Thread: Quake 2 Compile Errors

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    Quake 2 Compile Errors

    I downloaded the Quake II source, figured I'd run a test compile. I got hundreds of warnings, and about 10 errors. MS Visual C++ 6.0. Anybody else have this problem? Another thing is documentation. There's so many files, I don't know what does what. Is there any documentation (official or non-official) on how to develop games with it?

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    Um, do you have all the data-files?
    Staying away from General.

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    I assume so, but maybe not. Where can I find the full source? The id technology downloads site is all dead links...

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    i think youll find the source is available but yu are missing some important data files that actually are a main part of the application. I dont think there is a 100% source code release unless you poke around some of the dodgy warez sites that would normally be in your 'restricted' zone
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    A lack of resources won't prevent the source code from compiling. What errors are you getting?

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    I open quake2.dsw and there are 5 projects. I batch build and get the following warnings and an error:

    The following warning appears over 400 times with things like 'dist', 'inflictor', 'attacker', 'kick', 'plane', etc:
    C:\Downloads\Quake 2 Source\quake2-3.21\ctf\g_ai.c(771) : warning C4100: 'dist' : unreferenced formal parameter

    Tons of these:
    C:\Downloads\Quake 2 Source\quake2-3.21\ctf\g_combat.c(249) : warning C4701: local variable 'index' may be used without having been initialized

    Dozens of these:
    C:\Downloads\Quake 2 Source\quake2-3.21\win32\conproc.c(305) : warning C4244: '=' : conversion from 'int ' to 'unsigned short ', possible loss of data

    Some generic warnings scattered throughout the log:
    C:\Downloads\Quake 2 Source\quake2-3.21\ctf\g_ai.c(61) : warning C4127: conditional expression is constant

    C:\Downloads\Quake 2 Source\quake2-3.21\ctf\g_combat.c(239) : warning C4702: unreachable code

    C:\Tools\VC98\INCLUDE\rpcasync.h(45) : warning C4115: '_RPC_ASYNC_STATE' : named type definition in parentheses

    C:\Downloads\Quake 2 Source\quake2-3.21\ref_gl\gl_image.c(1457) : warning C4057: 'function' : 'const unsigned int *' differs in indirection to slightly different base types from 'int *'

    And the lone error, everything else is just warnings:
    Performing Custom Build Step on .\r_varsa.asm
    'ml' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
    operable program or batch file.

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    >And the lone error, everything else is just warnings:
    Performing Custom Build Step on .\r_varsa.asm
    'ml' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
    operable program or batch file.

    I think you need MASM installed in your bin directory. You may need to download the processor pack if it's not already installed, or get hold of MASM from somewhere else.

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    99% of the messages have nothing to do with ASM, why would there be that many warnings?

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    Change the warning level in project->settings to a different value and recompile.

    I couldn't find the GUI switch so if you can't find it either then open up the link tab and add:

    /WARN[level]

    to the box that lists the libs, where 'level' is 0,1,2,3 - The greater the numeral used, the more warnings generated.

    Hope that helps.

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    #pragma warning(disable: warningnumberhere) // disable the warning


    #pragma warning(default: warningnumberhere) // renable it
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