Download and Install CMake v3.21 Some versions of aws-sdk-cpp have a known issue compiling with CMake 3.22. Build and Install the dependencies in the following order:

1. AWS SDK C++
2. yaml-cpp
3. GTest
4. Boost
5. Pybind

Note: BUILD_TYPE is either Debug or Release

1. Clone the AWS SDK C++: git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp (make sure you're on tag 1.9.162 or later)
2. Install CMake 3.21: https://cmake.org/download/
3. Use the Windows Command Prompt (or the Legacy command prompt in Windows Terminal) for the following:
4. Create a build directory called AWSSDK in a separate directory than where you cloned the SDK.

mkdir AWSSDK

5. Change directory into AWSSDK:

cd AWSSDK

6. Generate the SDK Project files (~5 min):

cmake <YOUR_DEVELOPMENT_PATH>\aws-sdk-cpp -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<BUILD_TYPE> -DFORCE_SHARED_CRT=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DMINIMIZE_SIZE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<YOUR_DEVELOPMENT_PATH>\AWSSDK\install\x86_64\windows\<BUILD_TYPE>

7. Build the SDK (~10 min depends on your workstation specs):

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\Current\Bin\msbuild.exe" ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /p:Configuration=<BUILD_TYPE> -maxcpucount

8. Install the SDK to the <YOUR_DEVELOPMENT_PATH>\AWSSDK\install location

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\Current\Bin\msbuild.exe" INSTALL.vcxproj /p:Configuration=<BUILD_TYPE> -maxcpucount

Note: BUILD_TYPE is either Debug or Release AWS GameKit uses a fixed version of yaml-cpp: commit 2f899756

1. git clone https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/
2. cd yaml-cpp
3. git checkout -b gamekit_fixed_version 2f899756
4. mkdir build
5. cd build
6. cmake -DYAML_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<DIRECTORY_IN_STEP_TWO>\install\<BUILD_TYPE> ..
7. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\Current\Bin\msbuild.exe" INSTALL.vcxproj /p:Configuration=<BUILD_TYPE> -maxcpucount

1. Create a directory to contain the Google test repo (example: D:\development), navigate into it and clone: git clone https://github.com/google/googletest. You should end up having a directory tree like D:\development\googletest.
2. Navigate into the googletest directory inside newly cloned googletest repo, your cwd should look like D:\development\googletest\googletest.
3. Run CMake to generate the configuration files: cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -Dgtest_force_shared_crt=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<path to gtest repo>\build\install -DGTEST_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY=1 ..
4. Build with "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\Current\Bin\msbuild.exe" INSTALL.vcxproj /p:Configuration=Debug -maxcpucount

1. Download and extract https://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_76_0.html
2. cd into the directory you extracted Boost
3. run bootstrap.bat
4. run .\b2 link=static

Note: BUILD_TYPE is either Debug or Release

• Make sure python3 is on your PATH

1. Clone https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/
2. cd into the directory where you cloned pybind11
3. cmake -DBoost_INCLUDE_DIR=<BOOST_PARENT_DIR>\boost_1_76_0 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<PYBIND_PARENT_DIR>\pybind11\install\<BUILD_TYPE> .
4. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\Current\Bin\msbuild.exe" INSTALL.vcxproj /p:Configuration=<BUILD_TYPE> -maxcpucount

Note: BUILD_TYPE is either Debug or Release

Run all script commands from the repository root directory.

Run: scripts/Win64/regenerate_projects.bat

The script will prompt you to set the following environment variables:

• GAMEKIT_AWSSDK_PATH (ex: D:\development\AWSSDK)
• GAMEKIT_BOOST_PATH (ex: D:\development\boost_1_76_0)
• GAMEKIT_YAMLCPP_PATH (ex: D:\development\yaml-cpp)
• GAMEKIT_GTEST_PATH (ex: D:\development\googletest)
• GAMEKIT_PYBIND_PATH (ex: D:\development\pybind11) Once set, it won't prompt you again.

It will also ask you for the BUILD_TYPE. Optionally, you can pass it as the first argument to the command.

Example: scripts/Win64/regenerate_projects.bat Debug

• Build ALL_BUILD and/or INSTALL solution in visual studio, or do the following steps from the command line.
• To build: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\Current\Bin\msbuild.exe" ALL_BUILD.vcxproj -p:Configuration=<BUILD_TYPE> -m
• To consolidate all libs in install dir: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\Current\Bin\msbuild.exe" INSTALL.vcxproj -p:Configuration=<BUILD_TYPE> -m

1. cd into tests\<BUILD_TYPE> directory
2. Run aws-gamekit-cpp-tests.exe

Run: scripts/Win64/copyheaders.bat <SANDBOX_GAME_PATH> Example: scripts/Win64/copyheaders.bat D:\development\SampleUnrealGame

Run: python scripts/Win64/refresh_plugin.py <PLUGIN_FULL_PATH> <GAME_ENGINE> <BUILD_TYPE> Example: python scripts/Win64/refresh_plugin.py D:\development\SampleUnrealGame\Plugins Unreal Debug