DEPENDENCIES

Install MSYS2 with mingw-w64 toolchain

pacman -Syu

Install opusfile (not currently packaged by MSYS2 distribution)

wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/opus/opusfile-0.6.tar.gz
./configure --prefix=/mingw32/ --{build,host,target}=mingw64-i686
make install

Install dependencies

pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-{SDL2,SDL2_image,glew,freetype,ftgl,opus,opus-tools,libogg,python3-numpy,python3-Pillow}
fc-cache

PATCHES

Buildsystem patches: (I gave up on cmake)

• configure: Comment out 258-259, MSYS2 doesn't support symlinks.
• configure: Add invocation.append('-G') invocation.append('MSYS Makefiles') around line 278.
• buildsystem/simple: line 18 add set -e for debugging
• buildsystem/simple: sed -i 's~/usr/include/~/mingw32/include/~g' buildsystem/simple
• buildsystem/simple: remove -z,relro and -fPIC options
• buildsystem/simple: move -lpython3.4m to the END of the python ext module build
• buildsystem/simple: change PYTHONPATH to just PYTHONPATH=py
• buildsystem/simple: Remove -l{GLEW,GLU,GL,SM,ICE,X11,Xext,util} from main gcc build ; move libraries to end ; -lSDL2 doesn't need to be there twice ; add -lglew32 -lopengl32
• buildsystem/simple: Add -Wno-format. There are lots of minor printf format issues owing to building on ILP32 platform.

C++ patches:

• utils/fds.h: comment out termio.h, comment 84
• utils/fds.cpp: comment out pty.h, comment 26-27, comment 101-111, comment 115-118
• console/tests.cpp: comment out pty.h, comment 36-158
• audio/hash_functions.h: change to <<16 for ILP32 platform. This seems unused?
• main.cpp: append the WinMain wrapper from http://www.flipcode.com/archives/WinMain_Command_Line_Parser.shtml , since main() doesn't seem to be called as-is and ld can't find the usual mainCRTStartup wrapper

Python patches:

• py/openage/convert/dataformat.py:1051: should be snippets_body_sorted ( issue #7 )
• py/openage/convert/mediafile.py:20: dat_cache_file = "C:/tmp_empires2_x1_p1.dat.pickle"

BUILD

Build binary

./configure --mode=debug --c-compiler=gcc --cpp-compiler=g++ 
cp -R .bin/gcc-debug-01 ./bin
buildsystem/simple

Build assets (takes a long time and 600MB+ ram.)

PYTHONPATH=py python3 -m openage.convert -v media -o "assets/converted" "/c/Program Files (x86)/Age of Empires/" graphics:*.* terrain:*.* sounds0:*.* sounds1:*.* gamedata0:*.* gamedata1:*.* gamedata2:*.* interface:*.*

Convert all *.docx files from CRLF to LF

find ./assets/converted/ | grep 'docx$' | xargs -n1 sed -rie 's/\r\n/\n/'

This conversion is slow, it would be better to fix the script to produce LF instead of CRLF on MSYS2 platform.

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awesome! lets see how we can bring your changes upstream without ugly hacks ;)

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https://github.com/franciscod/openage/compare/convert-crossplatform-tmp

This should fix the mentioned issue:
py/openage/convert/mediafile.py:20: dat_cache_file = "C:/tmp_empires2_x1_p1.dat.pickle"

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Hi mappu,

I'm a windows user, and i'm never use linux before. So could you explain to me how to build openage on windows step by step. How can i build assets and convert all *.docx files as you say?

Many thanks.

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there's no step by step guide to compiling on windows: this guide posted by @mappu cross-compiles from arch linux to windows using mingw

EDIT: this is for windows! read mappu's comment below

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@franciscod Just to clarify, i did build it on windows - MSYS2 is a distribution of pacman and mingw-w64 on windows. You can find it at http://msys2.github.io/ .

