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== Building == | == Building == | ||
=== Scripted Compilation === | === Scripted Compilation === | ||
This script will allow you to build SimGear and FlightGear automatically. | This script will allow you to build SimGear and FlightGear automatically. |
Revision as of 16:30, 20 October 2020
See Building Flightgear for the main article about this subject. |
This article is intended to give an overview of building FlightGear on modern Windows systems. It was created using Windows 10 and VS 2019. It ought to be transferrable to earlier versions of the Windows OS and software.
As FlightGear is now 64-bit only, the guide only describes building on a 64-bit system.
Required software
- CMake for Windows. Download and install the Windows Win64-x64 Installer.
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 (MSVC). The Community version is free. There is no need for the premium versions; none of their features are required to build FlightGear. The C++ compiler will not be installed by default. You either choose this component during installation or after installation by starting MSVC and trying to create a new C++ project. The one to download is "Desktop Development with C++". Make sure to have the last version of the Windows SDK and C++ Compiler checked. As of 08/10/2020, the latest version of the compiler is "MSVC 142 - VS 2019 C++ x64/86 build tools (v14.27)".
- Qt5 for the Integrated Qt5 Launcher. Download the online installer, and choose the version matching your toolchain of Visual Studio e.g. "Qt 5.15.1 --> MSVC 2019 64 bit". Any version past 5.9 will be fine; 5.15 recommended. Leave the default Developer and Designer Tools selection - these are needed for coding and compiling.
- Git to keep your build up to date. It also simplifies downloads of components. Optional, but can't recommend it enough!
Obtaining source
See FlightGear and Git for the main article about this subject. |
Throughout this article it is assumed that you have set up git clones of the various source repositories (FlightGear, SimGear, data...). Using an organized directory (see below) will help significantly.
The commands to run are:
git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/flightgear/simgear simgear
git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/flightgear/flightgear flightgear
git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/flightgear/fgdata fgdata
git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/flightgear/windows-3rd-party windows-3rd-party
git clone -b fgfs-342-1 https://github.com/zakalawe/osg.git osg
After downloading these, I would suggest assembling a folder structure as below:
Directory Tree
On Windows, assumptions on the directory structure are made to automate the discovery of dependencies. This recommended directory structure is described below. Clicking the links allows you to download pre-built parts. If you do not use the recommended structure you will need to enter paths by hand and some parts may not input correctly.
- FlightGearBuild / (Main root directory)
- fgdata / (FlightGear data files)
- flightgear / (FlightGear sources)
- install / (Directory where you will install the built binaries to)
- launch.bat / (launch script if desired, see below)
- osg / (OSG sources)
- simgear / (SimGear sources)
- windows-3rd-party-deps /
- build.bat / (build script, see below)
Building
Scripted Compilation
This script will allow you to build SimGear and FlightGear automatically.
build.bat
script for configuring and compiling OSG, SG, and FGSET PATH=%PATH%;%ProgramFiles%\CMake\bin
SET QT5SDK64=C:\Qt\5.15.0\msvc2019_64
SET CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN="Visual Studio 16 2019"
SET ROOT_DIR=C:\Users\redpa\Documents\FlightGear\fg-from-scratch\FlightGearBuild
md osg-build
md simgear-build
md flightgear-build
cd %ROOT_DIR%\osg-build
cmake %ROOT_DIR%\osg -G %CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN% -A x64 ^
-DACTUAL_3RDPARTY_DIR=%ROOT_DIR%\windows-3rd-party/msvc140/3rdParty.x64 ^
-DCMAKE_RELWITHDEBINFO_POSTFIX:STRING= ^
-DOSG_USE_UTF8_FILENAME:BOOL=ON ^
-DWIN32_USE_MP:BOOL=ON ^
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=%ROOT_DIR%\install
cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo --target INSTALL
cd %ROOT_DIR%\simgear-build
cmake %ROOT_DIR%\simgear -G %CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN% -A x64 ^
-DMSVC_3RDPARTY_ROOT=%ROOT_DIR%\windows-3rd-party\msvc140 ^
-DOSG_FSTREAM_EXPORT_FIXED:BOOL=ON ^
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=%ROOT_DIR%\install
cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo --target INSTALL
cd %ROOT_DIR%\flightgear-build
cmake %ROOT_DIR%\flightgear -G %CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN% -A x64 ^
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=%ROOT_DIR%\install ^
-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=%QT5SDK64% ^
-DOSG_FSTREAM_EXPORT_FIXED:BOOL=ON ^
-DENABLE_COMPOSITOR:BOOL=OFF
cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo --target INSTALL
Before starting to use the script, you need to:
1. Set the path to CMAKE
2. Set the path to the QT5 SDK
3. Set your toolchain, e.g. "Visual Studio 16 2019"
4. Set ROOT_DIR to the FlightgearBuild folder you created (the above directory structure)
Post-compilation
Open flightgear-build/FlightGear.sln. You can then perform all your development / debugging directly in VS. You normally only need to run build.bat again, if you update SimGear or OSG.
To launch FlightGear from Visual Studio, you can The first time you do this follow the following steps:
- Make sure you set your build type to RelWithDebInfo in the top bar.
- To start with the launcher, click on the small black arrow beside Local Windows Debugger to open 'fgfs debug properties'. Switch to debugging; add --launcher to the 'Command Arguments'. Click Apply and then OK.
- Press the green arrow (Local Windows Debugger) to start up FlightGear. If there are any local changes, it will recompile; alternatively it will start up directly. It will take a little longer to start as it loads symbols; however you also have the benefit that any segfaults will be caught allowing you to report them!
- The first time you'll have to choose where FGDATA is -- to do this, select the 'fgdata' directory you cloned at the start.
NB these instructions are intended for setting up for development; there's a slightly more convoluted process for setting up for just plain flying (e.g. taking advantage of new features for aircraft development).
Essentially, Visual Studio doesn't copy in the DLLs into the /bin/ folder. It's also not ideal to manually copy in the DLLS as it can cause all sorts of issues. However, without the DLLs FlightGear won't work; therefore, you need to set the PATH so it knows where to look for them. This launch script should work, put into your /install/bin/ folder:
launch.bat
script for launching flightgearSET PATH=C:\path\to\FlightGearBuild\install\bin;C:\path\to\FlightGearBuild\windows-3rd-party\msvc140\3rdParty.x64\bin;C:\Qt\5.15.0\msvc2019_64\bin;%PATH%
fgfs.exe --launcher
Adjust the "path\to" references to suit your own personal installation, as well as the QT5 path.
Updating
When updating the source from git, it is usually unnecessary to rerun CMake as the solution is able to reconfigure itself when CMake files are changed. Simply rebuild the solution from Visual Studio and accept the reload of updated projects. When the Simgear/FlightGear version numbers change, you do have to re-configure in CMake.
To change build options or directory path, it is mandatory to reconfigure in CMake. In case of problems, locate the CMakeCache.txt file in build directory and delete it to reconfigure from scratch or use the menu item in the CMake GUIFile > Delete Cache.
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