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Sevenzz23: /* Using Visual Studio */

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‎Using Visual Studio

Nameless2you: Created page with "For compiling on Windows, Visual Studio is the preferred method, although using Cygwin is also possible. === Using Visual Studio === [[Image:Compile-hercules.PNG|thumb|300px|..."

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For compiling on Windows, Visual Studio is the preferred method, although using Cygwin is also possible.

=== Using Visual Studio ===
[[Image:Compile-hercules.PNG|thumb|300px|MS Visual Studio 2010: Compile configuration (red) and solution (blue) with it's child projects.]]
Hercules ships with solution and project files for Visual Studio from 9 onwards. Usage of both the paid and free (express) versions is same, although the paid one produces more efficient code [http://nn.nachtwolke.com/dev/ref/msvcperf.htm].
* Download [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-cpp-express MS Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition] or [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2008-editions/express MS Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition] and install it, if you do not have Visual Studio/Visual C++ already installed.
* Open '''Hercules-10.sln''' in your Hercules folder. If you use Visual C++ 2008, you need to open '''Hercules-9.sln''' instead.
* Select the desired compile configuration (marked red). Use '''Release''' when you compile the server, where players will be playing on. '''Debug''' compiles the server without optimizations and with debugging information.
* Right-click the solution node (marked blue) and select '''Build solution'''. If you have compiled the server before, it is recommended to use '''Rebuild solution''', as it forces the compiling of all components, not just those, which seem to have changed since last compile.
* If the compilation was successful, the resulting executables are in the same folder as the solution named ''login-server_sql.exe'', ''char-server_sql.exe'', ''map-server_sql.exe'' and ''mapcache.exe''.

=== Using Cygwin ===
[http://www.cygwin.com/ Cygwin] is a Linux environment emulation for Windows. As such it enables compiling the way it would be done on Linux. Compiling in Cygwin is '''not recommended''' due to lower performance and increased installation complexity.

* Download [http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe Cygwin] and install it, if not already done so. When installing, select following packages:
** from ''Devel'': ''cmake'', ''gcc'' and ''make''
** from ''Lib'': ''libidn-devel'', ''libpcre-devel'', ''readline'', ''zlib-devel''
* Running Cygwin Terminal will create folder <code>'''home/user'''</code> inside Cygwin installation folder, where ''user'' is the name currently logged on Windows user.
* SQL server needs to be installed in Cygwin so the compiler can access the SQL libraries. Download the .tar.gz archive from the [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/?current_os=src MySQL website], such as '''mysql-5.5.20.tar.gz'''.
* Place the archive into <code>'''/home/user'''</code> and execute following inside Cygwin Terminal to unpack it:
cd ~
tar xvzf mysql-5.5.20.tar.gz
* Navigate to directory with unpacked archive:
cd mysql-5.5.20
* To avoid conficts, replace ''dtoa()'' with ''_dtoa()'' in ''strings/dtoa.c'' file:
sed -i 's/dtoa(/_dtoa(/g' ./strings/dtoa.c
* Build MySQL with following commands:
cmake .
make mysqlclient libmysql
make install
* After everything completes, Cygwin is ready for compiling Hercules. Navigate to the Hercules folder in Cygwin. Windows drives are accesible as <code>/cygdrive/x</code> where ''x'' is the letter assigned to the drive by Windows.
* Execute following commands inside Hercules folder to compile it:
./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
make sql
* If the compilation was successful, the resulting executables are in the Hercules folder named ''login-server_sql.exe'', ''char-server_sql.exe'' and ''map-server_sql.exe''.
* Server executables can be run inside Cygwin Terminal or directly, but in this case you need to copy required libraries to Hercules folder:
** ''cygwin1.dll'', ''cygz.dll'', ''cyggcc_s-1.dll'', ''cygpcre-0.dll'' from <code>/bin</code>
** ''cygmysqlclient-18.dll'' from <code>/usr/local/mysql/lib</code>

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 === Using Visual Studio ===
-[[Image:Compile-hercules.PNG|thumb|300px|MS Visual Studio 2015: Compile configuration (<span style="color:red;">red</span>) and solution (<span style="color:blue;">blue</span>) with it's child projects.]]
+[[Image:Compile_hercules.PNG|thumb|300px|MS Visual Studio 2012: Compile configuration (<span style="color:red;">red</span>) and solution (<span style="color:blue;">blue</span>) with it's child projects.]]
 Hercules ships with solution and project files for Visual Studio from 2012 onwards.
 * Download the latest version of [https://www.visualstudio.com Visual Studio] (at the time of writing, MS Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition) and install it, if you do not have Visual Studio already installed.