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Oh, I didn't know of msys2! I assumed Arch Linux from pacman. Thanks for
your clarification!

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I would like to help develop the project, can I use Visual Studio 2012 to help develop it? Also, how would I do this?

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@EvilPeanut for long-enduring discussion the best place is our irc channel 😉 (#sfttech on freenode). The resulting tasks and decisions will then be posted back here in the issue tracker.

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@TheJJ Thanks, il have a look at that.

I know it's alot to ask, but would it be possible for someone to build it for Windows for me and send me the files (.exe ect..). I would love to try it and learn C++, but don't currently have the required knowledge to build the project.

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@EvilPeanut I think it'll be easier for the initial understanding to learn developing under Linux. You can simply install a Linux VM or use dual-boot. openage is currently working under Linux and MacOS X, it will be a long way and very complicated for you to start developing under Windows. Just join the IRC, many people can help you directly there.

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@TheJJ Just for clarification, is the solution by @mappu in the right direction, but needs to be properly integrated into CMake? Or is there a different issue?

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@burgerga The direction seems to be ok. Yes, it should be integrated into CMake properly and the plattform-specific switches should happen in cpp/crossplattform. Using mingw64 is probably the ideal way for us I hope.

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I'm giving a shot on this one, under a W7 32bit VM. Wish me luck!

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Good work @franciscod. I don't suppose you would mind zipping and sending me the compiled windows files for openage do you? If so it would be greatly appreciated. My email is [email protected]

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PROTIP: setbuf(stdout, NULL); is very useful 💃

@EvilPeanut nope, the compiled files doesn't work at all :D if you want the binaries just follow my instructions; this is far from finished.

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holy crap, i've been debugging 2 hours for THISS!!!!!

MSG   ERROR: failed reading the file ./assets/converted/termcolors.docx
FATAL Exception: failed reading the file ./assets/converted/termcolors.docx

and i forgot the last step from our god and saviour mappu:

• Convert all *.docx files from CRLF to LF

find ./assets/converted/ | grep 'docx$' | xargs -n1 sed -rie 's/\r\n/\n/'

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>be gaben

>gotta go fast

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This commit builds and runs!!!
https://github.com/franciscod/openage/tree/a4519112381fe7dd8ceed3377d620dc548064d07

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#207 targets compiling and running from a MSYS2 system, on a windows host

#233 cross compiles using mingw-w64 and runs with wine!

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Congrats, but beware of the next step: packaging 😛

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You should consider using the new Clang support in Visual Studio. That may make some things easier.

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Necrobumping to the maximum level!

Should we target crosscompiling windows binaries from *nix (using mingw-w64, for example), building on windows hosts (with msys2 and/or visual studio), or both?

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I'd say prio #1 is crosscompiling with mingw-w64, if that works, we can think about msys2 and then visualstudio.

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It's still in prerelease. No debugger support.

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One of the main problems now is packaging, and mainly the question what to do with the python interpreter. If you want to include that in the package it's quite annoying, I think there are only nice solutions for python 2 but i could be wrong...

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@burgerga I ran into some problems myself trying to package it for nixos. We will probably redesign some of the python-specific parts. Shipping an interpreter in the openage package will probably cause a lot of problems.

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Ho, I remember trying to crosscompile with mingw-w64 from Arch Linux and hit some roadblocks with the mingw-w64 Python package. It's been updated to 3.6 now, just letting you know if someone wants to give it a shot :)

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mingw-w64-python

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There is a 64-bit installer out for windows 10. You can download it here.

Next step could be reproducible and frequent CI-builds with Kevin.
I don't know when this topic can be closed - Windows support could take forever. :-D

EDIT: I'll close this issue now, openage is building, running and could even be packaged and installed on windows 10 64bit, issues that are related to windows like conversion, cross-compiling under linux targeting windows should be separate.

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Bookmarking one relevant commit (probably not fast-forward) to build openage under windows with mingw (by @tusharpm).

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