Slave compilation from source

[KKR75]

In the interest of fun and learning experiments, I've decided to setup a winuae dev box so that I can compile whdload source files from the game I own or downloaded.

I have setup the dev environment under os3.2.1, setup all the includes, libs, from the 3.2 SDK, as well as added the whdload custom libs and lvos from the site.

I installed Barfly, ran it against a slave, say tv sports basketball (which was written in Barfly, so it says in the source) and it compiled without a hitch.

I then tried to compile Midwinter, but got many errors in Barfly. I then tried to install asm-one, tried it there, and receive another set of totally different errors.

My question is this : is there a standard way of setting up my devbox so I can re-compile any slave I want , without having to modify the code ?

Thanks

[jotd]

generally slaves will compile with Barfly (I used that, and so did Bert IIRC). I recommend vasm on Windows though... That's how I create all my new versions of slaves.

If you need to build a particular slave where you have issues, please expose the issues here. Sometimes we don't have the source anymore, or some custom includes are missing (Girv slaves), but everything can be fixed.

If you want to help with slave issues or add stuff, be our guest. https://mantis.whdload.de is full of unassigned issues, or even assigned but not solved. If the assignee/author is active, I suggest getting in touch with them for first release, though.

[CFou!]

i use Barfly + CygnusEd 4.2 (68020+)

[jotd]

Originally Posted by CFou!

i use Barfly + CygnusEd 4.2 (68020+)

that's what I used when I coded on my Amiga (no emulator). Not bad, but cross compilation is 1000 times better

[CFou!]

Originally Posted by jotd

that's what I used when I coded on my Amiga (no emulator). Not bad, but cross compilation is 1000 times better

I'am coding on WinUAE with JIT and a 5900x CPU, it's very fast!!

here is my development environment:

[CFou!]

hto be more exact here is my real development environment

[Galahad/FLT]

I use Devpac on my own stuff, invariably PHXass on other peoples source if its picky.

[KKR75]

merci beaucoup @jotd et @CFou!. point taken regarding the bugtracker and posting issues here.

[jotd]

Angus wanted to get into the whdload adventure and it was difficult for him to start from the ground up with zero-knowledge of build tools (not even talking about assembly, because even if you know assembly you may have a hard time building on windows)

So I created an easy plug-n-play archive (windows only, but easily adaptable to linux) with vasm & make, with system includes & whdload includes, with Worms slave (kickemu) that builds into a slave with one click on "build.bat".

No installation, no configuration, portable. It's here, enjoy.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gm9gz...8i3vlggns&dl=0