Creating a Visual Studio Solution for a large c++ project
Posted: August 28th, 2019, 7:54 am
Hello,
So here is a link to the actual project http://www.gemrb.org/wiki/doku.php?id=installation
For the past week I've been on and off trying to build the project. It does not seem to have specific instructions for VS - only for minGW.
Problem is, I just don't feel like starting to even try following the instructions, because I mostly do not understand the reason of the steps I should take.
That in turn means that if I want to adapt the whole thing for VS, since I cannot reason the instructions, I cannot adapt them and will most likely lead to dead ends I cannot comprehend or even google as its too particular.
As a side note: I've previously set up my own project for SDL2 for example, so I know that much and what it implies.
What would you guys recommend I start with ?
Also - how would in general somebody proceed with such a task ? Simply learn cMAke and use that to generate solutions for VS ?
All help is greatly appreciate as this project is of vital importance for me !
So here is a link to the actual project http://www.gemrb.org/wiki/doku.php?id=installation
For the past week I've been on and off trying to build the project. It does not seem to have specific instructions for VS - only for minGW.
Problem is, I just don't feel like starting to even try following the instructions, because I mostly do not understand the reason of the steps I should take.
That in turn means that if I want to adapt the whole thing for VS, since I cannot reason the instructions, I cannot adapt them and will most likely lead to dead ends I cannot comprehend or even google as its too particular.
As a side note: I've previously set up my own project for SDL2 for example, so I know that much and what it implies.
What would you guys recommend I start with ?
Also - how would in general somebody proceed with such a task ? Simply learn cMAke and use that to generate solutions for VS ?
All help is greatly appreciate as this project is of vital importance for me !