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 === Using Visual Studio ===
-[[Image:Compile-hercules.PNG|thumb|300px|MS Visual Studio 2010: Compile configuration (<span style="color:red;">red</span>) and solution (<span style="color:blue;">blue</span>) with it's child projects.]]
+[[Image:Compile-hercules.PNG|thumb|300px|MS Visual Studio 2015: Compile configuration (<span style="color:red;">red</span>) and solution (<span style="color:blue;">blue</span>) with it's child projects.]]
-Hercules ships with solution and project files for Visual Studio from 9 onwards. Usage of both the paid and free (express) versions is same, although the paid one produces more efficient code [http://nn.ai4rei.net/dev/ref/msvcperf.htm].
+Hercules ships with solution and project files for Visual Studio from 2012 onwards.
-* Download [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-cpp-express MS Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition],[http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2008-editions/express MS Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition], <span style="color:blue;">MS Visual Studio 2012</span> or <span style="color:blue;">MS Visual Studio 2013</span> and install it, if you do not have Visual Studio/Visual C++ already installed.
+* Download the latest version of [https://www.visualstudio.com Visual Studio] (at the time of writing, MS Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition) and install it, if you do not have Visual Studio already installed.
-* Open '''Hercules-10.sln''' in your Hercules folder if you use Visual C++ 2010, for Visual C++ 2008, you need to open '''Hercules-9.sln''', for Visual Studio 2012, you need to open '''Hercules-11.sln''', If you use Visual Studio 2013, you need to open '''Hercules-12.sln''' instead.
+* Open '''Hercules-14.sln''' in your Hercules folder if you use Visual Studio 2015, for Visual Studio 2013, you need to open '''Hercules-12.sln''', for Visual Studio 2012, you need to open '''Hercules-11.sln''' instead.
 * Select the desired compile configuration (marked <span style="color:red;">red</span>). Use '''Release''' when you compile the server, where players will be playing on. '''Debug''' compiles the server without optimizations and with debugging information.
 * Right-click the solution node (marked <span style="color:blue;">blue</span>) and select '''Build solution'''. If you have compiled the server before, it is recommended to use '''Rebuild solution''', as it forces the compiling of all components, not just those, which seem to have changed since last compile.

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 === Using Visual Studio ===
 [[Image:Compile-hercules.PNG|thumb|300px|MS Visual Studio 2010: Compile configuration (<span style="color:red;">red</span>) and solution (<span style="color:blue;">blue</span>) with it's child projects.]]
-Hercules ships with solution and project files for Visual Studio from 9 onwards. Usage of both the paid and free (express) versions is same, although the paid one produces more efficient code [http://nn.nachtwolke.com/dev/ref/msvcperf.htm].
+Hercules ships with solution and project files for Visual Studio from 9 onwards. Usage of both the paid and free (express) versions is same, although the paid one produces more efficient code [http://nn.ai4rei.net/dev/ref/msvcperf.htm].
 * Download [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-cpp-express MS Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition],[http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2008-editions/express MS Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition], <span style="color:blue;">MS Visual Studio 2012</span> or <span style="color:blue;">MS Visual Studio 2013</span> and install it, if you do not have Visual Studio/Visual C++ already installed.
 * Open '''Hercules-10.sln''' in your Hercules folder if you use Visual C++ 2010, for Visual C++ 2008, you need to open '''Hercules-9.sln''', for Visual Studio 2012, you need to open '''Hercules-11.sln''', If you use Visual Studio 2013, you need to open '''Hercules-12.sln''' instead.

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 [[Image:Compile-hercules.PNG|thumb|300px|MS Visual Studio 2010: Compile configuration (<span style="color:red;">red</span>) and solution (<span style="color:blue;">blue</span>) with it's child projects.]]
 Hercules ships with solution and project files for Visual Studio from 9 onwards. Usage of both the paid and free (express) versions is same, although the paid one produces more efficient code [http://nn.nachtwolke.com/dev/ref/msvcperf.htm].
-* Download [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-cpp-express MS Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition] or [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2008-editions/express MS Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition] and install it, if you do not have Visual Studio/Visual C++ already installed.
+* Download [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-cpp-express MS Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition],[http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2008-editions/express MS Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition], <span style="color:blue;">MS Visual Studio 2012</span> or <span style="color:blue;">MS Visual Studio 2013</span> and install it, if you do not have Visual Studio/Visual C++ already installed.
-* Open '''Hercules-10.sln''' in your Hercules folder. If you use Visual C++ 2008, you need to open '''Hercules-9.sln''' instead.
+* Open '''Hercules-10.sln''' in your Hercules folder if you use Visual C++ 2010, for Visual C++ 2008, you need to open '''Hercules-9.sln''', for Visual Studio 2012, you need to open '''Hercules-11.sln''', If you use Visual Studio 2013, you need to open '''Hercules-12.sln''' instead.
 * Select the desired compile configuration (marked <span style="color:red;">red</span>). Use '''Release''' when you compile the server, where players will be playing on. '''Debug''' compiles the server without optimizations and with debugging information.
 * Right-click the solution node (marked <span style="color:blue;">blue</span>) and select '''Build solution'''. If you have compiled the server before, it is recommended to use '''Rebuild solution''', as it forces the compiling of all components, not just those, which seem to have changed since last compile.
-* If the compilation was successful, the resulting executables are in the same folder as the solution named ''login-server_sql.exe'', ''char-server_sql.exe'', ''map-server_sql.exe'' and ''mapcache.exe''.
+* If the compilation was successful, the resulting executables are in the same folder as the solution named ''login-server.exe'', ''char-server.exe'', ''map-server.exe'' and ''mapcache.exe''.
 === Using Cygwin ===

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 === Using Cygwin ===
-[http://www.cygwin.com/ Cygwin] is a Linux environment emulation for Windows. As such it enables compiling the way it would be done on Linux. Compiling in Cygwin is '''not recommended''' due to lower performance and increased installation complexity.
+[http://www.cygwin.com/ Cygwin] is a POSIX compatibility layer for Windows. As such it enables compiling the way it would be done on Linux. Compiling in Cygwin is '''not recommended''' due to lower performance and increased installation complexity.
 * Download [http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe Cygwin] and install it, if not already done so. When installing, select following packages: