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Build on Windows with VisualStudio

Marcus Hudritsch edited this page Oct 30, 2018 · 48 revisions
  • Clone the GIT repository into a directory of your choice
  • Install the latest CMake. You need at least CMake Version 3.3.
  • Create a build folder name e.g. build-Win64-VS2017 in the SLProject root folder.
    • Open a console and go into the build directory.
    • Type cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64 .." to build the project files for Visual Studio 2017. With cmake -G you get all possible build systems that you could generate the project files for.
  • Double click the generated SLProject.sln solution file to open Visual Studio.
  • Set either the Debug or Release configuration and the x64 platform.
  • Build all projects by right-clicking > Build on the ALL_BUILD project. It should build all projects without error.
  • To run an application you must first set it as the startup program with right-click > Set as Startup Program.
    • To run the application you choose Debug > Start without Debugging.
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