(09-20-2012, 05:22 PM)rama Wrote: [ -> ]Here's a fresh build of the latest legacy_gui branch.
Thanks, I've saved that now, and noted that it works fine when placed in the same folder where I unpacked r1888 (similar DLL dependencies), but gave numerous missing file complaints when placed in the folder of a modern release (as expected).
I'll of course have to download the sources both of this branch and of the current non-legacy version, if I am to produce a new version of the patch finder routines that can be merged into a future proper release.
I assume that the normal method for developers to use is to download the sources by SVN (?). If so, I'd appreciate recommendations for a good SVN client to be used with Win7proSP1_x64. It's a brand new computer which still lacks many standard tools, and since it's my first Win7 system as well as my first x64 system, I'm not at all sure which tools are best. (Fortunately the Win7 backwards compatibility is quite good.)
Quote:I recommend you get a full Visual Studio version, either by trial or by beta access.
I've downloaded one such ISO from Microsoft, but its legal use is time-limited. So I've also downloaded another ISO from them, containing the Express Editions, as well as a third ISO with SP1 for all the VS2010 versions (including both pro and express). So I think I have all that's needed, but setting it all up correctly for the PCSX2 project is still a bit vague for me.
Quote:(MS often have some kind of program running to get coders working for Windows.)
True, and I gather that the VS2010 version recommended in the thread I mentioned earlier was one such. But that download no longer exists. Microsoft normally destroys such downloads once they have served their purpose, and the ones available for evaluation now are most likely not at all compatible with PCSX2 sources (as that would be betas of whatever version comes after VS2012).
Only the 'Express' versions remain free both for download and long-term use, without paying over a bucketful of money...
Microsoft refused to show any prices at all for the older versions, but for VS2012 they want appx 1200 £/€, and I'm NOT paying such an amount for the privilege of playing with PCSX2 builds.
Quote:If it has to be an Express Edition,
Since continued long-term use of a trial pro version is illegal, it does have to be the Express Edition, in the long term.
Quote:I think you need to do a few additional steps as outlined in the compile guide.
I've read about some of those, and I think I can handle that.
But I really think it would be much better to redesign those parts of the project that have such dependencies. I mean, if only the GSDX plugin has some of those dependencies, while all the rest of the project works fine without those class definitions, then surely GSDX can also be adjusted to use custom class definitions instead, with the same overall effect. (I know there is some other stuff too, but that was the most prominent example in the thread I mentioned (and which I've now read in full)).
Quote:Those are all not needed with a regular 2008 or 2010 edition.
No. But for long-term legal use of those, an outlay of a large sum of money is required, which few would be willing to pay up. And we need to keep the project legal, of course.
Best regards: dlanor