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Windows Build Guide.

Requirements

  • 0.1. Install Clion 2020.1 or newer / Visual Studio 2019 or newer.
  • 0.2. Install Vulkan SDK/Runtime 1.3.211.0 or newer.
  • 0.3. Install CMake 3.16.0 or newer.
  • 0.4. Install MS Build Tools for Visual Studio 16.11.29 or newer (if you are using CLion).
  • 0.5. Make sure you have Python 3 installed and added to environment variables.

  • 4.1.1. Open CMake GUI.

  • 4.1.2. Choose the path to the SREngine folder (where the source code is located).

  • 4.1.3. Choose the path where to build the binaries (ex. SREngine/build).

  • 4.1.4. Press "Configure" and choose your VS version.

  • 4.1.5. Press Generate.

  • 4.1.6. Open Visual Studio solution.

  • 4.1.7. In Visual Studio right-click on SREngine and press Set as Startup Project.

  • 4.1.8. Run build.

  • 4.2.1. Open CMD in root directory of the repository and run the following commands:

  • 4.2.2. mkdir build

  • 4.2.3. cmake -G "VISUAL_STUDIO_VERSION" ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug

    • 4.2.3* Replace VISUAL_STUDIO_VERSION with your version ex. Visual Studio 17 2022

  • 4.2.4. Now you have your solution generated and you can open it with Visual Studio

  • 4.2.5. In Visual Studio right-click on SREngine and press Set as Startup Project

  • 4.2.6. Build and Run the game engine!

  • 5.1. Press Ctrl + Alt + S to open Settings window.

  • 5.2. Select Build, Execution, Deployment on the left.

  • 5.3. Select Toolchains.

  • 5.4. Add (Alt + Insert) Visual Studio compiler.

  • 5.5. Select amd64 in Architecture:.

  • 5.6. Repeat 5.2.

  • 5.7. Select CMake.

  • 5.8. Pass -j n argument as Build options, where n is a number of your logical processors minus 2.

  • 5.9. In Project window right-click SREngine folder and click Reload CMake Project.

  • 5.10. Click Run 'SREngine' (Shift + F10).