[m!m]

The new build system based on CMake has just been merged into master. This means that there are a few changes to how a build is compiled. A description of some common tasks can be found in the GitHub wiki: https://github.com/scp-fs2open/fs2open.github.com/wiki/CMake

Before you do anything, make sure you have updated your git submodules, either by running git submodule update --init --recursive or by cloning the repository with the --recursive flag.

Changes on Windows:
Previously we maintained multiple project files for the individual Visual Studio versions. These are no longer needed and have been removed. Instead, CMake now generates these files. First, you need to download the latest version of CMake from the website I linked above. Then, follow the steps in the Readme for generating your project files. The generated files are standard Visual Studio files so you can just open them using the standard methods.

Changes on Linux:
There aren't a lot of conceptual changes here. Instead of running ./autogen.sh you now need to run cmake.

Changes on Mac:
Similarly to Windows, you will now need to generate your project files. The process is similar to the Windows workflow so just follow those instructions.

If you have any troubles or questions about the new setup, I would be happy to answer them here or on IRC.

[Yarn]

I get an error message whenever I try to generate the project files:

Error in configuration process, project files may be invalid

Here's what gets logged to the bottom portion of the CMake window (errors are preceded by dashes):

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The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.0.24210.0
The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.0.24210.0
Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/cl.exe
Check for working C compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/cl.exe -- works
Detecting C compiler ABI info
Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/cl.exe
Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/bin/cl.exe -- works
Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
Detecting CXX compile features
Detecting CXX compile features - done
--CMake Error at cmake/toolchain-msvc.cmake:2 (include):
--  include could not find load file:
--
--    EnableExtraCompilerWarnings
--Call Stack (most recent call first):
--  cmake/toolchain.cmake:11 (include)
--  CMakeLists.txt:118 (INCLUDE)


Doing configuration specific to visual studio...
--CMake Error at cmake/toolchain-msvc.cmake:26 (globally_enable_extra_compiler_warnings):
--  Unknown CMake command "globally_enable_extra_compiler_warnings".
--Call Stack (most recent call first):
--  cmake/toolchain.cmake:11 (include)
--  CMakeLists.txt:118 (INCLUDE)


Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/Games/FreeSpace2/fs2_open/master_build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".

In case it's useful, here's the CMakeCache.txt file that's generated:

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# For build in directory: c:/Games/FreeSpace2/fs2_open/master_build
# It was generated by CMake: C:/Program Files/CMake/bin/cmake.exe
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# If you do not want to change any of the values, simply exit the editor.
# If you do want to change a value, simply edit, save, and exit the editor.
# The syntax for the file is as follows:
# KEY:TYPE=VALUE
# KEY is the name of a variable in the cache.
# TYPE is a hint to GUIs for the type of VALUE, DO NOT EDIT TYPE!.
# VALUE is the current value for the KEY.

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//Flags used by the linker during Release with Debug Info builds.
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//Flags used by the linker during Release with Debug Info builds.
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//If set, runtime paths are not added when installing shared libraries,
// but are added when building.
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//If set, runtime paths are not added when using shared libraries.
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//Flags used by the linker during the creation of static libraries.
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//Flags used by the linker during release builds.
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//Flags used by the linker during Release with Debug Info builds.
CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO:STRING=

//If this value is on, makefiles will be generated without the
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// during the make.  This is useful for debugging only. With Visual
// Studio IDE projects all commands are done without /nologo.
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//Build FRED2 binary
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//Build wxFRED2 binary
FSO_BUILD_WXFRED2:BOOL=OFF

//Generate binaries in development mode, only use if you know what
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FSO_DEVELOPMENT_MODE:BOOL=OFF

//Determines if warnings in the build are considered fatal errors,
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//Additional arguments passed to a generated executable when run
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FSO_RUN_ARGUMENTS:STRING=

//Use LuaJIT for Lua scripting, needs a working internet connection!
FSO_USE_LUAJIT:BOOL=OFF

//Download and build OpenAL Soft instead of using the system libraries
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//Enable voice recognition support
FSO_USE_VOICEREC:BOOL=ON

//Library output path
LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH:PATH=C:/Games/FreeSpace2/fs2_open/master_build/bin

//Use the dynamically linked version of the runtime
MSVC_USE_RUNTIME_DLL:BOOL=OFF


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I'm using CMake 3.6.1 64-bit, Git for Windows 2.9.2 64-bit, and Visual Studio Community 2015 Update 3. This happens even with a clean repository checkout.

