Compiling RCBot2 Options

[Cheeseh]

1. Use Visual Studio 2005/2008 (windows)

2. Use a tool such as Ankhsvn or TortoiseSVN for Visual Studio 2005/2008 (windows)
http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/
http://tortoisesvn.net/

3. Get the appropriate HL2 SDK, from https://github.com/alliedmodders/hl2sdk/ this has updated SDK code
(TF2 SDK https://github.com/alliedmodders/hl2sdk/tree/tf2 )
(DODS https://github.com/alliedmodders/hl2sdk/tree/dods )
(HL 2 DM https://github.com/alliedmodders/hl2sdk/tree/hl2dm)

4. Get the code from sourceforge SVN by opening an SVN project in VS Studio (using AnkhSVN)
https://sourceforge.net/scm/?type=svn&group_id=248612
download the rcbot2 source: using this command svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/rcbot2/code/ rcbot2-code
or this server checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/rcbot2/code/

Make sure the project is in the HL2 SDK folder/utils/rcbot2

(Also if you wish to change any code for others to see, make a sourceforge.net username and ask me to add you to the list of coders.)

5. Mar 2013 - note that the latest releases hook to the engine to work properly. This solves many problems that the past rcbot had, but it may create problems in the future, for example TF2 updates may change the engine. For that reasons, if the bot crashes, keep up to date with the website at:
http://www.sourcemodplugins.org/vtableoffsets
and keep the rcbot_runplayer_cmd updated to the latest PlayerRunCommand offset number for windows (the linux offset is added automatically in the bot if the windows offset is correct) .
At this time of speaking, the offset is 418 for tf2 and 417 for DOD:s
Linux offsets are shifted by 1

6. Get coding!

Linux instructions + Makefile are here:

http://sourceforge.net/p/rcbot2/wiki/Compiling%20in%20Linux/

Make file for linux by bir3yk in code form below (NOTE if you copy/paste this into a new file, you must change any spaces to tabs)

CODE

#
# SDK Makefile for x86 Linux
#
#

#############################################################################
# Developer configurable items
#############################################################################

# the name of the mod binary (_i486.so is appended to the end)
#NAME=server
NAME=HPB_bot2

# the location of the vcproj that builds the mod
#MOD_PROJ=../game/server/server_hl2mp-2005.vcproj
MOD_PROJ=../utils/RCBot2/HPB_Bot2.vcproj

# the name of the mod configuration (typically <proj name>_<build type><build target>)
#MOD_CONFIG=ServerHL2MP_ReleaseWin32
MOD_CONFIG=HPB_bot2_ReleaseWin32

# the directory the base binaries (tier0_i486.so, etc) are located
# this should point to your orange box subfolder of where you have srcds installed.
#GAME_DIR=~/srcds/orangebox
GAME_DIR=/home/hlds/steam/orangebox

# the path to your mods directory
# set this so that 'make install' or 'make installrelease' will copy your binary over automatically.
#MOD_DIR=$(GAME_DIR)/SampleMod
MOD_DIR=$(GAME_DIR)/

# compiler options (gcc 3.4.1 will work - 4.2.2 recommended)
#CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc
#CPLUS=/usr/local/bin/g++
#CLINK=/usr/local/bin/gcc
#CPP_LIB="/usr/local/lib/libstdc++.a /usr/local/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.2/libgcc_eh.a"
#CC=/usr/bin/gcc
#CPLUS=/usr/bin/g++-4.1
#CLINK=/usr/bin/gcc-4.1
CPP_LIB=" /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.3/libstdc++.a /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.3/libgcc_eh.a"
C = /usr/bin/gcc-4.1
CPLUS = /usr/bin/g++-4.1
CLINK = /usr/bin/gcc-4.1
#CPP_LIB = "libstdc++.a libgcc_eh.a"


