02-11-2003 20:55									#121
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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

	02-11-2003 23:24									#122
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quote: 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?

	03-11-2003 02:21									#123
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quote: 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/showthre...threadid=100314

	04-11-2003 00:39									#124
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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*

	05-11-2003 00:22									#125
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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?

Last edited by Joss on 05-11-2003 at 00:34

	05-11-2003 00:42									#126
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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

	05-11-2003 20:03									#127
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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...

	05-11-2003 21:19									#128
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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)

	05-11-2003 21:22									#129
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quote: 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/showthre...116#post2459116

	05-11-2003 21:26									#130
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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.

	06-11-2003 01:28									#131
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@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?

	06-11-2003 21:27									#132
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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

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

	07-11-2003 23:57									#134
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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

	09-11-2003 04:53									#135
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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

Last edited by kaan on 09-11-2003 at 06:52

	09-11-2003 08:24									#136
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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 -> ?]

Attachment: how to compile ctp2 source code.rtf
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Last edited by ahenobarb on 09-11-2003 at 08:42

	12-11-2003 00:08									#137
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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

	12-11-2003 00:20									#138
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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).

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	12-11-2003 00:58									#139
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just what i wanted ahenobarb

	12-11-2003 03:08									#140
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Woohoo it worked Thanks ahenobarb

i got the same 2 exit errors too.

	12-11-2003 08:56									#141
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Happy to help!

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

	12-11-2003 13:53									#142
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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

	12-11-2003 14:14									#143
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Well i was using Win98SE and MS Visual C++ 6 too, so it was straight forward following the guide, thankfully.

	12-11-2003 14:58									#144
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yes but did it have sound

	13-11-2003 01:06									#145
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yep

	13-11-2003 02:10									#146
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good

	13-11-2003 22:29									#147
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Thx ahenobarb,

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

	13-11-2003 22:55									#148
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on xp did you edit Autoexec.bat

	14-11-2003 05:46									#149
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What file is that?

	14-11-2003 19:16									#150
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quote: 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