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VS 2017 Solution Compiles .lib? How can I create the exe?[message #353311]

Mon, 23 April 2018 21:29

ElecMS

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Registered:November 2009

Hey folks, on the latest SVN version of GameData, and the latest compiled .exe I could find (8555), I am experiencing a game-breaking bug where I can no longer select mercs or groups, or click cancel, on the Strategic Map screen. The list on the far left is clickable, rest of the UI is responsive, but the small dialog when selecting a merc or a group in a sector cannot be interacted with. Thread for that is here http://thepit.ja-galaxy-forum.com/index.php?t=msg&goto=353310&#msg_353310.

In trying to debug this issue (programmer by trade) I grabbed the latest Visual Studio 2017 CE, downloaded the SVN.

Everything seems to build fine, but the VS2017 solution file (also tested 2010) is set to compile to a .lib instead of an .exe - can anyone shed any light on how to compile as an exe?

[Updated on: Mon, 23 April 2018 21:31]

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Re: VS 2017 Solution Compiles .lib? How can I create the exe?[message #353314 is a reply to message #353311]

Mon, 23 April 2018 22:22

Flugente

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I haven't had that ever, so no good idea... but perhaps this setting might help?

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Re: VS 2017 Solution Compiles .lib? How can I create the exe?[message #353315 is a reply to message #353314]

Mon, 23 April 2018 22:39

DepressivesBrot

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Also check what your output dirs are in general, they sometimes get set to odd locations when someone forgets to untick a file in svn.

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Re: VS 2017 Solution Compiles .lib? How can I create the exe?[message #353320 is a reply to message #353314]

Tue, 24 April 2018 04:29

ElecMS

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Registered:November 2009

Got it! Noob mistake, I think, not yet used to VS2017 - needed to select JA2 specifically, looks like I had somehow selected the VFS portion of the project, which is set to build a .lib.

Same thing happened when I tried to start "Local Windows Debugger" via the Play button - it tried to run VFS.lib and failed. I was able to fix this by selecting the JA2 folder, right click, "Set as default", then attempting to build the whole solution.

I can debug line by line now, I believe, but most of the beginning of the startup of the game shows as external code, takes a lot of F10ing to get even to the title screen.

There are a ton of .cpp files - trying to figure out where I can set a breakpoint in order to be able to run normally up to the point where a game is completely loaded.

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Re: VS 2017 Solution Compiles .lib? How can I create the exe?[message #353322 is a reply to message #353320]

Tue, 24 April 2018 05:02

ElecMS

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Registered:November 2009

Has anyone else had success in setting breakpoints and launching via F5 from Visual Studio?

I found the relevant dialog box entry, but it never breaks on the breakpoints I set, and I covered all uses of pMovementMenuStrings, and CreatePopUpBoxForMovementBox. When I alt-tab to Visual Studio, my breakpoint has the following error:

https://preview.ibb.co/kOMBKH/Breakpoint_Fail.jpg

I've also not had success with the Visual Studio context menu feature "Run to Cursor".

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Re: VS 2017 Solution Compiles .lib? How can I create the exe?[message #353324 is a reply to message #353322]

Tue, 24 April 2018 06:09

ElecMS

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Registered:November 2009

I did have success finally by using "Break All" and am now finally stepping through the rendering code for the popup box in question.

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Re: VS 2017 Solution Compiles .lib? How can I create the exe?[message #363593 is a reply to message #353324]

Fri, 13 August 2021 21:55

Asdow

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Registered:August 2010

On release builds the compiler does a lot of optimizing and there are plenty of cases where small functions get unrolled or reordered which prevents hitting breakpoints set to them. Building a debug build without optimizations should help with that. It's especially fun when you're trying to debug one of the functions hand written in assembly and the compiler decides to reorder some things so the source code's assembly and disassembly from the build do not match. big grin

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Re: VS 2017 Solution Compiles .lib? How can I create the exe?[message #364206 is a reply to message #363593]

Tue, 18 January 2022 02:20

Jally3213

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Registered:January 2022

Is there a better way of installing it for noobs?

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