[EN] How to build and setup on Windows

How to build and setup OpenXRay on Windows

Build:

Currently, the only compiler supported is MSVC.

If you don't have Visual Studio yet, you can download and install Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition - it's absolutely free for open source projects.

You will definitely need to install the following items that are available for installation in Visual Studio installer:

• Windows Universal CRT
• Windows Universal CRT SDK
• Windows 8.1 SDK (or newer)
• C++/CLI support
• Visual C++ MFC
• NuGet package manager

You will need following extension to save files in Visual Studio with encoding UTF-8 without BOM.

Libraries:

All required libraries are already in repository as plain files or as submodules.

Setup:

• Install S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

• Install patch 1.6.02 (only for russian locale, worldwide release should have it included):

• Clone the repository (you should not download it as an archive)

  • If you are using Git console, here's the command:
    • git clone https://github.com/OpenXRay/xray-16.git --recursive
  • If you are using Git client:
    • You can just push Open in Desktop if you are using Github Desktop.
    • Then type this command in the Git console git submodule update --init --recursive
    • If this command fails for any reason, use git submodule sync and then retry the above command.

• Now you can build the engine!

Debug/Run from Visual Studio:

1. Select engine solution and open its properties
   • Select:
     • Startup Project
       • Single startup project
         • xr_3da
2. Select xr_3da project and open its properties
   • Select:
     • Debugging
       • Working Directory
         • C:\PATH\TO\StalkerCallOfPripyat\ (folder which contains fsgame.ltx)

Tips

Debug configuration is used for full debug and it's not playable. It's recommended to use Mixed.