# GCC 4.2.2 optimization flags, if you're using anything below, don't use these!
#OPTFLAGS=-O1 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -fforce-addr -funroll-loops -fthread-jumps -fcrossjumping -foptimize-sibling-calls -fcse-follow-jumps -fcse-skip-blocks -fgcse -fgcse-lm -fexpensive-optimizations -frerun-cse-after-loop -fcaller-saves -fpeephole2 -fschedule-insns2 -fsched-interblock -fsched-spec -fregmove -fstrict-overflow -fdelete-null-pointer-checks -freorder-blocks -freorder-functions -falign-functions -falign-jumps -falign-loops -falign-labels -ftree-vrp -ftree-pre -finline-functions -funswitch-loops -fgcse-after-reload
OPTFLAGS=-O1 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -fforce-addr -funroll-loops -fthread-jumps -fcrossjumping -foptimize-sibling-calls -fcse-follow-jumps -fcse-skip-blocks -fgcse -fgcse-lm -fexpensive-optimizations -frerun-cse-after-loop -fcaller-saves -fpeephole2 -fschedule-insns2 -fsched-interblock -fsched-spec -fregmove -fdelete-null-pointer-checks -freorder-blocks -freorder-functions -falign-functions -falign-jumps -falign-loops -falign-labels -ftree-vrp -ftree-pre -finline-functions -funswitch-loops -fgcse-after-reload

#OPTFLAGS=

# put any compiler flags you want passed here
USER_CFLAGS=

# Link Libraries
#LIBFILES= \
#  $(LIB_DIR)/lib/linux/tier1_486.a \
#  $(LIB_DIR)/lib/linux/choreoobjects_486.a \
#  $(LIB_DIR)/lib/linux/particles_486.a \
#  $(LIB_DIR)/lib/linux/dmxloader_486.a \
#  libtier0.so \
#  libvstdlib.so \
#  libsteam_api.so \
#  $(LIB_DIR)/lib/linux/tier3_486.a \
#  $(LIB_DIR)/lib/linux/tier2_486.a \
#  $(LIB_DIR)/lib/linux/tier1_486.a \
#  $(LIB_DIR)/lib/linux/mathlib_486.a \


# link flags for your mod, make sure to include any special libraries here
#NOTE: YES we want to include the lib files 2 times. We've run into problems with the 1-pass linker not bringing in symbols it should.
#LDFLAGS="-lm -ldl $(LIBFILES) $(LIBFILES)"
LIB_DIR = $(SOURCE_DIR)/lib/linux
LDFLAGS = "-lm -ldl  $(LIB_DIR)/mathlib_i486.a libtier0.so libvstdlib.so  $(LIB_DIR)/tier1_i486.a $(LIB_DIR)/tier2_i486.a $(LIB_DIR)/tier3_i486.a "

# XERCES 2.6.0 or above ( [url=http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/]http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/[/url] ) is used by the vcproj to makefile converter
# it must be installed before being able to run this makefile
# if you have xerces installed already you should be able to use the two lines below
#XERCES_INC_DIR=/usr/include
#XERCES_LIB_DIR=/usr/lib
XERCES_INC_DIR=/opt/include
XERCES_LIB_DIR=/opt/lib

#############################################################################
# Things below here shouldn't need to be altered
#############################################################################
MAKE=make

# the dir we want to put binaries we build into
BUILD_DIR=.
# the place to put object files
BUILD_OBJ_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/obj

# the location of the source code
SOURCE_DIR=..

# the CPU target for the build, must be i486 for now
ARCH=i486
ARCH_CFLAGS=-mtune=i686 -march=pentium -mmmx -msse -pipe

# -fpermissive is so gcc 3.4.x doesn't complain about some template stuff
BASE_CFLAGS=-DVPROF_LEVEL=1 -DSWDS -D_LINUX -DLINUX -DNDEBUG -fpermissive -Dstricmp=strcasecmp -D_stricmp=strcasecmp -D_strnicmp=strncasecmp -Dstrnicmp=strncasecmp -D_snprintf=snprintf -D_vsnprintf=vsnprintf -D_alloca=alloca -Dstrcmpi=strcasecmp

SHLIBEXT=so

SHLIBCFLAGS=-fPIC
SHLIBLDFLAGS=-shared -Wl,-Map,$@_map.txt -Wl

#flags passed to the compiler
CFLAGS="$(USER_CFLAGS) $(DEFINES) $(ARCH_CFLAGS) $(OPTFLAGS) $(BASE_CFLAGS) -Usprintf=use_Q_snprintf_instead_of_sprintf -Ustrncpy=use_Q_strncpy_instead -Ufopen=dont_use_fopen -UPROTECTED_THINGS_ENABLE"

