"Build on Windows using MSYS2"

[FanOfMAX]

Hi Klei,

I really admire the amount of effort you put in your project and I applaud you for that. It would be awesome to get to play the game without crashes. I stumbled upon this URL: https://klei1984.github.io/max/build/ but I am a tech newbie so that didn't work out for me :(. Do you mind if you could breakdown the steps for a newbie? I think I did all pacman stuff, but the cmake line isn't doing it for me "cmake command not found".

(made GitHub account for this question :) )

[klei1984]

Hello,

you do not actually need to build the project. The GitHub Actions page contains the build artifacts of the latest revisions for some time. You could just download the Windows installer from there.

On the Actions page, https://github.com/klei1984/max/actions, you will see a list of builds. All builds that are marked with a green check mark should "work".

Select the topmost entry, the latest and "greatest" build, and on the bottom of the opened up window there should be a link called build artifacts which is a zip file that contains a Linux deb file and a Windows installer. The installer will not find your M.A.X. installation folder by default, you have to select the correct location on your computer.

I also have a sad news. If you read the latest blog entry, https://klei1984.github.io/max/2022/12/22/Status-report.html , it explains that the reimplementation is not yet in a workable state. As soon as the project reaches a state that single player stability is comparable or better than the original, an actual release build will be published on the front page which you could simply download. Until such a build is created, it is best to stick to the original M.A.X. and follow the recommendations on this page: https://www.gog.com/forum/m_a_x_series/possible_way_to_play_through_to_high_turns_over_200

Hope this helps.

With respect to the msys2 build instructions, it should already be pretty straightforward :/ But of course the devil is in the details. If you really would like to build your own executable, please try to describe what you do step by step. If cmake is not found, than this package is either not installed successfully: mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-cmake , or it is not yet added to the system path that is accessible for the mingw32 terminal.

Some questions:

1. Are you sure you copied the whole line of the install commands? "pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-toolchain mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-SDL2 mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-SDL2_mixer mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-SDL2_net mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-SDL2_ttf mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-cmake make"
2. Did you try to exit from the mingw32 terminal and start it again after the installation? Maybe the path was not updated after installation without restart.
3. If you issue the command "uname" from the terminal, does it tell something comparable to this? "MINGW32_NT-10.0-xyz".