[Anaz]

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..

[WMCoolmon]

Check that files aren't being moved with a custom build step of some sort.

[Anaz]

to my knowledge nothing is being moved in a custom build step. What should be moved?

[WMCoolmon]

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.

[Anaz]

ah, that may be it, I have it plopping the exe down in the FS2 directory. Hadn't thought of that.

[Kazan]

it also happens if your system date is wrong

[Anaz]

really? o_0

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

Hmm. system date was sometime in october of 2002...still building atm.

[Goober5000]

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?

[Anaz]

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...