Building LÖVE using visual studio?

farzher · Post by **farzher** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 12:26 am

... or you can of course open the solution file in Visual Studio and build from there instead of invoking cmake --build.

But I can't find "the solution file" anywhere

I guess I'll just try to use cmake. But, am I blind? Or is there actually no .sln file?

monolifed · Post by **monolifed** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 12:37 am

I believe it is after you create the solution file with cmake.

$ cmake -G "Visual Studio 12" -H. -Bbuild

farzher · Post by **farzher** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 1:40 am

You're right
I'm a low-level noob
ty very much
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farzher · Post by **farzher** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 3:42 am

Of course trying to build throws errors though. I'm not sure if I've ever successfully built someone else's code

bobbyjones · Post by **bobbyjones** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 3:55 am

I don't think love has been building at all on windows for some people. It's a recent issue and iirc it's the same one others had.

EntranceJew · Post by **EntranceJew** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 5:13 am

If you're using a version of visual studio later than the one specified in the megasource page then things will break.

farzher · Post by **farzher** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 5:30 am

I got the right one `Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop`