http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml

Look at that page and please tell me what minggw I need to compile CS and possibly Crystal Core. I am a modeler and not a programmer. That page is full of files that make absolutely no sense to me. Yes, I would like to compile CS, Core, and  Cel, but this stuff is to hard to figure out. I have WindowsXP Pro with C++6 installed, so I tried the .98 version of CS and couldn't get it to work. I tried it with the 32libs too. I figured I would now try the Ming compiler install rather than the MS2005 compiler.

I am very impressed with the Crystal Space and Cel Demos. I downloaded the artist binary, and have finally gotten the 'blender to crystal' plug-in working in Blender. I am able to view a level with the CS walkthrough program. This is as far as I have gotten in a week.. I was thinking about being a help to Crystal Core with some models or levels, but I can't compile nothing.

I'm at the point of giving up on trying to compile CS, and just make some levels and models for Core with Blender. But it gripes me that I can't get these programs to compile. The Crystal Space Demo is very impressive. I like it mainly because it doesn't require BSP worlds.

Can you help me get these programs compiled?
What do I need? Or should I just give up and use Blender to convert the stuff over?