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#summary Instructions for building Hedgewars on Windows
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#labels Phase-Implementation,Phase-Design,Phase-Support
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= Things to download =
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First of all, please use this guide over here ( http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/find-out-32-or-64-bit) to see whether your OS is 32 or 64 bit. You will need it while doing the setup.
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 # CMake - download the *Windows (Win32 Installer)* 
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  * Link: http://cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
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 # FreePascal - download the *Download as installer* 
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  * Link: http://www.freepascal.org/down/i386/win32-ftp.freepascal.org.var
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 # Qt SDK 
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  * Link: http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/sdk-windows-cpp
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 # Mercurial - pick one (TortoiseHg has a GUI and is more user-friendly)
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  # TortoiseHg - Chose one based on your OS version
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   * Link: http://tortoisehg.bitbucket.org/download/index.html
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  # Command-line mercurial
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   * Link (OS 32 bits): http://mercurial.selenic.com/release/windows/Mercurial-2.0.2.exe
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   * Link (OS 64 bits): http://mercurial.selenic.com/release/windows/Mercurial-2.0.2-x64.exe
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 # _Windows building archive_ - it contains everything you need to compile Hedgewars on Windows.
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   * Link: http://hedgewars.org/download/hedgewars-win32-buildscripts.zip
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= Setup =
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 # Install CMake, but please *ensure* you select "Add CMake to the system PATH for all users", so you can run CMake directly from command line.
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 # Install FreePascal.
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 # Install Qt SDK, with the "Custom" option:
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  * Click the *DESELECT ALL* button. We will then check only what we need
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  * Check *Qt SDK/Miscellaneous/MinGW <any version>*
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  * Check *Qt SDK/Development Tools/Desktop Qt/Qt <newest version>/Desktop Qt <newest version> - Mingw* (it's the first checkbox)
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  * !!If there will be any error message boxes, just press ignore until it won't show anymore :)
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 # Install TortoiseHg / mercurial
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 # Restart the computer
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 # Download the Hedgewars source:
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  # Using TortoiseHg
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   * Right-click in any folder on your computer
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   * Select Tortoise HG -> Clone.
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   * In the _Source_ textbox enter: https://hedgewars.googlecode.com/hg/
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   * Press clone
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  # Using Command-line mercurial
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   * If you have Windows 7 skip the next 3 steps, and instead, SHIFT + Right click in the folder where you want to download the source.
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   * Start _Run..._ ( WINDOWS Key + R , or Start -> Run... )
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   * Enter:
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cmd.exe
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}}} 
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   * Navigate to where you want to download the source
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   * Type and execute ( The initial clone of the repository will take a while, is about 550MiB or so... ):
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hg clone https://hedgewars.googlecode.com/hg/ trunk
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 # Extract the _Windows Building Archive_ to the hedgewars source folder, in the root source directory - where there are the bin, misc, tools, etc. directories.
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 # Go to the "tools/build_windows.bat" file, and modify the following:
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  * SET PASCAL=<put the path to the directory that contains fpc's executable (fpc.exe)> (for example: c:\FPC\2.4.4\bin\i386-win32\)
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  * SET SET QTDIR=<path to the QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\<your version>> (for example: c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.7.3\)
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 # You can now build hedgewars, by running the *tools/build_windows.bat* command.
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 # After building it, you can run it from the Desktop - using the *Hedgewars* shortcut.
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= Building process =
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Run the *tools/build_windows.bat* file each time you want to build the source.