Linking problem on windows

**nckomodo** · 05-18-2010, 10:12 PM

Hello, first I must say it is very exciting that this game and its engine have gone open source.

I'm currently trying to compile penumbra: overture on windows 7 32bit with vs 2010 ultimate, however i've hit a bit of a wall.
you see, I just cant figure out what to do about the linker wanting and not being able to find HPL.lib, which I can confirm doesnt exist anywhere, is it a possibility that I need to redownload something?

**Marduk** · 05-18-2010, 10:37 PM

You have to build your HPL.lib from the engine sources otherwise you are not able to compile the overture.

Engine Source Code:
http://github.com/FrictionalGames/HPL1Engine

And you need OALWrapper.lib:
http://github.com/FrictionalGames/OALWrapper

1.Build OALWrapper.lib
2.Build HPL.lib
3.continue with overture

hope that will help Smile

**nckomodo** · 05-19-2010, 01:44 AM

(05-18-2010, 10:37 PM)Marduk Wrote: You have to build your HPL.lib from the engine sources otherwise you are not able to compile the overture.

Engine Source Code:
http://github.com/FrictionalGames/HPL1Engine

And you need OALWrapper.lib:
http://github.com/FrictionalGames/OALWrapper

1.Build OALWrapper.lib
2.Build HPL.lib
3.continue with overture

hope that will help

oh ok, I thought i remember reading that you only had to open and compile the one project somewhere, thanks.

**Urkle** · 05-19-2010, 03:24 AM

Oh? Is the a way to configure the overture project file to pull in and build the other two project files?? That is how I have the mac and Linux project files configured.

**nckomodo** · 05-19-2010, 03:33 AM

(05-19-2010, 03:24 AM)Urkle Wrote: Oh? Is the a way to configure the overture project file to pull in and build the other two project files?? That is how I have the mac and Linux project files configured.

could probably just add the other two projects to the overture solution file, might be some configuration to make sure it builds in the right order.

**Ender** · 05-19-2010, 08:05 AM

(05-19-2010, 03:33 AM)nckomodo Wrote:
(05-19-2010, 03:24 AM)Urkle Wrote: Oh? Is the a way to configure the overture project file to pull in and build the other two project files?? That is how I have the mac and Linux project files configured.
could probably just add the other two projects to the overture solution file, might be some configuration to make sure it builds in the right order.

Yup, you can do that. However, nckomodo, you'll probably run into the problem of not having GLaux.lib. You'll have to find it somewhere since in Windows 7 with recent Visual Studios it is deprecated.

Also Urkle, in the Overture solution file, there's a file there called 'keyentry.cxx' which doesn't seem to exist...is that a mistake? Same with 'keyentry.h'

**Marduk** · 05-19-2010, 11:25 AM

You can exclude them from the project, they are not needed.

**Urkle** · 05-19-2010, 02:39 PM

Yea.. I forgot to remove the references.. I've committed a change to remove them.

**nckomodo** · 05-20-2010, 12:04 AM

Yeah, I found GLaux.lib, I'm trying to get it all building under one solution but it doesnt seem to want to spit out OALWrapper.lib where I want it to

**Ender** · 05-21-2010, 01:00 AM

(05-19-2010, 11:25 AM)Marduk Wrote: You can exclude them from the project, they are not needed.

Yeah I know, I just thought I'd point it out.

(05-20-2010, 12:04 AM)nckomodo Wrote: Yeah, I found GLaux.lib, I'm trying to get it all building under one solution but it doesnt seem to want to spit out OALWrapper.lib where I want it to

Are you using Visual Studio 2008? If so, you can set the output file in Project>properties>librarian>general

The place that the Overture project looks for it would be lib\OALWrapper.lib (relative to the OALWrapper folder).

Also, I finally got it to compile but...it doesn't work...I stuck it into my Penumbra: Overture installation but it just crashes right away....this is all the info Windows gives:

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Problem signature:

  Problem Event Name:    BEX

  Application Name:    Penumbra.exe

  Application Version:    0.0.0.0

  Application Timestamp:    4bf39ad8

  Fault Module Name:    MSVCR90.dll

  Fault Module Version:    9.0.30729.4926

  Fault Module Timestamp:    4a1743c1

  Exception Offset:    00036678

  Exception Code:    c0000417

  Exception Data:    00000000

  OS Version:    6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3

  Locale ID:    1033

  Additional Information 1:    43de

  Additional Information 2:    43de8db3df42a4bb7a368c7659a8265e

  Additional Information 3:    0757

  Additional Information 4:    07578ef924f6edecbc74245016169ba0

If I try to debug it the breakpoint is in OAL_LoggerObject.cpp in the BuildLogFilename method at line 132, which is the beginning of a for loop

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for (unsigned int i = 1; i != 0; i++)