Compiling with Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Beta (1 Viewer)

[D1MADMAN]

Can u compile MQ2 with this one? If not, can someone tell me where to get a copy of VC.NET, which I see is the recomended one for compiling.

 

[ss44]

im not sure on the file attachment size maximum, but if its not too big i can upload VC 2003 for you. It can be found on microsoft.com but they moved everything around so it is much harder to find.

 

[D1MADMAN]

So Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Beta WILL NOT work?
I have to get VC 2003?

 

[soultaker]

best place to ask this or to check this out is at the MQ forums and try reading the WIki might have the answer you are looking for (the WIKI is the help file at MQ Site)

But if you have a highspeed connection you can also do a compile for yourself online. there is a thread in the Strat section on how to do this

 

[D1MADMAN]

thanks guyz, I will give MQ site forum a look see again.

 

[ss44]

i have never used beta 2005, but if u need I can still post VC2003 for you.. just ask

 

[D1MADMAN]

I was at the Wiki site all afternoon, eveing and today... I still can't get a working compiler. I followed thier instructions. I think I am not doing something right with copying nmake.exe and setting up the envirorments because when I run my edited bat file, (vcvars32.bat) and then type set COMPILER=7 I DON'T get the error message that they said not to worry about... lol... I am lost...

 

[armysoldier]

why not just get a free copy of VS?

see the compiling for free thread .. stickied in strats and cheats

 

[D1MADMAN]

That is what I am trying to do. (Get the free VS to work.)

Yes I have read darkeros thread, his, "follow the directions here to download those files" link is no longer there. I am assuming it's, "Compiling for free with non-expiring MS tools"or "Free and Legal compiling environment". I tried both, seperately and in conjunction with one another. I know there is more to it because they say, "WHY dont you explain in here exactly how to compile? Because this article is to help you set up an environment to compile
Not to hold your hand and do everything for you. Search is your friend".
So I did... I found out how to get the PSDK-FULL.bat files to work. Then batched em and sent them to their own dir's (C:\Compile\SDK and C:\Compile\sdkxpsp2). Once that was done I went to their setup.exe files and intalled them.
I just can't figure out what I am doing wrong?

 

[armysoldier]

Also you can find free version of VS around the web if you use bittorrent (http://www.bittorrent.com/) and then just use search on http://isohunt.com/.

in compile for free thread..

this is what i was talking about....

this is how i got my compiler and works like a champ

 

[D1MADMAN]

Ty, I will look into bittorrent and give that a shot. ty again.

 

[D1MADMAN]

So many with the same names but diffent file sizes? How do u know if your getting a reliable copy?

 

[Alatyami]

I used to use "Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Beta" to compile the MQ2 baseline, and it worked like a charm. But then I purchased the VS .NET 2003 and that works too.