Building AMX Mod X - Revision history

Arkshine: Added missing --symbol-files compilation option

2020-10-03T11:34:12Z

Added missing --symbol-files compilation option

Arkshine: Add --recursive for amxmodx repo

2018-10-27T09:43:26Z

Add --recursive for amxmodx repo

Arkshine: Added and adjusted few things

2018-08-28T15:00:46Z

Added and adjusted few things

Kristi at 19:27, 30 August 2017

2017-08-30T19:27:19Z

Arkshine: Updated script link

2015-06-27T12:42:18Z

Updated script link

Psychonic: Fix path to configure.py

2015-01-23T14:50:43Z

Fix path to configure.py

BAILOPAN at 23:08, 26 May 2014

2014-05-26T23:08:48Z

DS: /* Mac OS X */ Add special instructions for installing the command line tools on OS X 10.9.

2014-03-18T12:26:12Z

‎Mac OS X: Add special instructions for installing the command line tools on OS X 10.9.

BAILOPAN at 22:54, 15 February 2014

2014-02-15T22:54:54Z

BAILOPAN at 22:54, 15 February 2014

2014-02-15T22:54:15Z

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 *<tt>--enable-debug</tt> - Compile with symbols and debug checks/assertions.
 *<tt>--enable-optimize</tt> - Compile with optimizations.
 *<tt>--no-mysql</tt> - If you didn't install MySQL, you can choose not to build the extension.
 *<tt>--hlsdk</tt> - Custom path to HLSDK.

@@ Line 83: / Line 83: @@
 git clone https://github.com/alliedmodders/metamod-hl1
 git clone https://github.com/alliedmodders/hlsdk
-git clone https://github.com/alliedmodders/amxmodx
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/alliedmodders/amxmodx
 cd ambuild
 python setup.py install     # May need sudo or root on Linux/OS X

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 ==Windows==
 <ol>
-  <li>Install Visual Studio or Visual C++ 2010 or higher. Express editions should work fine. If you use 2013 or higher, make sure to get the "Desktop" version: [http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs#d-express-windows-desktop Visual Studio Express 2013 for Desktop].</li>
+  <li>Install Visual Studio or Visual C++ 2013 or higher. Express editions should work fine. Make sure to get the "Desktop" version: [http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs Visual Studio].</li>
   <li>Install [http://git-scm.com/ Git]. Make sure that you select the option that adds Git to PATH.</li>
   <li>Next, you will need to start an environment capable of running Python and interacting with the Visual Studio compiler. There are two ways to do this.
   <ul>
-   <li>Use [https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozillaBuild MozillaBuild]. MozillaBuild comes with Python, Mercurial, and a unix-like shell.
+   <li>Use [https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozillaBuild MozillaBuild 2.2.0]. MozillaBuild comes with Python, Mercurial, and a unix-like shell. Do not use version 3 and higher.
     <ol>
      <li>Install MozillaBuild.</li>
-     <li>Navigate to <tt>C:\mozilla-build</tt> and run the batch file corresponding to your Visual Studio version. For example, <tt>start-msvc10.bat</tt> for Visual Studio 2010 (10.0). Do not run an x64 version.</li>
+     <li>Navigate to <tt>C:\mozilla-build</tt> and run the batch file corresponding to your Visual Studio version. For example, <tt>start-msvc13.bat</tt> for Visual Studio 2013 (12.0). Do not run an x64 version.</li>
      <li>Add Git to MozillaBuild's <tt>PATH</tt>. The easiest way to do this is to enter the following commands:
 <pre>
@@ Line 26: / Line 27: @@
      <li>Install [http://python.org/ Python] 2.7. It will install to C:\Python27 by default. (Version 3.4 will work, but is not recommended for compatibility with other tools).</li>
      <li>Add Python to your <tt>PATH</tt> variable. Go to Control Panel, System, Advanced, Environment Variables. Add <tt>C:\Python27;C:\Python27\Scripts</tt> to <tt>PATH</tt> (or wherever your Python install is).</li>
-     <li>Under Start, Programs, Microsoft Visual Studio, select the "Visual Studio Tools" folder and run "Visual Studio Command Prompt". Alternately, open a normal command prompt and run <tt>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\vcvars.bat"</tt>. Substitute your Visual Studio version if needed.</li>
+     <li>Under Start, Programs, Microsoft Visual Studio, select the "Visual Studio Tools" folder and run "Visual Studio Command Prompt". Alternately, open a normal command prompt and run <tt>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 13.0\VC\bin\vcvars.bat"</tt>. Substitute your Visual Studio version if needed.</li>
     </ol>
    </li>
@@ Line 39: / Line 40: @@
   <li>Install either the GNU C Compiler or the Clang compiler. On Debian/Ubuntu, the following commands will give you everything:
    <pre>
-sudo apt-get install gcc g++ clang
+sudo apt-get install gcc g++ clang nasm
    </pre>
   </li>
@@ Line 68: / Line 69: @@
 =Dependencies=
-Building AMX Mod X requires AMBuild, Metamod, the Half-Life SDK, and optionally MySQL 5. If you're using Linux, OS X, or Windows with MozillaBuild, you download and run the following script to get everything:
+Building AMX Mod X requires AMBuild, Metamod, the Half-Life SDK, and optionally MySQL 5.5. If you're using Linux, OS X, or Windows with MozillaBuild, you download and run the following script to get everything:
 <pre>
@@ Line 99: / Line 100: @@
 There are a few extra options you can pass to <tt>configure</tt>:
-*--enable-debug - Compile with symbols and debug checks/assertions.
+*<tt>--enable-debug</tt> - Compile with symbols and debug checks/assertions.
-*--enable-optimize - Compile with optimizations.
+*<tt>--enable-optimize</tt> - Compile with optimizations.
-*--no-mysql - If you didn't install MySQL, you can choose not to build the extension.
+*<tt>--no-mysql</tt> - If you didn't install MySQL, you can choose not to build the extension.
 =Building=

