Compiling

[Anders1980]

In which program should I collect your sources?

[bibendovsky]

You need CMake to build the port.

Dependencies:

• C++17 compatible compiler (Visual C++ 16 (Visual Studio 2019) or higher, GCC 9.1 or higher)
• SDL v2.0.4 or higher but less than v3
• SDL_net v2.0.1 or higher but less than v3
• cURL v7 or higher

[Anders1980]

Tell me, where are the project files for building in Visual Studio? Unfortunately, I couldn't see them

[bibendovsky]

Tell me, where are the project files for building in Visual Studio? Unfortunately, I couldn't see them

There are no any project file in the port.
You have to use CMake to generate the project file for appropriate environment (Visual Studio, MSYS2, .etc).

I will try to describe the steps brifely on how to compile 32-bit port with Visual Studio 2022.

Download the dependencies:

• CMake v3.28.1
• SDL v2.28.5
• SDL_net v2.2.0
• cURL v8.5.0

Create a base directory, for example C:/rtcw_port.
In the base directory create another two subdirectories - _build and _install.
Now extract all dependencies and port's source code into the base directory.

Here is a list of subdirectories in the base one after the extraction:

• cmake-3.28.1-windows-i386
• curl-8.5.0_4-win32-mingw
• rtcw
• SDL2-2.28.5
• SDL2_net-2.2.0
• _build
• _install

Run c:\rtcw_port\cmake-3.28.1-windows-i386\bin\cmake-gui.exe.

Set two paths. Click Configure.

Select the generator and the platform. Click Finish.

You will get an error. Just ignore it.

Set path for CMake install prefix and path to SDL. Click Configure.

You will get the error again. Just ignore it and set path to SDL_net. Click Configure.

You will get the error again. Just ignore it. Mark checkbox Advanced. Set paths to cURL components. Click Configure.

Now you should get only a deprecation warning in the log ("Compatibility with CMake < 3.5").
Click Generate, and then Open Project.
Visual Studio should open. In the solution explorer open context menu on project INSTALL and click Rebuild.
On successfull build you will get executables and DLLs in directory c:\rtcw_port_install.

The last step is to place essential dependencies along with the executables.

Dependencies:

1. c:\rtcw_port\curl-8.5.0_4-win32-mingw\bin\libcurl.dll
2. c:\rtcw_port\SDL2-2.28.5\lib\x86\SDL2.dll
3. c:\rtcw_port\SDL2_net-2.2.0\lib\x86\SDL2_net.dll

Copy 1 into c:\rtcw_port_install\et.
Copy 2 and 3 into c:\rtcw_port_install\et and c:\rtcw_port_install\sp-mp respectively.