How do I make Bitfighter load the C++?

[Santiago ZAP]

I Downloaded C++,
I Downloaded Bitfighter Source Code,
I edited it
What do I have to do for Bitfighter to load the New C++ Code?

[raptor]

Welcome to the world of programming!

Please see:
http://bitfighter.org/wiki/index.php?ti ... Bitfighter

[karamazovapy]

To add to that response on a more basic level, when you modify c++ code, you need to "compile" it into an executable file (.exe) before it will run.

If you download the source and modify it, you have to compile your new, special version before you can see if it works. Often, your changes will make it so the new version doesn't work quite the way it's supposed to. These are the bugs we're always tracking down.

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[ZoombeR]

could you at least tell us what platform your running?

[watusimoto]

The first thing you need to do is to figure out how to build the unmodified version of Bitfighter on whatever platform you are on. We've tried to make it easy, but there are always complexities. Patience and fortitude are required if you have never done this before. It took me over a week to compile Bitfighter for the first time (though it was called Zap then), and while we've made it much easier than it was, there are still many things you will need to learn, like how to compile a C++ program, for example.

[Santiago ZAP]

Thanks all!

could you at least tell us what platform your running?

Windows XP

[ZoombeR]

ok, so im assuming you got visual C++ and *obtained* the "include_do_not_distribute" files..?

[watusimoto]

I'm not exactly sure if those files are required any longer... I think Sam or Raptor did some voodoo to make them unnecessary.

[raptor]

Voodoo was done as part of 016, I think (everything seems fuzzy now..) - for 015a, you'll still need those DirectX files.

[Santiago ZAP]

ok, so im assuming you got visual C++ and *obtained* the "include_do_not_distribute" files..?

Yep!

[ZoombeR]

Voodoo was done as part of 016, I think (everything seems fuzzy now..) - for 015a, you'll still need those DirectX files.

aaah. that word is a commonly used osx86 term used tooo.

[watusimoto]

Usually the easiest way to get those files, which we cannot distribute, is to quietly ask someone via email.

[Santiago ZAP]

What do I have to do for Bitfighter to load the New C++ Code?

[karamazovapy]

Do you understand what compiling is?

[Santiago ZAP]

Do you understand what compiling is?

Turning a Source code into a programming language, or an executable program

[karamazovapy]

I want to be clear that I'm not trying to talk down to you here, I'm just trying to figure out what you do and do not know.

Do you understand how to attempt to compile the code for windows?

[ZoombeR]

maybe you want to read This link?