@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
    <li>Or, you can manually set up a shell.
     <ol>
-     <li>Install [http://mercurial.selenic.com/ Mercurial].</li>
+     <li>Install [https://www.mercurial-scm.org/ Mercurial].</li>
      <li>Install [http://python.org/ Python] 2.7. It will install to C:\Python27 by default. (Version 3.4 will work, but is not recommended for compatibility with other tools).</li>
      <li>Add Python to your <tt>PATH</tt> variable. Go to Control Panel, System, Advanced, Environment Variables. Add <tt>C:\Python27;C:\Python27\Scripts</tt> to <tt>PATH</tt> (or wherever your Python install is).</li>

@@ Line 71: / Line 71: @@
 <pre>
-wget https://raw2.github.com/alliedmodders/amxmodx/master/support/checkout-deps.sh
+https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alliedmodders/amxmodx/master/support/checkout-deps.sh
 bash checkout-deps.sh
 </pre>

@@ Line 93: / Line 93: @@
 mkdir build
 cd build
-python ../amxmodx/configure.py
+python ../configure.py
 </pre>

@@ Line 37: / Line 37: @@
 <ol>
   <li>Install Git, via either system packages or from the [http://git-scm.com/ Git] distribution.</li>
   <li>Install either the GNU C Compiler or the Clang compiler. On Debian/Ubuntu, the following commands will give you everything:
    <pre>
@@ Line 57: / Line 56: @@
 <ol>
   <li>Install the Xcode Command Line Tools.
    <ul>
@@ Line 81: / Line 79: @@
 If for some reason this script doesn't work, or you can't use it, you can get AMX Mod X and its dependencies like so:
 <pre>
-hg clone http://hg.alliedmods.net/ambuild
+git clone https://github.com/alliedmodders/ambuild
-hg clone http://hg.alliedmods.net/metamod-am
+git clone https://github.com/alliedmodders/metamod-hl1
-hg clone http://hg.alliedmods.net/hl2sdks/hlsdk
+git clone https://github.com/alliedmodders/hlsdk
 git clone https://github.com/alliedmodders/amxmodx
 cd ambuild

@@ Line 57: / Line 57: @@
 <ol>
-  <li>Install Mercurial if you do not have it - there are a few ways to do this. Using the [http://mercurial.selenic.com/ Mercurial] distribution will work, or you can use [http://www.macports.org/ macports] or [http://brew.sh/ homebrew].</i>
+  <li>Install Mercurial if you do not have it - there are a few ways to do this. Using the [http://mercurial.selenic.com/ Mercurial] distribution will work, or you can use [http://www.macports.org/ macports] or [http://brew.sh/ homebrew].</li>
-  <li>Download and install XCode from the App Store. Launch XCode, then navigate to Preferences -> Downloads -> Command line tools -> Components -> Install. If you have recently upgraded XCode, you will need to perform this step again. AMX Mod X cannot build without XCode's command line tools.</li>
+  <li>Install the Xcode Command Line Tools.
 </ol>