-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Thanks for the quick reply. Hmm. So what's the alternative? Write the client and server dll's from scratch? Can that even be done?
On 1/9/07, Jeffrey botman Broome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James Smith wrote: > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > I've been playing around with the source sdk and have been trying to > compile > > it with MinGW and MSYS. Most of the compile errors I encounter are from > the > > pre-processor directives identifying that _WIN32 must mean I'm compiling > > with an MS compiler, which I have to modify and add a smarter check to. > > Although I think those problems are just the tip of the iceberg. So I > was > > wondering if other's have looked into building a release that's a bit > more > > compatible MinGW and other alternative compilers and ultimately(IDEs). > I'm > > pretty new to the scene so I don't know if I'm asking a question other's > > have already answered or not. > > You will have more problems during linking than you did during > compiling. The compiled game code that you create must link against > libraries that you don't have the source code to (for example the VGUI2 > library). These libraries use Microsoft C++ name mangling for exporting > function names and unfortunetly, this name mangling isn't compatible > with any other compiler/linker. You can not convert the MSVC libraries > easily to COFF format (or any other linker format) without having access > to the source code to rebuild the libraries. > > Even if you can get everything to compile, you won't be able to link > everything to generate the final DLL(s). Good luck! :) > > -- > Jeffrey "botman" Broome > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
