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reply Byron Smith <cur_t yahoo.com> writes:
Hello all:

I made a batch file to compile WinEmpire (in D) with, and would like 
some comments (hope it helps someone!). I downloaded the compiler, basic 
utilities, and the game source code (empiresrc.zip) fresh tonight 
(1/28/06) to make sure I am working with the latest versions of everything.

Once I had everything downloaded, here are the steps I took:

1. Unzip empiresrc.zip into its own folder (I chose the name 'empiresrc')

2. Take the batch file (listed below) and copy it into that folder.

3. When I tried to run the batch file (double-clicking the file from 
Windows), the compiler croaked out, "empire.d(62): Integer constant 
expression expected instead of PLYMAX" So I edited empire.d and 
exchanged lines 62 and 64 (where PLYMAX is actually defined). I ran the 
batch file again and everything compiled.

Empire is ALIVE.

Contents of _MAKE.BAT:
-------[cut]--------------------
 echo off
set lib=\dmd\lib;\dm\lib
set Path=c:\dmd\bin;c:\dm\bin;%Path%
\dm\bin\rcc -32 empire.rc
make
pause
-------[cut]--------------------


Hope this helps someone out there. It helped me. ;)

-- 
Byron Smith
cur underscore t at yahoo dot com
Jan 28 2006
parent reply Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:
Byron Smith wrote:

 Hello all:
 
 I made a batch file to compile WinEmpire (in D) with, and would like 
 some comments (hope it helps someone!). I downloaded the compiler, basic 
 utilities, and the game source code (empiresrc.zip) fresh tonight 
 (1/28/06) to make sure I am working with the latest versions of everything.


<snip>

Throw away that code.  I sent Walter a version with several serious bugs 
fixed nearly two years ago.  Why has it still not appeared on the site?

Stewart.

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Jan 30 2006
parent reply Byron Smith <cur_t yahoo.com> writes:
Stewart Gordon wrote:

 Byron Smith wrote:

 Hello all:

 I made a batch file to compile WinEmpire (in D) with, and would like 
 some comments (hope it helps someone!). I downloaded the compiler, 
 basic utilities, and the game source code (empiresrc.zip) fresh 
 tonight (1/28/06) to make sure I am working with the latest versions 
 of everything.


 <snip>
 
 Throw away that code.  I sent Walter a version with several serious bugs 
 fixed nearly two years ago.  Why has it still not appeared on the site?
 
 Stewart.


But keep my batch file?

I can't speak for anyone besides myself here, but I have noticed that 
the code has changed 2-3 times since I first started working with it. 
For example, the version I downloaded on 1/28/06 (haven't checked since 
then) had a compiler error because a constant was missing which was not 
defined until two lines later in the code. Fortunately, this was an easy 
fix. But I had never run across that particular error with the code 
before, and though I didn't keep any older copies with which to do 
comparisons, I know I have never gotten that error before, so something 
must have changed.

Have you looked at the code to see what has been changed, and if any of 
your suggestions/corrections have been incorporated? Maybe you and Mr. 
Walter Bright can work out a deal where you can host the altered code on 
your own website?

Speaking of which, I am hoping to have the time to write a semi-clone of 
the old CGA/EGA version of Empire (using none of the code here) but it 
will be an extremely primitive Console text-only format of the game, and 
because I am a newbie, it will be pretty basic. IF I ever get it done, 
that is. It will be a public domain project on SourceForge (the project 
name for it currently is worldofempires, but there is absolutely nothing 
  worth seeing there right now).

-- Byron
Jan 30 2006
parent Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:
Byron Smith wrote:

 Stewart Gordon wrote:

 Byron Smith wrote:

 Hello all:
 
 I made a batch file to compile WinEmpire (in D) with, and would 
 like some comments (hope it helps someone!). I downloaded the 
 compiler, basic utilities, and the game source code 
 (empiresrc.zip) fresh tonight (1/28/06) to make sure I am working
 with the latest versions of everything.


 <snip>
 
 Throw away that code.  I sent Walter a version with several serious 
 bugs fixed nearly two years ago.  Why has it still not appeared on 
 the site?
 
 Stewart.


 
 But keep my batch file?


On second thoughts, if you're going to keep the batch file then I guess 
you might as well keep the code for want of anything better that's 
actually been published.  I meant that the code on the website is so out 
of date that there's little point doing anything with it.


 I can't speak for anyone besides myself here, but I have noticed that
 the code has changed 2-3 times since I first started working with 
 it. For example, the version I downloaded on 1/28/06 (haven't checked
 since then) had a compiler error because a constant was missing 
 which was not defined until two lines later in the code. Fortunately,
 this was an easy fix. But I had never run across that particular 
 error with the code before, and though I didn't keep any older copies
 with which to do comparisons, I know I have never gotten that error 
 before, so something must have changed.
 
 Have you looked at the code to see what has been changed, and if any
 of your suggestions/corrections have been incorporated?


I've downloaded it a few times, and each time found all the bugs in all 
their glory.  Though Walter once mentioned that he'd made some changes 
to make it compile under newer DMD versions.  Though I still don't know 
why, in the first place, he worked around a bug in std.c.windows.windows 
(since fixed) rather than fixing it there and then.


 Maybe you and Mr. Walter Bright can work out a deal where you can 
 host the altered code on your own website?


<snip>

I too have been thinking about releasing the fixed version on my own 
site for a while....

I've also planned to fix more bugs, but for various reasons not got 
round to it.

Stewart.

-- 
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.1
GCS/M d- s:- C++  a->--- UB  P+ L E  W++  N+++ o K-  w++  O? M V? PS-
PE- Y? PGP- t- 5? X? R b DI? D G e++>++++ h-- r-- !y
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

My e-mail is valid but not my primary mailbox.  Please keep replies on
the 'group where everyone may benefit.
Jan 31 2006