Installing and using the SDK

[Ninja2]

There are a couple of folders that you need to copy to the same folder as your source files. One is "Boost Python something", the other I don't remember at the moment... did you do this?

 

[Pilotis]

Boost-1.32.0 (which has the libs folder containing the problem file it can't load)
Python24

are both in civgamecoredll

 

[Ninja2]

If you've modded the source files in a different folder than the CvGameCoreDLL, or even in a subfolder, you need to copy those two folders over.

 

[Pilotis]

Modded ?

I can't get started ! I just can't get Kael's instructions in the first post to work. And the solution in post 182 doesn'tseem to help.

 

[Ninja2]

Sorry about that. I can only say that the instructions worked for me... hang in there!

 

[Pilotis]

Dear All.
This is the build log I got. Anything I need to worry about here ?

cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvArea.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvArtFileMgr.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvCity.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvCityAI.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvDLLButtonPopup.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvDLLEntity.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvDLLPython.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvDLLWidgetData.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvDeal.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvDiploParameters.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvFractal.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvGame.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvGameAI.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
cl : Command line warning D4024 : unrecognized source file type 'EHsc', object file assumed
CvGameCoreDLL.cpp
cl : Command line warning D4027 : source file 'EHsc' ignored
Execution of 'rc.exe /IBoost-1.32.0\include /IPython24\include -fo"Final Release Win32\CvGameCoreDLL.res" CvGameCoreDLL.rc' in 'C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\CvGameCoreDLL' failed.
Nothing to be done.

 

[77alex77]

I'm not sure if this is the only problem, but you have to remove "CvGameCoreDLL.rc" from the project. Just "right click" > "remove from project" or something like that.

 

[Ninja2]

What 77alex77 said, and do step 8, second screenshot again.

 

[RyanN122]

how do i install code blocks i just come up with binary files according to the site thats what i downloaded but how do I USE these files.

 

[Psyringe]

I just installed Codeblocks and all the other parts mentioned in the first post. Everything went smoothly, but when I try to build the DLL, Codeblocks aborts with the following error message:

Execution of 'rc.exe /IBoost-1.32.0\include /IPython24\include -fo"Final Release Win32\CvGameCoreDLL.res" CvGameCoreDLL.rc' in 'F:\Games\Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\CvGameCoreDLL' failed.

Since I have no experience with programming environments, I don't know how to find / fix the error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: I see that Pilotis had a similar problem in post #446, so I'll try to remove the rc file from the project. Odd ... I did a forum search for rc.exe as well as 'rc.exe and it didn't find anything ...

Edit2: Interesting ... apparently, CodeBlocks has forgotten several settings, even the defaults. Hrmph. I have no idea how this has happened. I'll uninstall / reinstall and see whether it works this time ...

Edit3: It's working! I guess the problem was really the .rc file that had to be removed from the project, but because I didn't know that (and because of my inexperience) I seem to have messed up something else while looking for possible causes of the problem. Whatever this additional problem was, reinstalling Codeblocks fixed it.

Thanks for the excellent instructions - without them I'd never even thought about installing all this stuff. (Although the removal of the .rc file ought to be mentioned somewhere if it's a problem that several people have?.)

 

[cfkane]

This is just for clarification...

If I follow the instructions in the first post, will this create an entirely new .dll file? And will it incorporate any modified C++ files into it? I'm still unsure how to write this into a new .dll file for a mod.

 

[Psyringe]

Yes on both accounts. Basically, the process described in post #1 does the following:

- Take all the C++ files from the CvGameCoreDLL directory
- Compile a new CvGameCoreDLL.dll, which will work as a replacement of the game's regular file of the same name, out of them
- Write this new file to the directory specified in the project data (in my case, it created a new "Beyond the sword" directory within my "Beyond the sword" directory, I guess I'll change that)

 

[cfkane]

okay. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[cfkane]

I'm getting the message, "fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': no such file or directory"

Did I forget to copy a file into my SDK folder, or is the CodeBlocks program just looking for a file that it's not supposed to be looking for?

 

[BLueGreen]

Well I cant get it to work no matter what. I followed the instructions exactly and checked through them many times to make sure i had did it right and I had.

But Whenever I choose to build the file i get the error message instantly

D:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\Include\specstrings.h|9|fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'sal.h': No such file or directory|
||=== Build finished: 1 errors, 0 warnings ===|

 

[Refar]

Was someone able to figure out how to get the Debugger to work here ? (On any of the free solutions)

From what i see (DaveMcW very old post - page 7) the problem seem to be some of the Python interface files not compiling with Debug info enabled... My knowledge about Makefiles is about 0 - bever got the whole concept - but would it be possible to compile some sourcefiles with different settings (Skipping the Debug flags on those "evil" interface files ) ?

Edit.: I edited the makefile as described above. It does compile, generate the debug symbol file, link, but the game wont start (Python Failed To Load). I think maybe someone who is not as goof with makefiles (and compiler linke/flags) as i am can make it actually work.

 

[Refar]

I got it working with debugger on a free compiler solution.

On VC++ 2005 Express, not on Codeblocks.
I assume the same could work on Codeblocks, but my installation seem goofed up somehow - the Debugger Executable the codeblocks is supposed to use just does not exist...

Details in the VC++ Compiler Thread

 

[Ri-Hatz]

I got some problems setting it all up too. Im using Visual Studio 2008 prof.
First of all, upon building, I get just one error: (no modding of any files yet!)
cvunitai.cpp(8561) : error C2065: 'iI' : undeclared identifier
Thats easily solved, but howcome the original source files (beyond the sword) have an error in them?
Well, I can then build the dll just fine, but when launching civ the game crashed on startup. I get an error in the init log file:
[8252.203] DBG: NOT Using XML cache, failed to find crc.dat file

Any help on that?

I just read about removing "CvGameCoreDLL.rc" from the project. Didnt do that yet. Is that important?

 

[Refar]

I just read about removing "CvGameCoreDLL.rc" from the project. Didnt do that yet. Is that important?

It is on the free solutions (VS Express). I dont know about the 2008 pro.

What compiler/makefile you use ?
Compiling it whith the built in compiler in VS2008 will most certainly fail. This is why those insrtuctions to use a 2003 compiler are there.

 

[Ri-Hatz]

Im using the built in compiler in VS2008.
So is there no way of using my VS? I wouldnt like going back to VS 2003.