Guide compiling Ascent for windows

[hardcore]

Guide FOR WINDOWS Compile your own Ascent!
first you need a tool called tortoise svn, which you can download from
SourceForge.net: TortoiseSVN.
download and install this tool.
you also need visual studio expres 2008 which you can download from microsoft at
Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions.
download and install this tool.Open the program from start/all programs once it has opened,
you can go ahead and close it.
create a new folder on your desktop and name it Ascent(you can use any suffix for the file
name if need be for example "Ascent2007". once you have the folder created right click on
it and click on svn checkout. type or copy this address into suppository
http://projects.emupedia.com/svn/ascent/branches.
press ok
when username and password window comes up, type anonymous in user name and leave password
blank. put a check in the little box that saves login. click ok
wait for svn to complete it will say completed at revision xxxx at the bottom.
If you want to use lua scripts with your new ascent compile you must open src/shared and
open ascentconfig c++ with notepad (right click on ascentconfig c++ and click open with and
choose notepad)
near the top of the file you will see
/** Enable/disable LUA scripting system.
* Default: Disabled
*/
#ifdef HAVE_LUASCRIPT
# define ENABLE_LUA_SCRIPTING 1
#endif
//#define ENABLE_LUA_SCRIPTING 1
simply remove the 2 // before #define ENABLE_LUA_SCRIPTING 1
SAVE. (click on file and save)
push the up folder button twice (or close the folder and reopen it)
doubleclick on win
doubleclick on ascent vc90
this will open it in visual studio express 2008
up neat the top you will see a small box with debug in it.It is recommended that you build
debug first so for now leave it at debug, click on build, click on build solution. wait for
it to finish it should say at the bottom something like build 6 succeeded 0 failed 0 errors
as long as you have zero errors it should work fine.
okay next change the debug to release by clicking the little triangle(arrow) thing
immediately to the right of debug.choose release. click on build and click on build
solution.
next you have to build your scripts.
double click src and doubleclcik scripts see the vc90? double click it. build it the same
way you built ascent.
when its all done your config files are in src, and your exe's and scripts are in
bin/release.
by Hardcore

[theriss]

thx good guide