Cargo Distribution

[Creat]

Also, what is the point of all these object files?

All of those object files are just intermediate output from the compiler. The only files that are important is the .exe (obviously) and possibly the .pdb file (to make crash logs useful/readable).
All the general output is in the 'bin' directory. It contains all the files that aren't dependent on the selected build version (debug/release) and the selected platform (x86/x64). All you need to get a working version is to copy the freshly compiled .exe file from the appropriate "objs"-subdirectory (for example objs\Win32\Release\openttd.exe) to the bin directory and start it. You can also define a post-build-event in the openttd-project options to do that automatically for you, if you prefer it. I don't like to automate it since I often compile multiple versions (debug/release and/or x64 versions) and want to stay in control of which version I'm currently running. My guess it that this is also the reason it's separated in the first place.

Just as a note: there really isn't any difference in compiling a trunk or a Cargodist version with the small exception of how you update the source code. Just install git, open up a git-bash (there's a start menu entry for it) and go to some directory where you want to keep your Cargodist version. Now clone the git repository as indicated on the first post of this thread (or the wiki page):

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git clone http://fickzoo.com/fonsinchen/openttd.git
git checkout origin/cargodist

Now every time you want to update to the latest version all you need to do is:

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git pull
git checkout origin/cargodist

If the pull-command only outputs a note starting with 'You are not currently on any branch' there hasn't been an update since you last pulled from the repository.
Now just start Visual Studio, open the solution and hit compile (possibly setting the desired configuration/platform before).
As I've mentioned a few pages back you VS needs to be able to call git to get a proper version string for OpenTTD, so [git_install_dir]\bin\git.exe has to be part of the 'PATH' environment variable or the version-project won't be able to report a proper version (which will appear in OpenTTDs title bar and on the task bar button).

[MagicBuzz]

Also, what is the point of all these object files?

[...]
All you need to get a working version is to copy the freshly compiled .exe file from the appropriate "objs"-subdirectory (for example objs\Win32\Release\openttd.exe) to the bin directory and start it. You can also define a post-build-event in the openttd-project options to do that automatically for you, if you prefer it.

Another solution in MSVC is to copy the requiered original data files in the data directory, then...
Simply choose the version you want to compile (release, debug, win32 or x64) and press the "play" button (or press F5)
=> It will compile then run into debug mode (even with the release compilation) so you can add break points and/or see exactely which statement raise errors and test each variables easily.

[petert]

The it will compile without MIDI support (ie you can't listen musics in OTTD)

But I would like to be able to listen to music. I'll continue to try to fix it.

[Hamilton2007]

Could it be that Cargodist and ECS not work well together?

[XeryusTC]

The it will compile without MIDI support (ie you can't listen musics in OTTD)

But I would like to be able to listen to music. I'll continue to try to fix it.

Get a 3rd party music player. I'm sure they understand the TTD music files after you rename them to .midi.

[Michi_cc]

The it will compile without MIDI support (ie you can't listen musics in OTTD)

But I would like to be able to listen to music. I'll continue to try to fix it.

Disabling DirectMusic does not disable music altogether. There is still the Win32 MCI driver, which will be enough in most cases.

-- Michael Lutz

[petert]

It will? Ok, good. I don't want the people I compile for to not have all features of the trunk games along with the patch.

[huldu]

I did a clean install of windows earlier today and i only had vanilla openttd. Its near impossible to play without cargodist. The regular transfer system fails so often it really makes me angry hehe.

Anyway, whats the latest bin build for openttd+cargodist?:) I had one i grabbed a week ago or something, but it had a few very minor bugs i wrote up but lost the paper

[petert]

There aren't any new ones ATM, but you can get the diff file at fonso's awesome page of diffs.

[fonso]

Could it be that Cargodist and ECS not work well together?

Could you be more specific, please? What exactly is the problem and can I get a savegame showing it?

[petert]

This is with an absolute clean checkout of r18325, with the trunk patch. It just doesn't work.

[fonso]

This is with an absolute clean checkout of r18325, with the trunk patch. It just doesn't work.

This is another glitch in the patch system. It occured when I merged the changes from my laptop back to my desktop. Actually the revision this patch applies to is r18351. I've updated everything to r18368 and pulled the fake r18325 patches. Now the revision in TRUNK_VERSION.txt is actually the correct one.

[petert]

Thanks, I knew I wasn't crazy. I will have a binary by tonight.

[negulus]

Hello

This is the result of the compile

misc_sl.cpp
..\src\saveload\misc_sl.cpp(55) : warning C4344: Verhaltensänderung: Verwendung von expliziten Vorlagenargumenten löste einen Aufruf an 'T min<ZoomLevel>(const T,const T)' aus
with
[
T=ZoomLevel
]
die reguläre Funktion 'int min(const int,const int)' bietet eine bessere Übereinstimmung
Wenn erwartet wird, dass 'int min(const int,const int)' aufgerufen wird, muss daraus eine explizite Spezialisierung gemacht werden

can you help me plz

[MagicBuzz]

Please, try to compile the trunk before compiling with patches...

This warning in MSVC comes from the trunk, not the patch.

Also, this is a warning, not an error (and if you read the message, it is absolutely safe)

[Hamilton2007]

I keep getting crashes with cargodist, gonna play Gramnon's patchpack for a while (=without CD) cause i start almost every day a new game with cardodist...

Will add my latest crash.sav

[keoz]

Just to tell it once more.

Cargodist is really great. I could no more find any interest in playing OTTD without it.

Still thanks for your work, fonso.

[Psistorm]

Just to tell it once more.

Cargodist is really great. I could no more find any interest in playing OTTD without it.

Still thanks for your work, fonso.

Agreed. Cargodist really makes the game more challenging and more fun. The only thing Id love more is to get my hands on a build with cargodist + improved timetables (for splitting PAX trains evenly. manually just doesnt work out for me even after some trying). But until someone makes a patchpack, Ill happily play this build, Im having lots of fun with it.

[petert]

I keep getting crashes with cargodist, gonna play Gramnon's patchpack for a while (=without CD) cause i start almost every day a new game with cardodist...

Will add my latest crash.sav

Who's binaries did you use? If mine, these are absolutely useless, you need to compile with MSVC to get useful crash reports. Have your read Rubidium's reply?

[Hamilton2007]

Yeah i know, but those builds with msvc posted in this thread are way to slow to enjoy playing them..