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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: Anaz on December 30, 2004, 11:38:32 pm

Title: Having building issues...
Post by: Anaz on December 30, 2004, 11:38:32 pm
So I decided to dink around with the FS2 source a bit, just goofy little bits of stuff, but I'm having issues building the thing. I'm using VC++ 6.0, and it tries to re-build Freespace2.obj and FS2.exe every single time I hit F5. I was told by argv that this wasn't natural after the first build, confirming my hypothesis. So I ask of you people who've been doing this a bit longer than me, tell me how to fix this!

Yes, I do have minimal rebuild checked. I'm not quite _that_ dim..
Title: Having building issues...
Post by: WMCoolmon on December 31, 2004, 12:05:25 am
Check that files aren't being moved with a custom build step of some sort.
Title: Having building issues...
Post by: Anaz on December 31, 2004, 12:48:21 am
to my knowledge nothing is being moved in a custom build step. What should be moved?
Title: Having building issues...
Post by: WMCoolmon on December 31, 2004, 12:50:54 am
Well, I'm just thinking that if FS2.exe were being moved from the output directory, VC++ would think it'd have to re-build it and do the linker step over and over.
Title: Having building issues...
Post by: Anaz on December 31, 2004, 12:52:57 am
ah, that may be it, I have it plopping the exe down in the FS2 directory. Hadn't thought of that.
Title: Having building issues...
Post by: Kazan on December 31, 2004, 12:57:07 am
it also happens if your system date is wrong
Title: Having building issues...
Post by: Anaz on December 31, 2004, 01:00:39 am
really? o_0

well it still didn't work with everything piped to \debug, going to try the date thing :wtf:

Hmm. system date was sometime in october of 2002...still building atm.
Title: Having building issues...
Post by: Goober5000 on December 31, 2004, 01:03:41 am
It shouldn't be trying to build FS2, it should be trying to build fs2_open...

Are you using the original code release or the latest checkout from CVS?
Title: Having building issues...
Post by: Anaz on December 31, 2004, 01:04:33 am
original code is what I have on my HD.

holy **** kaz, that worked.

I am in awe of Kazan's knowledge, and microsoft's randonimity...