[m!m]

Before you do anything, make sure you have updated your git submodules, either by running git submodule update --init --recursive or by clong the repository with the --recursive flag.

[Yarn]

I honestly thought that the "submodules" were part of Git for Windows and that those had to be updated by installing the latest Git for Windows. Guess I was totally wrong.

For those of us using TortoiseGit, you can update the submodules without using Bash by doing the following:

• Right-click the folder where you checked out the source code.
• Select "TortoiseGit", then "Submodule Update...".
• Make sure that all paths as well as the "Initialize submodules" and "Recursive" options are selected.
• Click OK.

[The E]

To explain what submodules are in git parlance: A submodule is a way to link to an external git repository to pull in data from there. If you have a project that links to a specific library, you can use submodules to pull the code you need, eliminating the need to maintain a copy of that code by yourself.

[Yarn]

Is it possible to have the EXEs automatically be copied to the FS2 folder? The pre-CMake projects did this and I enjoyed the convenience. (In case you want to know, I left all settings at their defaults: CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX and FSO_FREESPACE_PATH are set to my FS2 folder, but EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH and LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH are not.)

[m!m]

If you build the "INSTALL" target, the executables and DLLs will be copied to your FSO folder.

[Yarn]

I figured out how to make Visual Studio 2015 build the INSTALL target when F7 is pressed:

• In Solution Explorer (typically found on the left), right-click "Solution 'FS2_Open'".
• Click "Properties".
• In the left pane, expand "Configuration Properties", then select "Configuration".
• In the "Configuration" drop-down box at the top-left, select "Debug".
• Make sure the "INSTALL" project's Build check box is checked.
• Click Apply.
• Repeat steps 4-6 with the FastDebug and Release configurations.
• Click OK.

Is there a reason that the INSTALL target is not enabled by default?

[m!m]

The reason is that a build of the entire project should not have any side effects outside the build directory. If you want to copy the files to the FSO directory you can just build the INSTALL project and everything else will be done automatically. If you just want to start the new executable directly, you don't have to copy it. Just use Ctrl+F5 and FSO will be started with the correct root directory.

[karajorma]

Okay, I gave this a try but the builds are not being automatically moved to my FS2 folder at the end of the build process any more. Is this intentional or did I configure something incorrectly?

[m!m]

It's intentional, if you want to copy the executable to your FS2 folder you need to build the INSTALL target. For that you need to either set the FS2PATH environment variable or set the CMake variable CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to your FS2 path.

[karajorma]

Okay, here's the issue. I have Diaspora, TBP and FS2 which are obviously installed in different directories. I need to be able to run, debug and play all of them. In the past, I'd simply point the debugger at whichever executable was in the relevent folder.

What am I supposed to do now?

[m!m]

If you take a look at the Readme in the repository you would notice that you can set the FSO_FREESPACE_PATH CMake variable to set in which directory the executable is run. You can set that to the root of the desired TC and use that to debug that specific TC.
You can also set the working directory directly because I removed the code that would always change the current directory to the location of the executable.

[karajorma]

Ah, okay so the latter should solve my issues.

[m!m]

The pull request 788 may cause an error upon configuration since the sdlmain setup was changed. If that happens, delete the cache and rerun the configuration in the CMake GUI. That should fix it.

[Phantom Hoover]

Honestly I don't understand why cmake keeps this cache around that makes it impossible to update a lot of configuration without deleting it manually?

[m!m]

Almost all configuration changes can be done without deleting the cache. This was just a very specific change that caused existing cache values to become invalid.

[Phantom Hoover]

Oh, okay. I just still can't find any way of changing CFLAGS if I set them by exporting an environment variable.

[m!m]

The current setup requires them to be set every time CMake runs the configure step or they will be overwritten by the default values. If that is not sufficient for you, you could submit a pull request with the required changes.

[Phantom Hoover]

The current setup requires them to be set every time CMake runs the configure step or they will be overwritten by the default values. If that is not sufficient for you, you could submit a pull request with the required changes.

This is not true at all; once CMakeCache.txt is generated nothing I do short of deleting it (or the line in it that sets CFLAGS) can change them. This includes running cmake .. with CFLAGS unset.