# define list passed to make for the sub makefile
BASE_DEFINES=CC=$(CC) CPLUS=$(CPLUS) CPP_LIB=$(CPP_LIB) \
    BUILD_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR) BUILD_OBJ_DIR=$(BUILD_OBJ_DIR) \
    SOURCE_DIR=$(SOURCE_DIR) SHLIBLDFLAGS=$(SHLIBLDFLAGS) SHLIBEXT=$(SHLIBEXT) \
    CLINK=$(CLINK) CFLAGS=$(CFLAGS) LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS) \
    ARCH=$(ARCH) GAME_DIR=$(GAME_DIR) MOD_CONFIG=$(MOD_CONFIG) NAME=$(NAME) \
    XERCES_INC_DIR=$(XERCES_INC_DIR) XERCES_LIB_DIR=$(XERCES_LIB_DIR)

# Project Makefile
MAKE_MOD=Makefile.server
MAKE_VCPM=Makefile.vcpm
MAKE_PLUGIN=Makefile.plugin

all: check vcpm server

check:
    if [ -z "$(CC)" ]; then echo "Compiler not defined."; exit; fi
    if [ ! -d $(BUILD_DIR) ];then mkdir $(BUILD_DIR);fi
    cd $(BUILD_DIR)

vcpm:
    $(MAKE) -f $(MAKE_VCPM) $(BASE_DEFINES)

server: vcpm
    if [ ! -f "libtier0.so" ]; then ln -s $(GAME_DIR)/bin/libtier0.so .; fi
    if [ ! -f "libvstdlib.so" ]; then ln -s $(GAME_DIR)/bin/libvstdlib.so .; fi
#    if [ ! -f "libsteam_api.so" ]; then ln -s $(GAME_DIR)/bin/libsteam_api.so .; fi
# When running over samba we need to copy the files because symlinking isn't possible.
#    cp -f $(GAME_DIR)/bin/tier0_i486.so .
#    cp -f $(GAME_DIR)/bin/vstdlib_i486.so .
#    cp -f $(GAME_DIR)/bin/steam_api_i486.so .

    ./vcpm $(MOD_PROJ)
    $(MAKE) -f $(MAKE_MOD) $(BASE_DEFINES)

plugin:
    $(MAKE) -f $(MAKE_PLUGIN) $(BASE_DEFINES)

clean:
     $(MAKE) -f $(MAKE_VCPM) $(BASE_DEFINES) clean
     $(MAKE) -f $(MAKE_PLUGIN) $(BASE_DEFINES) clean
     $(MAKE) -f $(MAKE_MOD) $(BASE_DEFINES) clean

install:
    cp -f $(NAME)_$(ARCH).so $(MOD_DIR)/bin/$(NAME)_$(ARCH).so

installrelease:
    cp -f $(NAME)_$(ARCH).so $(MOD_DIR)/bin/$(NAME)_$(ARCH).so
    strip $(MOD_DIR)/bin/$(NAME)_$(ARCH).so

[Seaman]

So... The instructions in the main post are outdated now. I want to tell you how I managed to compile metamod version on Windows Visual c++ 2010.
1. Go here : https://sourceforge.net/p/rcbot2/code/HEAD/tree/ and press "Download snapshot". Extract downloaded archive to new folder.
2. Go here : https://github.com/alliedmodders/metamod-so...e/tree/1.10-dev and press "Download ZIP". It's the older version of metamod, because compiling latest version on MVSC2010 caused a lot of syntax errors. Extract folder from the zip file to rcbot_code_folder/utils.
3. You must rename metamod source code folder to metamod-source-mmsource-1.10.4
4. Download microsoft build tools 2015 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/de...s.aspx?id=48159 and install it
5. Open: utils / RCBot2_meta / HPB_Bot2.vcxproj . Visual Studio will create .sln file.
6. In the project settings set platform toolset version to v100
7. Edit, compile, etc

I am not much of a coder myself, but I wanted to try teaching bots to use some weapons (e.g. engineer's Rescue Ranger). No success yet