Descent 1&2 source port based on DXX-Retro.

• Install vcpkg

• Set the VCPKG_ROOT environment variable to the vcpkg folder with Start > search Environment > Environment Variables > New...

• Open the d1 or d2 folder in Visual Studio with 'Open a local folder' or Open > CMake...

• Wait until CMake generation finishes

• Select Startup Item main/d1x-redux.exe

• Optionally select Debug > Debug and Launch Settings for d1x-redux and add below the line starting with "name": "args": [ "-hogdir", "c:\game-data-folder" ]

• Install the required packages

  • msys2 (use the 'MSYS2 MINGW64' entry in the Start menu)

    pacman -S git mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake mingw-w64-x86_64-physfs mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL_mixer mingw-w64-x86_64-libpng mingw-w64-x86_64-glew

  • Debian/Ubuntu

    apt install build-essential git cmake libphysfs-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libpng-dev libglew-dev

  • Fedora

    dnf install make gcc-c++ git cmake physfs-devel sdl12-compat-devel SDL_mixer-devel libpng-devel glew-devel

  • Arch Linux

    pacman -S base-devel git cmake physfs sdl12-compat sdl_mixer libpng glew

• Get the source code from github

  git clone https://github.com/dxx-redux/dxx-redux

• Enter the dxx-redux directory

  cd dxx-redux

• Enter the the d1 or d2 directory

  cd d1

• Set the build options

  cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo

  (see cmake -B build -L for more options)

• Build the code

  cmake --build build

  (add -j4 to use 4 cores)