin