Programs.

[tehrilez]

I need a list of programs I need to use to write code for source.


Download links would help, I cant find visual studio 2003, or whatever. Thats what the SDK suggests to use but I cant FIND IT.


I really want to help code. PLEASE. Now that pimpsta is gone theres like no coders, I really REALLY want to help.


Yes, I AM BEGGING to work on MS:S.

 

[dRkILL]

Talk to me on AIM. I can hook you up.

VIPdRkILL

 

[Thothie]

You'll want VS2005 for the Source SDK, rather than 2003. Indeed, even if you were making a new HL1 mod, you wouldn't want to work in VS2003 - only reason we do is the old MSC source code has us stuck that way.

Meh - I wish there was some alternate compatible studio builder that doesn't do all the crap to your computer that Visual Studio does. I'm wondering if I can just rip out the builder somehow and use Editplus to write actual code with - would solve all sorts of weirdness that VS adds to the system.

 

[tehrilez]

Great, tell me that after I started downloading an impossible torrent for 2003..

 

[Thothie]

[18] ms_dRkILL: Why shouldn't VS2003 be used?
[18] ms_dRkILL: It's one of the recommended tools Valve suggests
[18] Thothie02: HL2?
[18] ms_dRkILL: Yes
[18] Thothie02: I thought they recommend VS2005 - and indeed, upgraded the HL1SDK to work with VS2005
[18] ms_dRkILL: "Use Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 to compile the source code."

NVM - I think I'm on the crack again. Coulda sworn they upgraded to 2005.

 

[Shurik3n]

I've compiled a HL2 release with 2003, and I'm pretty sure thats what they recommend.

 

[tehrilez]

this is what I found..



Launch your copy of Microsoft Visual Studio, the code was originally designed to work with 2003 but has been retrofitted to work with 2005, should you own a different copy than 2003 guides are avalible for Compiling under VS2002 and Compiling under VS2005.

For HL2.

 

[Drigien]

theres two 'versions' one for 2003 and one for 2005. I believe the only difference between the two is that 2005 has some slightly different files at the lower-level because of some problems with the updated VS. As far as most people are concerned there pretty much identical and use 99% the same code/files. But thats just my understanding of it all.

I was using 2003 when I started but switched to 2005 only because that is what I have to use for school, that way I wouldn't have to use two different versions.

 

[tehrilez]

Does anyone know where I can get 2003? dRkills transfer stopped over night.

 

[J-M v2.5.5]

Rilez I just had to go offtopic in this thread to say that you have an awesome signature

 

[Drigien]

Does anyone know where I can get 2003? dRkills transfer stopped over night.

Why not just go and get the free version of VS2005 Express? I believe you have to change a few things to get it to work because it is missing some of the things from the full one, but there are lots of tutorials on how to do that. http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Compiling_under_VS2005

 

[tehrilez]

Does anyone know where I can get 2003? dRkills transfer stopped over night.

Why not just go and get the free version of VS2005 Express? I believe you have to change a few things to get it to work because it is missing some of the things from the full one, but there are lots of tutorials on how to do that. http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Compiling_under_VS2005

Thats exactly why I installed it, in case someone knew something about that.

I tried opening the SNLs but it didn't work, I was sort of waiting for someone to post a tutorial on that. Thanks.

 

[Thothie]

Try using the .vcproj file instead of the sln. You may need to open it with notepad to make sure the paths agree depending on how they wrote up the SDK (probably not).