Metamod:Source Environment - Revision history

TrueProfesional: Fixed a typo

2021-08-25T08:51:05Z

Fixed a typo

2014-05-10T16:35:43Z

the sample plugins & other svn given with new archives use the env. var. MMSOURCE18 & not MMSOURCE17, took me some time to figure out why.

2010-07-01T07:15:26Z

‎Getting the Files

2010-07-01T07:14:58Z

‎Getting the Files

2008-11-26T14:04:34Z

2008-11-26T07:53:08Z

2008-11-26T07:48:21Z

2008-11-26T07:47:49Z

2008-11-26T07:46:18Z

2008-11-26T06:55:21Z

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 #prerequisites
 #apt-get install g++-4.1 gcc-4.1 make mercurial
-#apt-get instal libz libz-dev
+#apt-get install libz libz-dev
 #only needed if you want to use the build tool
 #apt-get install mono mono-devel

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 You can add your environment variables to either your User settings or your System settings.  Create a new variable for each item in the list below.  The item names are in <tt>fixed-width font</tt> and their value descriptions follow.
-*<tt>MMSOURCE17</tt> - Path to Metamod:Source 1.7 source code.
+*<tt>MMSOURCE18</tt> - Path to Metamod:Source 1.8 source code.
 *<tt>HL2SDK</tt> - Path to HL2SDK for Ep1/Original
 *<tt>HL2SDKOB</tt> - Path to HL2SDK for Ep2/OrangeBox
 *<tt>HL2SDKL4D</tt> - Path to HL2SDK for Left 4 Dead
-In your projects, you should use <tt>$(MMSOURCE17)/core</tt> for the new (1.6+) API and <tt>$(MMSOURCE17)/core-legacy</tt> for the legacy (1.4-) API, needed for compatibility with the original MM:S engine.
+In your projects, you should use <tt>$(MMSOURCE18)/core</tt> for the new (1.6+) API and <tt>$(MMSOURCE18)/core-legacy</tt> for the legacy (1.4-) API, needed for compatibility with the original MM:S engine.
 [[Category:Metamod:Source Development]]

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 This section describes which files you must have and how to get them.  Do not worry about where to place them yet -- that will be discussed on a per-platform basis.  You can download the files anywhere you'd like.
-You can use the HL2SDK from Valve, but it's recommended you use the one linked to here.  We have a patched version that fixes many compilation bugs and it will make your life easier on both operating systems. Link for [HLSDK changes HLSDK changes] located at bottom of Metamod:Source downloads page.
+You can use the HL2SDK from Valve, but it's recommended you use the one linked to here.  We have a patched version that fixes many compilation bugs and it will make your life easier on both operating systems. Link for [http://hg.alliedmods.net/hl2sdks/ HLSDK changes] located at bottom of Metamod:Source downloads page.
 You need each SDK for each game you want to compile against (if your plugin requires knowledge about the game).

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 This section describes which files you must have and how to get them.  Do not worry about where to place them yet -- that will be discussed on a per-platform basis.  You can download the files anywhere you'd like.
-You can use the HL2SDK from Valve, but it's recommended you use the one linked to here.  We have a patched version that fixes many compilation bugs and it will make your life easier on both operating systems.
+You can use the HL2SDK from Valve, but it's recommended you use the one linked to here.  We have a patched version that fixes many compilation bugs and it will make your life easier on both operating systems. Link for [HLSDK changes HLSDK changes] located at bottom of Metamod:Source downloads page.
 You need each SDK for each game you want to compile against (if your plugin requires knowledge about the game).

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 *<tt>HL2SDKL4D</tt> - Path to HL2SDK for Left 4 Dead
-In your projects, you should use <tt>$(SOURCEMM17)/core</tt> for the new (1.6+) API and <tt>$(SOURCEMM17)/core-legacy</tt> for the legacy (1.4-) API, needed for compatibility with the original MM:S engine.
+In your projects, you should use <tt>$(MMSOURCE17)/core</tt> for the new (1.6+) API and <tt>$(MMSOURCE17)/core-legacy</tt> for the legacy (1.4-) API, needed for compatibility with the original MM:S engine.
 [[Category:Metamod:Source Development]]

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 Note that you must use <tt>gcc</tt> and not <tt>g++</tt>.  Using <tt>g++</tt> creates a <tt>libstdc++</tt> dependency, which may interfere with Valve's <tt>libstdc++</tt> usage and will cause platform portability problems in general.  As a corollary you should avoid using STL, RTTI (Run-Time Type Information), or exceptions.
-Metamod:Source's Makefiles have a strict directory organization.  You must have a top-level folder.  For this document, we'll assume it is called <tt>sourcemm</tt>, though it can be named anything.  The layout of <tt>sourcemm</tt> should be:
+Metamod:Source's Makefiles have a strict directory organization.  You must have a top-level folder.  For this document, we'll assume it is called <tt>project</tt>, though it can be named anything.  The layout of <tt>project</tt> should be:
-*<tt>sourcemm</tt>/
+*<tt>project</tt>/
 **<tt>hl2sdk</tt> - symlink or folder containing the HL2SDK for Episode 1
 **<tt>hl2sdk-ob</tt> - symlink or folder containing the HL2SDK for Orange Box/TF
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 </pre>
-In your projects, you should use sourcemm/core for the new (1.6+) API and sourcemm/core-legacy for the legacy (1.4-) API, needed for compatibility with the original MM:S engine.
+In your projects, you should use <tt>mmsource-1.7/core</tt> for the new (1.6+) API and <tt>mmsource-1.7/core-legacy</tt> for the legacy (1.4-) API, needed for compatibility with the original MM:S engine.
 ==Windows==

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 '''Note:''' You can use Valve's HL2SDK source tree, but we have our own available.  It fixes all of Valve's mistakes such that you can build on both GCC and Visual Studio with no warnings or errors.
-'''Note:''' This article will not work against Metamod:Source 1.4 or its sample plugins.
+'''Note:''' This article is intended to be used against Metamod:Source 1.7.
 =Requirements=

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 *Versions 3.4 through 4.2 are guaranteed to be binary (ABI) compatible.  Metamod:Source and its sample plugins will probably build fine on them.
 *Any GCC version below 3.4 '''cannot''' be used.
 =Setup=