These are the instructions to compile PokerTH on Windows using MSVC 2005 Express Edition.

1. Get and install MSVC 2005 Express Edition (English version is strongly recommended).

2. Get and install Service Pack 1 for MSVC 2005 Express Edition

3. Get and install a QT related Hotfix for MSVC 2005 SP1:
http://thehotfixshare.net/board/index.php?automodule=downloads&showcat=21
English - Visual Studio 2005 - VS80sp1-KB930859-X86-ENU.exe

More information on this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930198

4. Get and install a new Microsoft Platform SDK

This step can be left out if you use MSVC 2005 Professional instead of the Express Edition.

For example this version:
[about 1 GB download, sorry I cannot tell you which packages are required]
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c2b1e300-f358-4523-b479-f53d234cdccf&DisplayLang=en
Update (not required):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FF6467E6-5BBA-4BF5-B562-9199BE864D29&displaylang=en

5. Get open source QT 4.2.3 from Trolltech and the MSVC patch from the Sourceforge page:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtwin

6. Apply the patch and compile QT, make sure you set the proper environment variables.
These pages might help:
http://qtnode.net/wiki?title=Qt4_with_Visual_Studio
http://321soft.de/321soft/iframe.php?inhalt=qttut [German only]

7. Get boost and bjam and compile boost

Now the worst part:
8. Get and compile(!) (do not use precompiled version) SDL and SDL_mixer
(this is a bit tricky, contact me for binaries if you wish)

9. Run
qmake -tp vc pokerth_lib.pro
qmake -tp vc pokerth_game.pro
qmake -tp vc pokerth_server.pro
qmake -tp vc
in the pokerth directory

10. Open the sln file, and Build All.



2007 by Lothar May