Compiling zsnes in mingw needs some work.

mattst88 · Post by **mattst88** » Mon May 29, 2006 7:50 pm

I attempted to compile the CVS version after I found out that 1.42 is over a year old. It was not fun. First, I tried the configure script, only to find out later that it was Linux only. There are plenty of projects whose autotools setup works on BSD, Linux, mingw, etc. I can't see any reason this project's shouldn't.

Someone in the IRC channel pointed me Makefile.ms. This didn't work either, probably because I haven't downloaded the massive DirectX SDK. I know zsnes works with SDL and OpenGL, why can't I compile it with them in mingw?

Some work needs to be done with the build setup to accommodate mingw. Incorporate Makefile.ms into Makefile.in. Have it check for SDL, OpenGL and DirectX. Give the option to build one or the other, or both.

Cool project, btw. I haven't seem many projects of this size use assembly to such an extent. I've started programming in assembly recently, so I can understand the difficulties involved.

mozz · Post by **mozz** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:07 pm

Some good ideas there. Are you volunteering to do this work?

mattst88 · Post by **mattst88** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:10 pm

I'm not terribly familiar with Autotools past hacking away at configure scripts, but I'd more than happy to help. Maybe I could learn something.

jdratlif · Post by **jdratlif** » Tue May 30, 2006 9:20 am

mattst88 wrote:I attempted to compile the CVS version after I found out that 1.42 is over a year old. It was not fun. First, I tried the configure script, only to find out later that it was Linux only. There are plenty of projects whose autotools setup works on BSD, Linux, mingw, etc. I can't see any reason this project's shouldn't.

Someone in the IRC channel pointed me Makefile.ms. This didn't work either, probably because I haven't downloaded the massive DirectX SDK. I know zsnes works with SDL and OpenGL, why can't I compile it with them in mingw?

Some work needs to be done with the build setup to accommodate mingw. Incorporate Makefile.ms into Makefile.in. Have it check for SDL, OpenGL and DirectX. Give the option to build one or the other, or both.

Cool project, btw. I haven't seem many projects of this size use assembly to such an extent. I've started programming in assembly recently, so I can understand the difficulties involved.

Try zget.
http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6657

It's supposed to do all the work for you.

momotaro · Post by **momotaro** » Tue May 30, 2006 9:22 am

CVS is outdated. Now use SVN ( https://zsnes.bountysource.com/svn ). Here is the source code more actual. Download it with TortoiseSVN.

I compile SVN with MinGW in WinXP perfectly. It's not problem of edit makefile.ms or other files. The problem is configuration of MinGW's enviroment and add any libs and includes, nasm, a possibility other things (I not remember exactly).

Firon · Post by **Firon** » Tue May 30, 2006 11:34 am

You can still use zget, you just have to get the source code manually from SVN.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Tue May 30, 2006 12:13 pm

heres a mingw tutorial made (for compiling zsnes) by xamenus.

http://www.filelodge.com/files/room17/4 ... nstall.txt

Post by **Nach** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:28 am

Heretics.

Please research stuff before spewing.
BTW, new zget out: http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7356

Post by **pagefault** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 4:06 pm

ZSNES compiles fine on mingw, nothing needs to be done.

mattst88 · Post by **mattst88** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:53 pm

How about the ability to compile with SDL instead of DirectX?

Post by **Nach** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:12 pm

mattst88 wrote:How about the ability to compile with SDL instead of DirectX?

That's not a matter of compiling, it's a matter of modifying the source.
And I have to question why? SDL wraps to DX on Windows.

Post by **pagefault** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:56 pm

SDL on windows is a complete joke. It would be a huge downgrade compared to what we have already.

byuu · Post by **byuu** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:06 am

pagefault wrote:SDL is a complete joke. It would be a huge downgrade compared to what we have already.

Corrected mistake.

Post by **Nach** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:59 am

byuu wrote:
pagefault wrote:SDL is a complete joke. It would be a huge downgrade compared to what we have already.
Corrected mistake.

And introduced a new one, since you now imply we don't use SDL at all, when we use it on *nix.

byuu · Post by **byuu** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:23 pm

True. I'm not really one to talk in this regard, but an emulator as popular as ZSNES really needs a linux interface not written in Simple Directmediocrity Layer. Since you've already replaced the sound code, that leaves OGL and joypad support that's still dependant on it. Are there any direct OGL libraries for nix systems?

bztunk · Post by **bztunk** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:24 pm

byuu wrote:True. I'm not really one to talk in this regard, but an emulator as popular as ZSNES really needs a linux interface not written in Simple Directmediocrity Layer. Since you've already replaced the sound code, that leaves OGL and joypad support that's still dependant on it. Are there any direct OGL libraries for nix systems?

Well, there's obviously mesa, which SDL links to.

You can also use freeglut that provides some basic input and windowing functions. (also links to mesa)

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