Problem with Compiling CS

[LightofDarkness]

Hi,

I've got a question.
When I want to use the engine, I have to compile the files I downloaded first, right?

Well, when I try to compile I get massive amounts of errors (I stopped compiling after 479!) that all say there is something wrong with my winnt and csstring headers. I wonder if anyone has had these problems to and if and how they fixed it.

I'm compiling with MS Visual studio 2005 Pro edition.

[sunshine]

Without knowing the actual errors you encountered, it is difficult to diagnose the issue.

[LightofDarkness]

These are the errors. They are the only ones that pop up each time.

"appdir.cpp
d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winnt.h(222) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'PVOID64'
d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winnt.h(222) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winnt.h(5940) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'Buffer'
d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winnt.h(5940) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
d:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\platformsdk\include\winnt.h(5940) : error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
d:\program files\crystal space 3d\cs\include\csutil\csstring.h(1068) : fatal error C1903: unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation
archive.cpp"

[sunshine]

It looks like some additional Windows header needs to be #included before winnt.h. Possibly, it doesn't know the definition of POVID64 or it doesn't understand something else near those lines in winnt.h. If you can figure out which header is missing, we can add it to the source in the CVS repository.

Last night I compiled (almost latest) version of CVS-version of CS almost without any problem.

There is one outstanding issue related to manifest generation which makes the applications unable to link. If SF resolves the CVS issue they have right now i plan on fixing those tonight.

-M

[LightofDarkness]

I've fixed my problem. I had to reinstall the PlatformSDK.