A simple guide to compiling the DLL

Can you compress your compiled DLL and attach it?

 

Sure. This is my debug .dll. Does it work for you?

 

Is it possible to compile the source files when they are in a different folder than the makefile and project? If it is simple to do then I would like to keep the source files in a separate folder from the project and makefile.

If that is not simple to do... would it be easy if I kept the makefile with the source files but had the project in a different folder?

 

It's definitely possible. I'm curious though, why do you want to do it?

You can alter the makefile to point to the location of the source files. It will require relative directory path commands. I think VS2010 lets you leave project files in different folders instead of copying them into a working directory. Should be an option/prompt when you create the project.

 

I am using VS2010 so that is good to know.

As for why - I plan on creating a sourceforge project and using SVN to keep track of my code changes. I don't want the project and all the extra files it generates to be included in the sourceforge/SVN stuff, so I thought it would be best if the project was in a different folder than the source files.

 

Hmm. I think you can do that a better way. With SVN and definitely with Bzr it should be possible to only version some of the files in a folder; say *.c and *.h. That way you can keep the whole thing together (which the makefile and visual studio like) while only versioning the source and not the *.o or project files (which SVN likes since it reduces the size of commits).

 

@UncleOwen - Sorry for the long wait. I didn't have time yet to take a look at your DLL. I hope I'll find the time in a few weeks. Post a reminder here from time to time if it's still relevant.

@Red Key - When using source control, developers usually keep the project files and makefiles with the source code files in the source control. The idea is that you can checkout a working copy and with minimal additions successfully build the project. What you shouldn't check in are the user files (*.user, *.suo) and intellisense files (in VS2010 - *.sdf, *.opensdf), and anything that is built from the files (*.obj, *.lib), but these are usually in a subfolder.

@LM - As far as I can see, it might only affect intellisense performance. I'm assuming your DLL is created? If so, you can usually hide intellisense errors using by turning the "error reporting" property off in the relevant options page.
Let me know if it's enough or if you want me to investigate it further.

 

Yeah, no problem. Just have a look when you got the time.

 

post the makefile and proj

 

First, I assume these are correct?

Code:

TOOLKIT=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003
PSDK=E:\WindowsSDK
CIVINSTALL=C:\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword

Second, you can ignore the intellisense errors (just hide them the way I posted earlier). Can you post the rest of the errors? The actual compilation errors?

 

I used an earlier version before, now switching to this
So just to make it sure:
If you have extra c++ and header files among the source files, you simply add those into the projectfile?
The makefile adds them automatically, right?
Also, it doesn't really matters, whether I compile the CvTextScreens file or not, correct?

EDIT: Also, with your files, I don't need the Boost-1.32.0 and Python24 folders from Beyond the Sword\CvGameCoreDLL\, right?
(if the CIVINSTALL route is set correctly in the makefile)

 

having a problem, needed a debug dll for my mod and I put the source files and stuff into the folder, the environment said the project was out of date so I looked and saw it was replaced by the mods project files (old) so put in the right project (basically redid from stratch), when I try to build the solution I just get this:

1>------ Build started: Project: CvGameCoreDLL, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
1>Performing Makefile project actions
1> COPY "Release\CvGameCoreDLL.dll" "C:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Complete\Beyond the Sword\Mods\New Leader\Assets\."
1>Access is denied.
1> 0 file(s) copied.
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Users\User\DLL Compilation\CvGameCoreDLL\Release\BuildLog.htm"
1>CvGameCoreDLL - 0 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

but in the Debug folder there is no new dll... whats the problem?

 

I did it!!! I compiled a .dll!!! I cannot believe I did it!! Awesome tutorial 7 thumbs up!!

 

Decided to try this out, and I did everything as you said but when I did that, I got errors.

Spoiler :

1>Project : error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from "Performing Makefile project actions"
1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Users\kyle\Desktop\CvGameCoreDLL\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
1>CvGameCoreDLL - 1 error(s), 103 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

Thats just the bottom since the whole thing would be to long

 

That's just saying "There was an error". The important information is further up.

 

Well what part is important? There are 89,000 lines above soo not sure what to post