OpenJK Compile Error (ALut.lib)

[JediBantha]

Every time I try to compile OpenJK, I first get errors concerning "q_shared.cpp" and "q_math.cpp", stating that they "don't exist" . After I replace them with the existing files, I then run into a couple of .exe errors stating the same thing about "game/q_math.cpp" and "game/q_shared.cpp" (?) and I replace those. After doing that, I try to build my solution, only to read this:

 

Error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'ALut.lib'

 

This has been going on for awhile now... I have no idea how it started. I tried reinstalling VS2010 and SP1, but no joy.

[eezstreet]

Are you using CMake to generate the .vcxproj files?

[JediBantha]

No... Just using VS seemed to work 'till now... I dunno what happened. o.o

[Tempust85]

Yeah I had that too on singleplayer code. I had to manually redo the paths to the missing .cpp files, they are still there but in "\qcommon". Had to move "ALut.lib" to the root of the "code" folder. I'm sure there's a better way to get it to work but I don't know how and I just wanted to compile some code lol.

 

I guess no one's been updating the VS files as well.

[JediBantha]

That solved the problem with the exe... But apparently it needs rd-vanilla and *possibly* jk2game to even launch.

[eezstreet]

protip: use CMake and follow the compile guide...

[Tempust85]

I got Cmake, and that's as far as I could get. Step 4 in this guide https://github.com/Razish/OpenJK/wiki/Compilation-guide doesn't work:

 

In the build folder, run cmake ..

[eezstreet]

Get CMake GUI version, set "Source directory" to the folder which contains codemp, code, and codeJK2. Set output directory to /build/. Hit configure. Select your compiler. Then set your settings, and hit Generate. It will create files in your /build/ directory.