Howto apply a patch/diff file

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 25 Jan 2007 10:51

Which step are you having troubles with?

gigajum · Post by **gigajum** » 25 Jan 2007 11:31

If your not a programmer, you better forget about adding diff/patch files because you need to compile the source yourself. Ok that should not be hard. But if there are problems in the source which must be fixed before you can compile, you should own programming knowledge.

For me it was clear after i read the post of MeusH, how to work with TortoiseSVN. Maybe the wiki helps in addition. See http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/Categ ... ng_OpenTTD

MagicBuzz · Post by **MagicBuzz** » 25 Jan 2007 11:42

The biggest problem with compiling isn't really eventual bugs.
Most of the time you can get an older version of the source code that can compile, or find easy ways to fix the bugs (adding comments and deactiating the concerned patch).

The big deal comes with external libs and links you need to compile the game.
Documentation isn't really clear on wiki, and I remember spending like 3 hours to be able to compile the game for the first time.
After this, I had to find where the help my compiled binary was (in the middle of thousands useless pre-compiled files), and thinking about compiling languages files at the same time.

May be the wiki documentation should be improved to help people compiling with VS 2005 C++ Express, as it's free and a project file is compatible with this GUID.

Fee · Post by **Fee** » 26 Jan 2007 08:06

DaleStan wrote:Which step are you having troubles with?

I have no clue...

Let's say I want to apply a patch, any patch to MiniIN, and I can only find a .diff or .patch file. Will I be able, stupid as I am, to apply this patch to the game, if so, how?

So far the only thing I got was that I have to compile it, but where do that file go?

Looked at the wiki, but it seemed to be just a lot of links to god knows where.

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 26 Jan 2007 08:19

The patch file goes wherever you please.

And you follow the directions; there are several sets at the beginning of this thread. Which one is correct depends on which other software you have. Which one are you using?

Fee · Post by **Fee** » 27 Jan 2007 23:44

DaleStan wrote:The patch file goes wherever you please.

And you follow the directions; there are several sets at the beginning of this thread. Which one is correct depends on which other software you have. Which one are you using?

I am using windows, and just dlled tortoiseSVN, I'll follow one of the instructions for that, saw it on page one on this thread.

Is it posible to install a patch if I don't have any programming exp at all?

Donoteat · Post by **Donoteat** » 04 Feb 2007 21:10

Patch files aren't working for me.
TortoiseSVN keeps giving me errors for every .patch or .diff I give it. I've been following MeusH's instructions, but it keeps saying "C:\...ai\trolly is not a working entry. Can't open file C:\...ai\trolly\.svn\entries. The system cannot find the files specified.[/quote]

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 05 Feb 2007 03:57

You need to apply the patch to an SVN checkout, not just any arbitrary directory.

EDIT: Now I'm suddenly getting that error for no good reason. I think my TSVN install got Ideas™ from you. Please don't do that.
I'll post again if I figure out what's going on.

hertogjan · Post by **hertogjan** » 05 Feb 2007 14:24

It seems like TortoiseSVN messes up sometimes. You may have to do a cleanup. If all is right, then the cleanup should succeed (it shows "clean-up successful" or something similar). Then do a checkout and all should be okay.
If the cleanup fails (which happens sometimes), you'll have to fix it manually, for instance by deleting the file or folder that is causing the problems, and then attempt to check out again. If there are more files or folders with problems, then you may have to repeat these steps.
If that doesn't help either, then it may be better to delete the folder entirely and to do a new checkout.

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 05 Feb 2007 16:10

Another trick that sometimes works is to kill the TSVNCache.exe process. Sometimes the cache just breaks, and this is the only way to reset it.

I noticed that my cache was broken not long after I got that error. cum hoc, ergo propter hoc, right?

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 18 Feb 2007 22:29

For non-programming users, could anybody add a few steps to Meush post with screenies from a clean OpenTTD install??

matrixs · Post by **matrixs** » 05 Apr 2007 13:35

maybe for programers beginers too can be made the small "how to do it"
because Im learning just 1 year C# an we havent told yet how to create
something.exe

belugas · Post by **belugas** » 05 Apr 2007 13:37

http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/Categ ... ng_OpenTTD

Tadidimm... tadidammmm

All that you may need...

ColdIce · Post by **ColdIce** » 09 Apr 2007 12:23

Hy... I want to add tramroads patch to openttd! now: I`ve downloaded Patch: drive trough road stops, the exe version wich I supose is already patched. I want to use both patches: tramroads and road stops! Can I do that? and if I can, do I need the sourcecode of the game ( THIS one ) ?

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 09 Apr 2007 13:22

Yes, Yes, and Not that. You want the nightly source. [url]svn://svn.openttd.org/trunk[/url].

ColdIce · Post by **ColdIce** » 09 Apr 2007 18:33

Ok.. that link doesn`t work ! I`ve tried openttd.org : http://www.openttd.org/downloads.php Can I use something from here??

Wolf01 · Post by **Wolf01** » 09 Apr 2007 19:21

that link is to download the sources by a subversion client, like tortoiseSVN under windows

ColdIce · Post by **ColdIce** » 09 Apr 2007 22:54

I haved installed TurtoiseSVN ! Followed steps from page 1, but I have a major problem and it looks like this:

Does this mean I did something wrong, the patch is wrong ? and what can I do because I really want to use tramroads.

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 10 Apr 2007 00:00

ColdIce wrote:Does this mean I did something wrong, the patch is wrong ?

You need the revision specified by the patch file. It's not guaranteed to apply to any other revision. Update to that revision. (The "Update to revision..." option.)

That, or this is the second patch you're applying, in which case you need to learn C/C++, so you can determine the correct resolution for that conflict.

ColdIce · Post by **ColdIce** » 10 Apr 2007 01:02

ok I did that thx... now the big question: how can I make the thing .exe ?

Only thing I konow is that I have to compile the entire folder, but I don't know what program does that and what should I do! I'm using Windows

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