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Building Hexterminate on Windows from source
Overview
This post will guide you through building Hexterminate for Windows from source.
If you run into issues, please let me know!
Pre-requisites
You’ll need to download and install the following:
- Visual Studio 2022: you can use the free Community version.
- CMake: get the latest Win64 version.
Cloning the repository
From the command line, type:
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/solace-10/Hexterminate.git
Alternatively, you can use GitHub Desktop to clone the repository.
Initializing vcpkg
Go to where you’ve cloned the repository to and run setup.bat. This will initialize vcpkg, a package manager which will be used to automatically download several libraries in the next stage.
Generating the Visual Studio solution
Open cmake-gui and click the Browse Source... button:
Select the directory you’ve cloned the repository to. Then, in the field Where to build the binaries, choose where the temporary build files should be. In my case, I use a build directory:
Once this is done, press the Configure button. If the build directory didn’t exist, you’ll be asked if you want to create it. Say Yes.
You’ll then be given a configuration window:
You can leave it as it is, and just press Finish.
Please note that the configuration step will take a substantial amount of time, as it downloads and builds several libraries which are necessary to build the engine and game.
When done, press the Generate button to create the Visual Studio solution.
Building the game
Once the Visual Studio solution has been generated, you can open it by clicking the Open Project button in CMake:
In Visual Studio, set the build type to Release and the build the solution. Once it finishes building, you’ll find the game binary in Game\bin\Hexterminate.exe.