Copyright (c) Alex Kompel, 2002 NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. ======================================================================== Instructions for compiling and installing NetHack 3.4.3 on a Windows CE or PocketPC system ======================================================================== Last revision: $Date: 2003/10/14 01:31:21 $ Credit for the porting of NetHack to Windows CE goes to Alex Kompel who initially developed and contributed the port. In order to build NetHack for Windows CE, you need *both* of the following: o A copy of Microsoft Visual C V6.0 SP3 or later. Things may work with an earlier version of the compiler, but the current code has not been tested with an earlier version. o Embedded Visual C++ 3.0 or later FIRST STEP: The first step in building NetHack for Windows CE is to execute sys/wince/cesetup.bat. From the command prompt: cd sys\wince cesetup From a Windows explorer window: double-click on cesetup.bat A "wince" directory will be created off the top of the NetHack source tree, and a Microsoft embedded C workspace file will be placed in the top of the NetHack source tree. ------------ | BUILDING | ------------ Boostrapping the build process on Windows NT/2000/XP 1. With the Visual C++ 6.0 tools in your path, Run "nmake /f bootstrp.mak" from the wince folder. Compiling 2. Start the Embedded Visual C IDE. In the Embedded Visual C IDE Menus, choose: File | Open Workspace 3. Set up for the build. o In the Visual C "Open Workspace" dialog box, navigate to the top of your NetHack source directory tree. In there, highlight "wince.vcw" and click on Open. Once the workspace has been opened, you should see the following list in the Visual C selection window: + nethack_hpc files + nethack_palm_pc files + nethack_pocket_pc files + nethack_smartphone files o On the Embedded Visual C menus, choose: Build | Set Active Platform Select the platform that corresponds to your device: Palm-size PC 2.11 - palm size PC running Windows CE version 2.11 Pocket PC - palm-size PC running Windows CE 3.0 and higher (PocketPC) H/PC Pro 2.11 - handheld computers running Windows CE 2.11 anf higher Smartphone 2002 - Microsoft SmartPhone device o On the Visual C menus again, choose either: Build | Set Active Configuration where configuration is one of the following (make sure it matches the platform you have selected): nethack_hpc - Win32 (WCE MIPS) HPCRelease - H/PC Pro 2.11 MIPS processor release executable nethack_hpc - Win32 (WCE x86em) HPCDebug - H/PC Pro 2.11 x86 emulation debug executable nethack_hpc - Win32 (WCE ARM) HPCRelease - H/PC Pro 2.11 ARM processor release executable nethack_hpc - Win32 (WCE SH3) HPCRelease - H/PC Pro 2.11 SH3 processor release executable nethack_hpc - Win32 (WCE x86em) HPCRelease - H/PC Pro 2.11 x86 emulation release executable nethack_hpc - Win32 (WCE SH4) HPCRelease - H/PC Pro 2.11 SH4 processor release executable nethack_palm_pc - Win32 (WCE MIPS) PalmPCRelease - Palm-size PC 2.11 MIPS processor release executable nethack_palm_pc - Win32 (WCE x86em) PalmPCDebug - Palm-size PC 2.11 x86 emulation debug executable nethack_palm_pc - Win32 (WCE SH3) PalmPCRelease - Palm-size PC 2.11 SH3 processor release executable nethack_palm_pc - Win32 (WCE x86em) PalmPCRelease - Palm-size PC 2.11 x86 emulation release executable nethack_pocket_pc - Win32 (WCE MIPS) PocketPCRelease - Pocket PC MIPS processor release executable nethack_pocket_pc - Win32 (WCE ARM) PocketPCRelease - Pocket PC ARM processor release executable nethack_pocket_pc - Win32 (WCE x86em) PocketPCRelease - Pocket PC x86 emulation release executable nethack_pocket_pc - Win32 (WCE x86em) PocketPCDebug - Pocket PC x86 emulation debug executable nethack_pocket_pc - Win32 (WCE SH3) PocketPCRelease - Pocket PC SH3 processor release executable nethack_smartphone - Win32 (WCE ARM) SPhoneRelease - Smartphone 2002 ARM processor release executable nethack_smartphone - Win32 (WCE x86em) SPhoneDebug - Smartphone 2002 x86 emulation debug executable Building 4. Start your build. o On the Embedded Visual C menus once again, choose: Build | Build nethackm.exe This starts the build. It is likely that the IDE message window where you are doing the compiling will be occupied for a while. Notes: o You may get a bunch of warnings regarding missing include files in the beginning of the build process - ignore them. For some reason the tool that produces these messages ignores preprocessor directives. The actual build will go just fine. o Sometimes the compiler chokes on do_wear.c Ignore that - let the build finish. Then run it again - it will compile just fine. (Seems to be some sort of bug in EVC++) Transfer 5. Transfer the files and executables to your handheld by extracting the files into some folder on the CE device - that should do it. Notes If you want to use IBMGraphics make sure that you have a proper font installed on the device that supports OEM character set (for example, Lucida Console) PROBLEMS If you discover a bug and wish to report it, or if you have comments or suggestions we recommend using our "Contact Us" web page at: http://www.nethack.org/common/contact.html If you don't have access to the web, or you want to send us a patch to the NetHack source code feel free to drop us a line c/o: DevTeam (at) nethack.org Happy NetHacking!